Local movie Mat Kilau creates history, rakes in RM47mil in 11 days

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When the joke’s on us – Terence Fernandez

SO this past week our news feeds were cluttered with stories on the debate over Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan’s historical accuracy and the comedienne-not-comedienne who had done a pseudo striptease at a comedy club and has since been charged for insulting Islam.

Mat Kilau, which could be the first local movie to make RM100 million (exceeding RM75 million at the time of writing) at the box office, keeps pulling in the crowds with its narrative of Malay nationalism and supremacy.

It is the retelling of the Pahang uprising of 1890-1895 and a tribute to the Malay warrior Mat Kilau (incidentally played by Singaporean Adi Putra).

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