Welcoming National Film Day, Garin Nugroho Announces The Latest Musical Film, Melodrama

Still cut Melodrama (Fabis Pictures)

JAKARTA - Director Garin Nugroho announced his latest project in the context of National Film Day. Produced by Fabis Pictures, a musical film titled Melodrama will be his latest offering.

This is my first musical film. What makes it interesting is that I brought a theme with the historical background of Indonesian cinema, telling the history of artists through choreography and songs and music," said Garin Nugroho today, Wednesday, March 29.

Melodrama stars a number of talented actors and actresses such as Nicholas Saputra, Widi Mulia, Monita Tahalea, Dira Sugandi, Morgan Oey, Amanda Rawles, and Cindy Nirmala.

Melodrama tells the story of Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career. He then plans to create a musical theater with a family historical background that is still related to the history of Indonesian films.

The screen is in the process of making works, making them legitimacy in diverse character figures, from Buyut, Grandpa, to Dad. All of these stories are told through book-based narratives, love letters, photos, documentaries, to artifacts and songs that bring Screen to various eras of Indonesian film history in musical atmospheres.

According to the concept, this film will feature a series of popular Indonesian songs from various eras to support the story.

Menyambut Hari Film Nasional First Look "Melodrama" Film Musikal persembahan Garin NugrohoMusik dan TariKumis dan Komedie pic.twitter.com/3kTfn1DwOI

— Nicholas Saputra (@nicsap) March 29, 2023

"To support the vision of Mas Garin, we chose songs that describe Indonesia's popular culture, as well as reflect the quality of the work of the nation's children from time to time. The existing songs are confirmed to be songs that are timeless and still familiar for the current generation," said Ricky Lionardi as the music producer for the film Melodrama.

Garin Nugroho also involves several big names in the music world such as Eko Priyanto, Indra History and Faizal Lubis.

On the same day, Fabis Pictures launched several premieres of the film Melodrama. Starting from Nicholas Saputra, Amanda Rawles, Morgan Oey who appeared in their costumes and characters.