Exclusive Atiqah Hasiholan Supports Indonesian Cultural Preservation Through Film

Atiqah Hasiholan (Photo: Bambang E Ros, DI: Raga/VOI)

JAKARTA - Celebrity Atiqah Hasiholan is trusted to play in the latest film produced by Adhya Pictures and Pomp Films which features a film from Batak culture called Mami Late.

In this film, Atiqah Hasiholan must play the role of a mother of two children who have started to grow up. He admitted that it was not too difficult to play this character because he was used to seeing the attitude of the Batak mothers because they had Batak blood.

"Actually, if the character itself looks, yes, in terms of look, the team has already made bricks, yes, with the choice of clothes, accessories, what kind of bun is it. So if you look at it, the look is already concrete, it's already here," said Atiqah Hasiholan at the VOI office, Central Jakarta, Monday, September 9.

"For example, on a mindset, in an attitude, maybe you can say I'm quite familiar because my mother is a Batak person even though my father is not a Batak person. But my mother also has many brothers and sisters. So with the characters of the Batak people, it's quite a lot of reference," continued Atiqah Hasiholan.

Atiqah said that this is her new experience playing the character of a mother who has a child growing up. At first, she did not believe that she was suitable to play the character of the mothers.

"To be a mother, I've had it. But the children are small. It's not as big as that. Surfingly, I also think yes, yes. I really fit to have kids as big as that. Yes, maybe with the help of makeup and others. That's the magic of cinema, yes and others. Eh, it's okay, too. It's enough to make sure you have children that much," said Atiqah Hasiholan.

"Initially there was, 'Oh, isn't it too forced? My son already wants to get married', right? Even though there are also my friends who are my children's age, they are already big. I don't think so. Eh, it turns out to be possible," he added.

Even so, the wife of actor Rio Dewanto admitted that she did not want to bother too much about her role as a mother because seeing the story raised in the film Tulang Belulang Tulang is very good.

"Well, that's him. Because the story is so good. I don't care about that. Sometimes I like it. Well, it's so old, yes. Especially when I was 30 years old. Oh my. That's how much the child is. Yes, it's like that, it's ego-ego, the egos of people who want to stay young are. It's just because the story is good. And the producer director has convinced me, 'You can Tik'. It can be sure that you have this child, right," said Atiqah Hasiholan.

"If you become mothers, it's just her. At that time, she was also a mother. Then not mothers. Mothers. Not mothers. It's just her. If it's here, it's because the story is good. And I don't have a problem. There is a problem with the characters of mothers. Or being mothers. It doesn't matter, right. It means as long as it's a good story. And yes, I think if you think about it at my age. I want to be a mother, it's already entered too," he said.

Atiqah Hasiholan said that he was always happy to be involved in a film that raised Indonesian culture, one of which was his latest film Tulang Belulang Tulang which raised Batak culture, which is still rarely known to people, namely Mangokal Hali.

I actually made me fall in love, what makes me excited to take this project is the story. The story is good. It's not a problem of the brick. The story is indeed good. And it is also proven to win in Indonesiana. The story is very good. Then yes, there are the bricks," said Atiqah Hasiholan.

"So when asked. Proud to play the film Batak himself? Yes, of course I'm happy. I'm happy. But that's not what I want from anywhere as long as it's a good story, it must be a big pride for me. Plus this time. Indeed, this good story has a Batak background," he added.

For Atiqah herself playing in a film that has elements of Indonesian culture in it can help her in increasing her value because she can contribute to the preservation of Indonesian culture through what she loves, namely acting and films.

"There is more value that I can contribute to whether it's film, whether it's culture, that's it. In being involved in this project. So everything is certain that we don't always have to be the ones who have cultural, moral,blable values. The film must be like that and want it. There may be something like that, "explained Atiqah Hasiholan

"Only when we are involved in one film and the film has more value to offer, it becomes a plus for me, you know, in working on the project. Yes, if I think Indonesian culture is very rich. It's really important to be preserved," he continued.

No wonder Atiqah strongly supports the preservation of Indonesian culture through a film media where according to her the film can always be enjoyed from all ages and delivered in various ways that can ultimately increase the audience's knowledge.

"And one way to preserve our cultures is one of them with films through films that are pop culture in nature. What young people can enjoy and can understand that. So it would be very good if for example it could be packaged in such a way that there are customs from Sabang to Merauke which I don't know how many it is and it becomes one of the agendas in the preservation of our culture," he said.

Therefore, Atiqah Hasiholan hopes that more film films can raise Indonesian culture so that the younger generation can continue to know about existing traditions.

"Yes, I hope there will be more films that raise Indonesian culture. But after all, packaging must still be interesting to be entertainment, entertainment spectacle. I believe that if for example raising culture in a format that is not entertainment, it is quite a lot, yes," he hoped.

"But now the most important thing is how to get into young people, to gene Z, to alpha later, right. And it has to be from us who are smart in packing it so that it becomes an interesting thing for them to consume and finally they understand that," concluded Atiqah Hasiholan.