The well-known director Garin Nugroho presented a musical film entitled Who Dia as a unique way to celebrate Indonesia's 80th independence day.
According to Garin, the celebration of independence is often expressed through songs and music, which are an inseparable part of popular culture.
"Actually, this is an extraordinary year, 80 years old, and actually we celebrate independence, it is often narrated or said or expressed by songs and music. Indonesia Raya, for example. And all of us remember independence is actually in a popular culture," said Garin Nugroho in the Central Jakarta area, Tuesday, July 29.
On that basis, the film Siapa Dia becomes an important work. This film not only celebrates independence, but also narrates the long history of popular culture in Indonesia, from the Dutch era to the present era.
"Therefore, this film is important because it is celebrating independence with the popular culture that was said to have narrated the period from the Dutch era until now," Garin explained.
"And narrate the role of popular films and culture in independence or in the process of this nation. So this celebrates popular culture through films, narrates the history of popular films and culture," he continued.
To realize his vision, Garin hooked up a row of actors and actresses which he called representing various genres, characters, and expressions in popular Indonesian culture.
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"And therefore it is celebrated by the players who all represent various film genres, represent various characters, and represent various expressions," he said.
With its distinctive style, Garin describes its players, from Nicholas Saputra to Monita Tahalea.
"There was Nicho, who was silent, mysterious, looking for it, it disappeared, on Instagram it was just a picture of the view. Then there was Dira Sugandi, it exploded. There was Morgan, if he was already playing, full of expression. There was Monita Tahalea who was shy about cats. Who is the cat? Maybe Pak Prabowo's cat, I also don't know," joked Garin.
In essence, this film is a big celebration presented by the representations of popular culture itself to welcome the nation's historic moment.
"So this is a celebration by those who represent popular culture, film and music through musical films for Indonesia's 80th independence," he said.
The musical film Who He will start airing on August 28.
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