Benjamin Tukang Ngibul: Film That Insinuates The Phenomenon Of Finding Instant Path Assets

Benjamin Sueb in the film Cowboy Nggusi, produced by 1975. (Compas Arts)

JAKARTA - The big names Nawi Ismail and Benjamin Sueb cannot be separated. The relationship between the director and the actor often produces a box office: commercial success. Social criticism is a mainstay. The film Benyamin Tukang Ngibul (1975), one of them.

The film, wrapped in comedy, has a lot of social criticism. The narrative is shown from the dream of people wanting to be rich by visiting Jakarta, but not having skills. As a result, many are looking for instant path wealth.

Nawi Ismail is not new to the world of national cinema. Traces as a filmmaker have been present since the Japanese colonial period. The regulation led him to become one of the classy names in the development of national films.

The characteristic feature of the work produced by Nawi Ismail lies in the social criticism that is inserted. However, Nawi ismail did not make this glory by herself. He often collaborates with big artists. Benjamin Sueb, one of them.

His collaboration with great artists Betawi is increasingly promising. Many films later became box office because of their influence. Call it Benyamin Biangkerok (1972), Ratu Envelope (1974), to Samson Betawi (1975).

The phenomenon shown by Nawi Ismail is simple. He was able to capture the existing social phenomena, especially the daily problems that were adopted in films. From the matter of the Betawi people who are marginalized to the difference in caste between the poor and the rich.

This form is perpetuated more and more often. The film Benyamin Tukang Ngibul, for example. The film tells the story of a village boy, Benny, who wants to be rich by trying his luck in Jakarta. Benny considers Jakarta as the answer so that his life spirit increases.

Far from being burned. The case of success is not an easy matter. Benny took the initiative to try all kinds of ways to be successful. The only option that is considered true is to become a financier by selling counterfeit drugs.

This problem of extortionists is the basis for criticism. Benny's character is able to invite people to laugh at the upper class, then the lower class. The film, which was released in 1975, was also able to attach evidence that kibul or fraud had become a mushrooming phenomenon in Indonesia.

Benny is only one of the cases we find in the film Benjamin Tukang Ngibul whose job is indeed full of tricks. Benny is just a case that slowly becomes a phenomenon that in our daily life is full of deception. Most people in this country seem to have considered it normal to 'cheating' so there is absolutely no feeling of guilt or guilt to do it.

"Look at our leaders who are so lightly 'bulging' in front of their people about achievements both at the regional and national levels, but there is something paradoxical in everyday life, the gap between rich and poor people," explained Subagio S. Waluyo in the book Looking at the Hoax Nation: A Good Governance Enforcement Note (2019).

The phenomenon caught in Benjamin Tukang Ngibul is not limited to the gap between the rich and the poor. The film also skinned you regarding the general picture of the classy Jakarta image of a job seeker paradise.

The image of Jakarta that promises success and wealth is the estuary. This phenomenon makes people from various regions in the archipelago come to Jakarta. Problems arise. Not all of the people who come are armed with adequate skills.

This condition makes Jakarta like a city that promises the wealth of instant lanes. However, the difficulty of finding work is an obstacle. The shortcut actually disturbs stability in Jakarta. The option to become a kibul man is also a rich choice instantly.

Betawi culturalist Masykur Isnan also agreed. According to him, the film Benyamin Tukang Ngibul dares to show how a kibul man exists in Jakarta. Even though the actions presented by Nawi Ismail and Benjamin Sueb invite humor.

It could be that the film is an old film. However, the phenomenon insinuated by Nawi ismail still exists today. Time and again, the whole of Indonesia has been shown with the phenomenon of people looking for the wealth of instant lanes in Jakarta.

They perpetuate all means only to be rich and exist. From online fraud to concert ticket fraud. The opportunity for kibul is rampant because the government's inability to make people's lives improve. Take for example equitable matters and limited employment.

The film describes real conditions and criticisms of the economic and social inequalities between cities and rural areas. People as the description of Benny's character-- see the city as an answer. However, the fact is not so. The presence of those without punctuating skills actually worsens the situation. This existence then led to many incorrect character like a kibul.

They did a trick just to achieve the wealth of the instant line. Even though the direction of the film then leads to the government's inability to present decent work and turn a blind eye to the existing phenomenon. The reality is still relevant today. The dream of working in Jakarta is still believed to be similar to the view related to AMERICAn Dream. A dream to come to America "Jakarta" and be rich with instants," said Masykur Isnan as contacted by VOI, November 23, 2023.