PUTRAJAYA, July 17 — The country’s film industry players need to focus on the local history as well as the struggles of the past and present to ensure the industry thrives, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
To this end, Wan Junaidi said the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia could identify the critical history and struggles of past warriors that could be used as material for a film. Finas, established on February 12, 1981, is an agency under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia which serves as the national film industry development agency.produced by Studio Kembara Sdn Bhd which collected RM80 million in ticket sales, Wan Junaidi said such films are able to rake in huge profits through works based on history and struggle.
“Local corporate entities should rise to the occasion to help this industry. I also hope that the government will diversify its assistance to include the construction of infrastructure and tax schemes that are attractive to industry players such as tax exemptions and reduction of high entertainment tax rates by the state government and local authorities,” he said.
Guess we'll never see the one where paramiswara was a hindu King