39th Anniversary Of the death of Tan Sri P.Ramlee

39th Anniversary Of the death of Tan Sri P.Ramlee

Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee, Malaysian's most popular and beloved film star,a film director,a composer and a musical genius past away 38 years ago on May 29th 1973 .It is thought that he had composed almost 360 music during his career.

P. Ramlee was the inimitable, charismatic and multi talented Malaysian screen legend who epitomized Malay cinema and had a huge following in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia in the 50s and 60s, whose reversal of fortune in the 70s left him scorned and forgotten by his fans.

Yet long after his death in 1973, there was a seismic resurgence of interest in his films and a clamor for everything ‘P. Ramlee’ which has endured to this day.

His is a story that even P. Ramlee, the master storyteller himself, could not have dreamed of. Today, loved by young and old alike, his films and songs have attained cult status in Malaysia and are regularly screened on TV, gaining him new generations of fans. In his final years, broke and broken, he had despaired of ever recovering his magic and getting the recognition he craved. In what must be one of life’s little ironies, in death…he became a superstar.

Here is a full - length documentary on the life and work of Tan Sri P.Ramlee.It was first premiered some time ago on September last year on History Channel. 

P.Ramlee on History Channel