The History of P.

Ramlee

Thanks For The Opportunity That Given To Us To Present The History Of Tan Sri P. Ramlee. We Are Very Grateful For The Chance That Giving To Us. This Group 5 Consists Of Natrah Farhana, Nur Syabilla , Nurul Fitrah. The Title That Will Us Present Is The History Of P.Ramlee

P. Ramlee,whose real name is

-TEUKU ZAKARIA BIN TEUKU NYAK PUTEH, was born in Penang on the 22nd of March 1929, on the morning of AIDILFITRI for that year.The letter P is stand for his father Puteh and RAMLEE his
father younger brother name.
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He received his early schooling at the

MALAY SCHOOL in Kampung Jawa and later at the FRANCIS LIGHT SCHOOL until standard five. He subsequently continued his education at the PENANG FREE SCHOOL..
His first wife was Junainah Daeng Harris and married at 1950 and divorced at 1954.

His last wife is Salmah Ismail a.k.a. Saloma and married on 21 Nov 1961.

Che Mah Bte Hussien and Teuku Nyak Puteh

Apart from his acting and directing, P. Ramlee was also noted as a composer, lyricist and arranger.

P.Ramlee songs are included : DI MANA KAN KU CARI GANTI, ENGKAU LAKSANA BULAN, TOLONG KAMI BANTU KAMI and JANGAN TINGGAL DAKU. AI AI TWIST, BUNYI GITAR, APA GUNA BERJANJI, MADU TIGA and SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU. AIR MATA DI KUALA LUMPUR,

written not long before he took his final breath. In all, P. Ramlee has wrote some 1000 songs during his lifetime. One of his many advantages was his ability to deliver his own songs personally, either in solo or in duet with other singers such as Salomah (his wife) and Normadiah.

His earliest success came when he was named BEST SONGWRITER at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Hong Kong in 1956 for the film HANG TUAH which was directed by Phani Majumdar. In acting, his first accolade came in the form of BEST ASIAN ACTOR for the film ANAKKU SAZALI in 1957. A year later, his film direction of SUMPAH ORANG MINYAK bagged the trophy for BEST PHOTOGRAPHY, also at the Asia level. P. Ramlee reached the peak of his fame when he was named THE MOST VERSTILE TALENT at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Tokyo in 1963. He received this honour for the film IBU MERTUAKU. The unstoppable man further made history when three of his directions PENDEKAR

respectively. In 1990, he was posthumously awarded the honoured title of PANGLIMA SETIA MAHKOTA (PSM)ARTIST SUPREME a national role model for the countrys artistic community.

BUJANG LAPOK, NUJUM PAK BELALANG and MADU TIGA were proclaimed BEST ASIAN COMEDY in 1959, 1960 and 1964

He had opportunity to direct 16 films, after which he returned to Malaysia in 1964. Here, he produced another 18 films, beginning with SI TORA HARIMAU JADIAN and ending with LAKSAMANA DO RE MI in 1972, his last. The heart-rending movie was well received by the public and the industry, bringing his name into the limelight. From then on he acted in and directed many other films including box-office hits such as ANAKKU SAZALI, SEMERAH PADI, HUJAN PANAS, BUJANG LAPOK, SUMPAH ORANG MINYAK,SARJAN HASSAN, NUJUM PAK BELALANG, PENDEKAR BUJANG LAPOK, ANTARA DUA DARJAT, SENIMAN BUJANG LAPOK, IBU MERTUAKU, LABU-LABI and MADU TIGA