Launch of Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts on Saturday 9th April, 2011

Yesterday marked a really special day in my life. Like the birth of a new baby. Something I've been waiting for for 5 years, to happen. The launch of Enfiniti Academy Of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts.

Our events team put together such a classy affair at our new Enfiniti Black Box Theatre (thank you Team Enfiniti <3<3<3 Love you guys to bits!), and we had a really good attendance by friends from the media for a Saturday evening, considering f1, Sarawak elections and even Akademi Fantasia is all going on at the same time! Really appreciate you guys making the time :-)

It was quite an emotional moment for me somehow, I found myself choking at the beginning of my speech, I guess it was quite overwhelming after the long, long wait. And having to keep so many secrets for so many years, even from my closest media friends! Staying under the radar just to avoid having to say "I can't talk about this just yet". It felt wonderful though. And the people that mattered were there. Friends and family and those that helped make this happen.

I like saving postscripts of my speeches for the record, and for posterity, also for those of you who couldn't be there, this was my speech at the launch:

Like they say, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But teach him how to fish, and you feed him for life.” This is what we hope to do, at Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts (or ENACT).

This is for me, a dream come true. For the last 5 years, I’ve been dreaming of setting up an academy, to train and inspire the finest artists, performers and entertainers of tomorrow,

This is for me, a dream come true. For the last 5 years, I’ve been dreaming of setting up an academy, to train and inspire the finest artists, performers and entertainers of tomorrow, for the industry I love, the world of dreams, hopes, imagination beyond infinity.

This is the legacy I hope I can leave behind someday... but for now, I want to LIVE that legacy everyday, for the industry I love, this world of dreams, hopes and imagination beyond infinity.

It feels just like yesterday that I talked about this with Steve and Pat during the rehearsals of the FIRST season of Puteri Gunung Ledang the musical. I came home and shared it with my husband Effendi who said: “You should ABSOLUTELY do it!” And every day since then, he has been pushing us to think about what it should stand for, the logistics, and he’s been pushing us to move it, and make it happen. And here we are, today…

I’ve always been very passionate and vocal about my belief that the indicators of richness or development of a country, cannot be measured merely by how many tall buildings there are. It’s also about the richness of its culture, its liveability, the creative expression, the life and soul of the country.

It’s not going to happen overnight I know, but I DO know that today, with the launching of Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts (or ENACT), we are one step closer towards achieving that goal.

I’m hoping that we will attract the most committed people who will come to work in ENACT, with ENACT, people who will share this vision and mission.

We’re very lucky to have found the absolutely talented actor-director Joanna Bessey, who is Course Director of the Academy. And all of this last week, so many others have come forward, talking to our Group VP of Operations, Izan Satrina, offering to impart their knowledge and skills to the next generation of artists.

This is going to be a wonderful opportunity, for all those people who have always wanted to grow this industry.

These people could be local home grown talent, like Joanna, Pat Ibrahim and Suhaili Michelin, or may come from industries that are richer and more experienced than ours by hundreds of years.

Wouldn’t that be wonderful – the world coming together, in the name of art, here at Enfiniti Academy!!! And why not? In our world, the world of performing arts, we speak in a common language, that transcends political and social boundaries!

We aim high, we aim for the stars. That’s the spirit and character of Enfiniti Vision Media. And I think there’s no reason to be humble about this.

Our shared vision, with the academy, is to actively create greater national awareness & appreciation of the Arts, and to focus on the growth of the Malaysian Arts Industry so it becomes a more vibrant & viable sector of the economy.

As a company, we want to engage the Malaysian & regional Arts Communities, to cohesively promote Malaysia as an Asian Arts Hub.

Enfiniti aims to create a whole sustainable eco-system of the arts.

We stage musicals that are most recognized for quality and production value in this country, and we will now continuously produce the artists and performers who make the shows come alive.

Very soon, through our events arm, Kit Kat Klub Events, headed by the talented Azimy Wan Ahmad, we will have non-stop events along the soon-to-be-launched Encorp Strand Red Carpet Boulevard, which will require talents galore, every week of the year.

Our absolutely creative Chedd Yusoff will also be heading one of Enfiniti’s most important projects, not just for our company, but for the country, a Malaysian Cultural Village. If you can just imagine this, the concept of the village is that EVERYONE who “lives” in this village is an actor, a performer.

So. We NEED a continuous “supply” of talent, internally for our own projects, as well as to feed the growth of the Malaysian arts industry!

I am today, boldly stating, that Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts or ENACT is a boutique academy that aims to be an incubator of icons, trained in Malaysia, ready for the WORLD.

We are ABSOLUTELY committed to producing the highest standards of training in all aspects of musical theatre and entertainment arts. This means, we aim to produce not just performers, but producers, directors, writers, stage managers, set designers of the future. The eco-system of the arts industry.

The unique difference between ENACT and any other performing arts academy, is that the environment here will be more of a professional company in rehearsal, rather than that of an educational institution. Students will be exposed to the way a professional company operates, rather than just a school.

SO here we are today, it took 5 years to make this happen, but it will certainly be worth the wait. There are a few people that need to be mentioned today, who were integral to the process of putting the whole ENACT project together. This has been Liz Tajuddin’s baby for many years, she did the research and put the concept and financial papers together, and most importantly, she found us Raymond Miranda, who was then identified as the Head of Enfiniti Academy, and given the task of creating modules and the mechanics of running a school, but we have since widened his scope of responsibilities to make him Group Vice President of Content and Strategy at Enfiniti Vision Media. But on a personal note, the one person whom I really want to thank, for always pushing me to go for the stars and make the impossible happen, is my husband Effendi.

It’s very generous of Ramin Karimloo, Simon Bailey and my dear friend Stephen Rahman-Hughes to agree to officiate ENACT today. They do this purely out of goodwill, out of their personal passion for musical theatre, and wanting to contribute to the growth of the Malaysian arts industry.

They will forever be recognized as the 3 biggest stars of the West End, who officiated the Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts, who gave the ENACT the prestige and stature.

My hope is that ENACT will be a legacy we can all leave behind for the continuance of the growth of the Industry.

Thank you once again for joining me on this very special occasion, the launch of Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Entertainment Arts.

ROKET:DESTINASI BINTANG!

Was gonna blog about a recent press conference for a new TV series and concert called ROKET:DESTINASI BINTANG, but decided I'm too lazy so am gonna just cut n paste the transcript I painstakingly translated to BM instead!

"Saya amat berbesar hati yang anda semua dapat hadir pada pelancaran Roket Destinasi Bintang hari ini.

Bagi pihak Ten on Ten Pictures, kami sangat teruja dengan program realiti baru yang akan disiarkan di Astro Ria tidak lama lagi. Ten On Ten Pictures adalah TV production arm di dalam Enfiniti Vision Sdn Bhd, dan sebelum ini dikenali untuk program flagship seperti Spanar Jaya, Travel series The Best Of Malaysia, Fiesta 7 concert series dan telemovie popular seperti Rombongan Che Kiah dan Peristiwa Di Rumah Tok Su. Kini Ten On Ten kembali dengan siri baru yang berjudul “Roket Destinasi Bintang”. Tayangan akan bermula pada 22hb Januari 2010, setiap hari Jumaat pada pukul 9.30 malam.

Ten on Ten Pictures telah menyediakan tujuh episod yang akan memaparkan perjalanan Hafiz, Akim dan Aril, iaitu pemenang top 3 Akademi Fantasia 7, untuk membina dan mengukuhkan nama mereka dalam industri seni. kehidupan sebenar artis di sebalik tabir.

Most people think that being an artiste is all about being glamorous. Not many people realize that there is a lot of hard work, dedication and discipline involved behind the scenes, in preparation for any project. This reality show will enable viewers to share the joy and sorrow faced by these boys as they make their way into the local entertainment industry. The training they are given aims to take them a notch higher in their careers, and to help develop them as "thinking" performers, in charge of their careers and professional lives.

Penonton Roket Destinasi Bintang juga akan berkongsi pengalaman Hafiz, Aril, dan Akim dalam bersiap-sedia untuk sebuah konsert yang berkonsepkan fesyen dan muzik di dalam episod satu hingga enam. Siri ini akan menggambarkan sesi latihan dan akan memaparkan bagaimana Hafiz, Aril dan Akim dibentuk sebagai seorang “thinking performer” supaya lebih bersedia mengharungi cabaran dalam industri seni kita.

Beberapa rakan Enfiniti yang lain, seperti Stephen Rahman-Hughes, Pat Ibrahim, dan Juliza Adzlizan bersama saya sendiri, akan muncul sebagai coach mereka dari segi
motivasi, persembahan, tarian, dan vokal.
Anda juga akan dapat menyaksikan dua rakan media di dalam satu episod di mana mereka bertiga ini akan diberikan
“media training” dan tips untuk membawa diri dengan berkesan sebagai seorang celebrity.

Kemuncak program adalah episod terakhir di mana Hafiz, Aril dan Akim akan beraksi di atas sebuah pentas berbentuk runway yang direka khas, di atas air, membelakangkan air terjun di Borneo Rainforest @ Sunway, dalam konsert Roket! khas untuk peminat-peminat setia dan juga para pengunjung Borneo Rainforest, yang dijadualkan pada 31hb Januari 2010.

Konsep Konsert selama 90 minit ini adalah gabungan 3 elemen iaitu muzik, tarian dan juga fesyen.

Persembahan Hafiz, Aril dan Akim akan diselangi dengan Pertunjukkan fesyen dari hasil ciptaan Bon Zainal dan Materiel. Hafiz, Aril dan Akim juga akan diiringi dengan persembahan muzik “live” pemuzik-pemuzik tanahair yang sangat berbakat dibawah pimpinan Pengarah Muzik Konsert Roket, Lee Sze Wan. Sze Wan pernah berkerjasama dengan Enfiniti Productions di dalam beberapa projek seperti Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical dan P. Ramlee the Musical.

Harga tiket adalah RM38 termasuk satu minuman.
Tiket boleh didapati di pejabat Enfiniti Productions di Phileo Damansara 1, atau hubungi talian 03 7958 7877 dan emel kitkatklub@enfiniti.com.my

Saya harap semua peminat Hafiz, Aril dan Akim dan penyokong industri muzik tanahair akan hadir untuk menghadiri showcase Roket! Saya yakin semua akan terhibur dengan apa yang bakal dipentaskan.

Saya ingin juga mengambil peluang ini untuk merakamkan jutaan terima kasih kepada semua pihak yang terlibat dalam menjayakan program TV dan konsert Roket!
Thanks to Astro Ria, Astro Entertainment Sdn Bhd, Secolo Hairdressing, JVC, Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa, TW Steel Watches, Materiel, Ervan Design & Bon Zainal , dan Borneo Rainforest.

Thank you everyone for coming and lending your support!

Sekian terima kasih."

PGLM2 review on on NTV7's Breakfast Show

Found a review of PGLM with interviews of Stephen Rahman-Hughes, AC Mizal and me, on NTV7's Breakfast Show...thanks, Intan! (And thanks as always, Possum)

The Making of PGL the Musical Part 3

Pat and the ensemble (bless them...), also Raja Malek talking about the set design, Anslem Roy talking about the special effects and the touch of MAGIC for PGLM3, Zahim on the staging and the technical nightmare that is PGLM3!

The Making Of PGL the Musical Season 3 part 2

The making of Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical Season 3

Found this on YouTube, posted by possum150974 (thank you!), thought I'd post it on my blog so I know it'll always be there. Brings back fond memories...

Return of the Princess - PGL makes another return by Return of the Princess PGL makes another comeback by Nur Aqidah Azizi

Return of the Princess

PGL makes another comeback

Nur Aqidah Azizi

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 09:44:00

WELL, there's more than one way to skin a cat. This is especially true in Puteri Gunung Ledang’s (PGL) case.

Since it was first brought to modern silver screen some five years ago, PGL has been through more than one transformation.

After hitting the cinemas, the big budget movie, which was produced by Enfiniti Production Sdn Bhd (EPSB) was then brought to the stage — Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical — which ran successfully for three seasons.

So what's next for PGL? Will the fans see more facets of its being soon?

The answer is yes, with the help of Astro Citra and Astro Prima. PGL is set to be a four-part miniseries on Astro Citra’s Suatu Ketika... slot, which will premiere on Dec 2 at 9pm.

What makes this project interesting is the fact that never-before seen footages will be included in the mini series, making a director's cut of sorts. Some of them include the fighting scenes between Hang Tuah and Adipati, Tun Teja flashbacks on her romantic link with Hang Tuah as well as Hang Tuah's fighting scene with Hang Jebat.

"There is also a Kraton dance scene which has been added with special effects. However, that wasn’t included in the film and I remember that I was so sad and frustrated when the scene was cut. Now that it will finally make its way to the film in this project, I hope fans will enjoy watching it as much as the rest of us did," said PGL producer Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina.

Astro Citra general manager, Sharlyza Alis Sharkawi said, the new look of PGL in the miniseries is definitely
something to look out for.

"It will be the original PGL movie, only how the director intended it to be. Fans must not miss this as a lot of interesting scenes will be unveiled for the first time on Astro Citra," she said.

"This is an opportunity for fans who enjoyed the movie the first time around, and for those who haven’t seen the movie yet. I believe it will be a truly unique experience."

The Suatu Ketika... slot, which is a joint campaign by Astro Citra and Astro Prima, features the fictionalised
and documentary versions of the story premiering on both channels respectively.

"For PGL, we will be screening the movie on Astro Citra, while the documentary on PGL, done by Astro's team, will be screend at Astro Prima. So, fans will be able to watch both versions of the same title through our slot," said Sharlyza at the Press conference, which was held at Rainforest Borneo Restaurant recently.

When asked, Tiara said the whole production team of PGL are honoured with the opportunity. "This project is so instrumental to me and the whole production team involved. A lot of blood, sweat and love were put into the movie. We braved the heavy rain and the storm to ensure the success of the project.

"Looking back, at times we felt that it was an impossible feat, but each and every one of us involved made it possible, somehow," said Tiara, who broke into tears as she shared her experience working on the movie.

"Time flies so fast and I can hardly believe that it has been five years since we first unveiled PGL. We have never really celebrated our success and I think it’s a great time to celebrate, in conjunction with our fifth
anniversary," she added.

"It's always a nice feeling to watch the movie again. It brings back a lot of memories. It also reminds us that
we Malaysians are capable of doing anything. There's nothing that we can't do, as long as we have the spirit
and determination to achieve it."

PGL also attracted foreign distributors who have shown interests to distribute and screen the movie at their
respective countries.

"So far, we have sold the rights to 13 countries, including Europe, Singapore, Brunei, China and Thailand,
among others. They have asked us for more films, but unfortunately, PGL is the only movie we have," said
Tiara, laughing.

For the record, PGL has secured several awards under its belt, including Best Actress (Tiara Jacquelina) at the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival and Best Producer at the inaugural Asian Festival of Films 2005.

PGL was also the first Malaysian film to be shortlisted in the nominations for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 77th Academy Awards.

"2010 tahun sibuk buat Tiara" by Shazryn Faizal

ARKIB : 02/12/2009

2010 tahun sibuk buat Tiara

Oleh SHAZRYN MOHD. FAIZAL
shazryn.faizal@utusan.com.my

TIARA Jacquelina masih lagi menyimpan hasrat untuk menerbitkan filem selepas Puteri Gunung Ledang.

HANYA tinggal beberapa minggu sahaja lagi tahun 2010 akan membuka tirainya tetapi Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina sudah mempunyai banyak perancangan sepanjang tahun depan.

Mengenali wanita berhati waja ini, beliau sememangnya tidak betah duduk diam. Ada sahaja rancangannya yang dilakukan secara diam.

Agenda utama yang sudah tercatat dalam diari seninya adalah The Enfiniti Academy yang bakal memulakan sesi pertamanya menjelang pertengahan tahun depan.

Mungkin terlalu awal jika hendak dibincangkan tetapi jika dihitung, ia hanya tinggal enam bulan sahaja lagi sebelum ia akan direalisasikan.

Disebabkan itu, jadual seni Tiara sentiasa padat demi memastikan institusi yang ditubuhkan hasil cetusan ideanya itu akan berjalan dengan lancar seperti mana yang dirancangkan.

Jelas Tiara, penubuhan The Enfiniti Academy sudah lama dirancangnya iaitu sebelum dia terlibat dengan Akademi Fantasia musim ketujuh (AF7).

Kebetulan ketika itu, tawaran menjadi pengetua AF7 hadir dulu membuatkan Tiara menangguhkan seketika perancangan tersebut.

Memang besar sungguh harapan dan impian Tiara yang mahu terus memelihara dan memartabatkan seni persembahan di negara ini menerusi penubuhan The Enfiniti Academy.

"Ini memang impian saya sejak dari dulu lagi dan saya sendiri tidak menyangka selepas sekian lama merancang, akhirnya ia bakal menjadi kenyataan tahun depan.

"Buat masa ini, perbincangan di peringkat akhir sedang dilakukan oleh beberapa buah universiti di Australia untuk mereka menilai sukatan pelajaran untuk akademi saya ini.

"Apa yang saya harapkan daripada akademi ini adalah ia mampu melahirkan anak seni yang berbakat dari pelbagai cabang seni dalam memenuhi kekosongan artis berbakat di negara ini," katanya dalam nada bersungguh.

Beliau ditemui pada majlis pelancaran siri mini Puteri Gunung Ledang (PGL) untuk slot Suatu Ketika terbitan Astro Citra di restorannya, Borneo Rainforest, Sunway Pyramid, Petaling Jaya, Selangor baru-baru ini.

Turut hadir Pengurus Saluran Astro Citra, Sharlyza Alis Sharkawi.

Apa yang pasti, Tiara juga memberitahu, Stephen Rahman-Hughes, Datuk Zahim Al-Bakri dan berkemungkinan besar, Pat Ibrahim akan menjadi tenaga pengajar untuk akademi tersebut.

Selain daripada mereka, tenaga pengajar The Enfiniti Academy juga akan dikendalikan oleh mereka yang cukup berpengalaman dalam bidang seni persembahan dari Australia dan Singapura.

Bakal beroperasi di sebuah lot perniagaan setinggi empat setengah tingkat yang terletak di The Strand, Kota Damansara, untuk pengambilan pertama, Tiara menjelaskan, dia hanya akan mengambil 20 orang pelajar sahaja.

"Sebagai permulaan, biarlah bilangan pelajarnya sedikit agar tenaga pengajar mudah memberikan tumpuan dan fokus kepada pelajar.

"Jika ada rezeki dan akademi ini mendapat sambutan hangat serta permintaan ramai, Insya Allah, kami akan menambahkan lagi pengambilan pelajar," ujar Tiara tentang akademi yang menawarkan pengkhususan di dalam bidang Diploma Muzikal Teater selama dua tahun itu lagi.

Melihatkan perancangan terhadap akademi pertamanya itu, sudah pasti ia akan membabitkan pelaburan yang besar sekali gus menawarkan yuran yang bukan murah harganya.

Sambil tersenyum menampakkan barisan gigi putihnya itu, apa yang dilakukannya adalah semata-mata untuk menghasilkan pelajar yang berkualiti sebaik sahaja tamat pengajian selama dua tahun.

Di lokasi yang sama, Tiara turut memberitahu, dia akan membuka cawangan kedua Borneo Rainforest sama waktu dengan pembukaan akademi itu nanti.

Bukan sekadar mahu menumpukan perhatian kepada akademinya sahaja, tetapi Tiara juga akan kembali bergiat aktif sebagai penerbit drama televisyen.

Mungkin ramai yang terlupa, Tiara memiliki sebuah syarikat produksi 10 On 10 Pictures yang ditubuhkannya bersama Allahyarham Hani Mohsin Hanafi.

Menerusi syarikatnya itu, mereka pernah menerbitkan drama-drama yang cukup berkualiti dan menjadi ikutan ramai terutama Spanar Jaya.

Jelas Tiara, tahun 2010 juga akan menyaksikan kemunculan semula Spanar Jaya dengan diberi nafas baru dan masih mengekalkan pelakon lama serta baru selain drama-drama baru.

Enggan mendedahkan siapakah pelakon lama dan baru yang akan menerajui sitkom kegemaran ramai itu, Tiara hanya mampu mengatakan ia akan memberikan kepuasan kepada peminat setia rancangan itu selain mengumpul peminat baru.

Spanar Jaya yang pernah ditayangkan di saluran ntv7 satu ketika dulu menampilkan pelakon-pelakon hebat seperti Zaibo, Wardina, Ahmad Idham, Opie Zami, mendiang Rambo Chin, Ramasundram, Radhi Khalid, Bob Azrai dan ramai lagi.

Selain itu juga, Tiara dengan penuh teruja memberitahu, rancangan Kit Kat Club Show akan diwujudkan kembali tetapi bukan di televisyen seperti mana yang pernah ditayangkan satu ketika dulu.

Sebaliknya, kali ini ia akan dipersembahkan di pentas-pentas kecil dengan persembahan ala-ala kabaret.

"Apa yang pasti, bukan saya yang akan menerajui rancangan itu tetapi orang lain. Cukuplah saya hanya sekadar memerhati dari belakang tabir sahaja," katanya sambil ketawa dan memberitahu Kit Kat Club Show akan dikendalikan oleh sebuah lagi syarikatnya, Kit Kat Club Events.

Cuma kata Tiara, dia hanya akan terlibat dalam persembahan kecil yang diberi nama Mini Jukebox Musical bersama-sama Stephen Rahman, Zahim dan barisan pelakon lain yang pernah membintangi Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical (PGLM) dan P. Ramlee the Musical (PRM).

Bukan untuk sebuah persembahan berskala besar, tetapi kata Tiara, persembahan ini adalah untuk memenuhi permintaan syarikat korporat dan persembahan makan malam.

Dikendalikan oleh Kit Kat Club Entertainment, persembahan ini akan menampilkan lagu-lagu popular teater muzikal antarabangsa serta PGLM dan PRM.

Mungkin ramai yang tidak tahu, Tiara menerusi syarikatnya Enfiniti Productions dengan kerjasama Astro Entertainment kini menguruskan kerjaya seni juara, naib juara dan pemenang tempat ketiga AF7 iaitu Hafiz, Aril dan Akim sejak 17 September lalu.

Kerjasama yang pertama kali diadakan itu akan menentukan hala tuju serta merancang dan merencana seni ketiga-tiga artis tersebut di dalam industri.

Malah, ia juga melibatkan penjenamaan, pemasaran serta pelan kerjaya mereka untuk dua hingga tiga tahun akan datang.

Ia termasuklah teknik tarian, seni persembahan pentas, lakonan, tata gaya, vokal serta perancangan album, teater, filem dan banyak lagi yang mampu mengukuhkan lagi kedudukan mereka.

Bukan sekadar dalam bidang seni sahaja, Tiara juga menjelaskan, Hafiz, Aril dan Akim juga didedahkan dengan selok-belok dunia perniagaan terutama aspek pengurusan.

"Saya mahu mereka belajar dan tahu sendiri bahawa bisnes seni ini bukanlah satu perkara yang mudah dan apa yang saya harapkan agar mereka dapat buka mata serta minda bahawa betapa pentingnya perancangan dalam setiap gerak geri kita.

"Selepas dua bulan, saya berpuas hati dengan prestasi mereka dan bukan berpuas hati sepenuhnya kerana mereka mempunyai masa yang lama dan panjang untuk mengekalkan kedudukan mereka," kata Pelakon Wanita Terbaik Festival Filem Asia Pasifik Ke-50 menerusi filem PGL ini penuh optimis saat membicarakan tentang karier Hafiz, Aril dan Akim.

Menyentuh tentang PGL yang dijadikan siri mini untuk slot Suatu Ketika di Astro Citra itu, Tiara merasakan sudah tiba masanya untuk dia mengembalikan semula magis filem termahal itu ke layar kaca.

Apatah lagi, filem epik yang sudah jauh berkelana itu juga menyambut ulang tahun kelimanya tahun ini sejak mula ditayangkan di pawagam pada tahun 2004.

Ditayangkan bermula hari ini (2 Disember), ia dibahagikan kepada empat bahagian setiap minggu dan menariknya, filem arahan Saw Teong Hin itu turut menyelitkan lebih kurang lima adegan yang belum pernah ditayangkan di mana-mana sebelum ini termasuk filemnya.

Ini termasuklah adegan sewaktu Tun Teja (lakonan Sofia Jane) dilarikan Hang Tuah (M. Nasir) serta pertemuan dramatik antara Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat (Shaharudin Thamby).

"Apabila Astro Citra datang kepada saya mengusulkan perkara ini, saya fikir apa salahnya untuk saya menayangkan kembali PGL kepada masyarakat. Kata orang untuk menyegarkan ingatan.

"Untuk itu, kami menggunakan khidmat penyunting filem asal PGL iaitu Kate James untuk memasukkan adegan-adegan ini ke dalam filem asal sebelum disunting dan dibahagikan kepada empat siri," katanya yang pernah dinobatkan sebagai Pelakon Wanita Terbaik Festival Filem Malaysia Ke-12 menerusi filem Ringgit Kasorrga ini lagi.

Tiara juga memuji memuji usaha Astro yang menyediakan platform untuk karyawan seni tempatan menonjolkan kreativiti masing-masing menerusi slot Suatu Ketika.

Malah, dia juga memasang impian untuk menerbitkan satu siri mini untuk slot berkenaan seandainya diberi peluang oleh pihak Astro.

Jauh di sudut hati Tiara, selepas lima tahun mengabadikan diri dengan PGL, dia tetap mahu menerbitkan sebuah filem dari genre epik.

Enfiniti welcomes our new GM Izan Satrina onboard!

Hi all, it's been a while, I know. Life's been a roller-coaster for the past few months. Signed a joint management agreement with Astro to manage the top 3 winners of Akademi Fantasia 7 (Hafiz, Aril and Akim), gave a Townhall address to the Enfiniti Heads of Department after mapping out our next 2 year plans, gave a motivational talk at the National Women's Convention, yes, its been most eventful to say the least.

I guess it's true that when it rains it will pour. We had been waiting on several things to fall in place for a long time, and it's all falling into place at the same time, which is great, I'm not complaining. You just might not be hearing from me as often once things start moving too fast.

Best thing to happen for Enfiniti is our new General Manager, Izan Satrina, who joins us tomorrow. Izan joined Ten On Ten Pictures 12 years ago doing marketing for events and TV, went off to work in advertising, marketing, branding and tourism, and has come back to the group, 12 years richer in experience. Before joining Enfiniti, Izan was working for the Singapore Tourism Board.

Welcome aboard, Izan!

TO ENFINITI AND BEYOND by Joe Lee

My fellow Hokkien Lang, Joe Lee wrote this piece for the Malay Mail. Thanks for the support, Joe...


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Joe Lee
Monday, October 5th, 2009 05:12:00


IT’S been on the cards for ages, but the recent official announcement that Enfiniti Productions Sdn Bhd would co-manage the careers of the top three winners of Akademi Fantasia 7 was the confirmation sought by many.



With that, the principal of the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia and also the managing director of Enfiniti, Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina, now has a hand in planning the careers of Mohd Hafiz Mohd Suip, Khairil Azam Pilus and Afiq Hakim Ahmad to aid Astro Entertainment Sdn Bhd (AESB) after the demise of Maestro Talent & Management.

Upon announcement of the joint management, speculation that the trio will be sidetracked and shaped more as talents for TV and film — with their original aim of becoming singers waylaid — were dismissed by the woman behind Puteri Gunung Ledang and P. Ramlee musical theater productions.

“We’re molding them into becoming all-round stars, and teach them the necessary skills,” said Tiara. While her foray into the music industry can be set as fledgling at best, Tiara’s forte in film, TV and theater productions, apart from her talent management abilities are spoken for, if her past achievements are testimony to her sheer tenacity at making it in the business.

Tiara said the talents of the three boys held much promise for their future to become stars and she excitedly added that discussions have been held to map out the career path of the trio in various aspects, including their
branding and direction over the next couple of years.

“Among immediate plans were the extension of polishing their skills from Akademi Fantasia which covers dance, stage performance, acting, styling and vocals, among others.

“Projects planned include TV programmes, albums, music videos, tours and corporate performances, apart
from potential fi lm and stage work.”


Performing workshops, personalised gym training and grooming sessions are already on the cards and the boys can expect to better their acting and performing skills in her company’s annual actors’ boot camp, conducted by stage actor Stephen Rahman-Hughes, choreographer Pat Ibrahim and Tiara herself.


Meanwhile, she also spoke of a detailed career road map and a fresher approach for staying power.20 years, in acting as well as talent management from the days of Jacquie Eu Productions and Kit Kat Klub Entertainment to now Enfiniti Productions Sdn Bhd, the immediate plus in the partnership is the utilisation of the network of manpower and creative resources held by Enfiniti’s sister outfits.

Kit Kat Klub Entertainment, which handles event management, will take on their promotions, while production arm, Ten On Ten Pictures Sdn Bhd, has earmarked several television series to feature the talents.