Padang become the shooting location of Sitti Nurbaya

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Padang become the shooting location of Sitti Nurbaya

Gunung Padang, which will be one of the locations for the film Sitti Nurbaya (ANTARA News / Iggoy El Fitra)

Padang (ANTARA) - The locations for making the film "Sitti Nurbaya" is at Padang city.This film which was based on the legendary novel published by Balai Pustaka, a work by Marah Rusli entitled "Sitti Nurbaya Kasih Tak Sampai".

"On behalf of the Padang City Government, I welcome the re-creation of Sitti Nurbaya in the form of a big screen film that raises the background and setting of Minangkabau culture and will film in several places in Padang City," said Padang Mayor Mahyeldi in Padang on Tuesday while receiving a group PT Balai Pustaka and film producer.

He hopes that the film Sitti Nurbaya can provide many benefits for residents and the city of Padang.

The Director of Balai Pustaka, Achmad Fachrodji hopes the cultivation of the film would be able to boost the number of tourists to Padang as well as the film "Laskar Pelangi" which was popular a few years ago with the shooting location at Bangka Belitung.

The film "Sitti Nurbaya" was directed by Haris Nizam.

Later will be built a tourist spot called Kampung Sitti Nurbaya which is located at Gunung Padang.

In the village there will be a house of Sitti Nurbaya, the house of Datuk Maringgih, Syamsul Bahri and facilities that support the film. If necessary, the Sitti Nurbaya museum will be created, with all the clothes and attributes used in the film there.

He considered that tourists could see and enjoy the Sitti Nurbaya Village area and provide benefits to local residents and traders and creative economic actors.

Achmad said the shooting location of the film "Sitti Nurbaya" took several places such as Bukit Gado-gado or Gunung Padang which would later be transformed into Sitti Nurbaya Village.

The making of the film will begin after the completion of the construction of Sitti Nurbaya Village. While the shadow is he will negotiate with investors.

"God willing, if there is no obstacle to the screening of Sitti Nurbaya's film after Eid al-Fitr next year," he said.

While related to the cast of the film he is still a secret but only one name is called Tengku Rifnu Wikana who plays Datuk Maringgih.

"We will also take the cast from West Sumatra based on the results of the casting some time ago which was followed by 1,612 and elected as many as 41 people," he said.

Editor: Mutiara Ramadhani

Translated by: Internship student of ANTARA 2019