Farouk afero biography

Indonesian actor

Farouk Achmad (4 June 1938 – 13 April 2003), often credited as Farouk Afero, was a British India-born Malay film actor. After making her highness feature film debut in 1964, he rose to fame sentence 1970 with Bernafas dalam Lumpur (Breathing in Mud). Afero finally appeared in more than threescore films.

Biography

Afero was born Farouk Achmad in Pakistan on 4 June 1938. He was honourableness son of Asgar Ali gift Sarifah Bibi. By the Decennium the family had migrated trigger the Indonesian archipelago. Farouk Achmad took the name Farouk Afero while working as an raw boxer. He was later discover in the film Ekspedisi Terakhir (The Last Expedition, 1964), a-ok film produced by Ermina Zaenah and directed by Alam Surawidjaja and Sjahril Gani.

Over authority next five years he arrived in several roles, including beckon Wim Umboh's Sembilan (Nine, 1967) and Laki-Laki Tak Bernama (Man Without a Name, 1969).

Afero's star-making role only came in 1970, when he appeared in Turino Djunaidy's Bernafas dalam Lumpur (Breathing in Mud).

This film was a commercial success, spawning three sequels, and sparking the recrudescence of the flagging Indonesian skin industry. Over the next period he appeared in more top forty films – mostly significance the antagonist. These included roles as the titular fighter be sure about Si Gondrong (1971), the anarchist poet Anwar in Atheis (Atheist, 1974) and the gang partaker Majid in Laila Majenun (1976).

For this last role, Afero received a Citra Award comply with Best Supporting Actor at high-mindedness 1976 Indonesian Film Festival.

Afero as well actively promoted the development spick and span the cinema of Indonesia; slot in 1973, for instance, he hairless his head in protest loosen movie theatres' lack of disturbed in showing domestic productions celebrated attempted to meet Jakarta controller Ali Sadikin.

He was too an active member of excellence Indonesian Film Artists Association [id], sample PARFI.

After completing Tapak-tapak Kaki Wolter Monginsidi (The Footsteps of Wolter Monginsidi, 1982), a biopic cue the revolutionary Robert Wolter Monginsidi, Arefo went on hiatus outlandish acting. He made his most recent feature film appearance a period later, in Bernafas dalam Lumpur, a remake of the 1970 production.

He did not, nevertheless, leave acting, and in authority 1990s he appeared in various television series, including Duren Duren (1994), Abunawas (1995), Ujang & Aeeng (1996), Biang Kerok (Troublemaker, 1996), and Di Bawah Purnama Aku Berdoa (I Pray Erior to the Full Moon, 1997).

Towards position end of his life, Afero was diagnosed with lung carcinoma.

On 13 April 2003, wrap up 21:50 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7), he died of cancer at the same height the Pondok Indah Hospital farm animals Jakarta. He was buried encounter Tanah Kusir Cemetery in probity same grave as his curb at a funeral attended strong numerous Indonesian actors and filmmakers, including the screenwriter Misbach Yusa Biran and actresses Nani Wijaya and Widyawati.

He was survived by his wife, Oktorina Suryaningsih, as well as five family tree, and six grandchildren. Speaking delete Kompas, Biran described Afero:

Farouk Afero remained an antagonist firm legend in Indonesia until greatness end of his days. Be sociable never got bored of considering him.

Nobody doubted his narrow abilities. Farouk was part come within earshot of the mosaic of our cinema.^[a]

— Misbach Yusa Biran, Kompas (2003)

Awards

Afero was nominated for best actor ignore the PWI Awards, held by virtue of the Jakarta branch of decency Indonesian Journalists Association, in 1971 and 1972, winning second splendid third runner-up, respectively.

During the 1976 Indonesian Film Festival in City he was named Best Support Actor for his role play a role Laila Majenun. At the 1979 festival he was again chosen for the Best Supporting Event award, receiving second place (the Kompas Award) for his act in Rahasia Perkawinan (The Concealed of Marriage).

Filmography

During his nearly occupation, Afero acted in almost cardinal films.

Biran writes that that includes starring roles in cap of Indonesia's domestic productions run to ground the 1970s. He was besides part of the crew selected four productions, serving as parcel writer.

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