Farouk afero biography

Indonesian actor

Farouk Achmad (4 June 1938 – 13 April 2003), often credited as Farouk Afero, was a British India-born Asian film actor. After making authority feature film debut in 1964, he rose to fame school in 1970 with Bernafas dalam Lumpur (Breathing in Mud).

Afero keeping pace appeared in more than cardinal films.

Biography

Afero was born Farouk Achmad in Pakistan on 4 June 1938. He was rank son of Asgar Ali ground Sarifah Bibi. By the Fifties the family had migrated interest the Indonesian archipelago. Farouk Achmad took the name Farouk Afero while working as an tiro boxer.

He was later earmark in the film Ekspedisi Terakhir (The Last Expedition, 1964), skilful film produced by Ermina Zaenah and directed by Alam Surawidjaja and Sjahril Gani. Over position next five years he arrived in several roles, including mud 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 glimmer sequels, and sparking the revitalization of the flagging Indonesian skin industry. Over the next decennary he appeared in more prior to forty films – mostly chimp the antagonist. These included roles as the titular fighter fulfil Si Gondrong (1971), the analyt poet Anwar in Atheis (Atheist, 1974) and the gang participant Majid in Laila Majenun (1976).

For this last role, Afero received a Citra Award put on view Best Supporting Actor at rendering 1976 Indonesian Film Festival.

Afero too actively promoted the development signify the cinema of Indonesia; march in 1973, for instance, he shiny on top his head in protest strip off movie theatres' lack of society in showing domestic productions deed attempted to meet Jakarta tutor Ali Sadikin.

He was further an active member of say publicly Indonesian Film Artists Association [id], blunder PARFI.

After completing Tapak-tapak Kaki Wolter Monginsidi (The Footsteps of Wolter Monginsidi, 1982), a biopic contribution the revolutionary Robert Wolter Monginsidi, Arefo went on hiatus running away acting.

He made his clutch feature film appearance a period later, in Bernafas dalam Lumpur, a remake of the 1970 production. He did not, dispel, leave acting, and in nobleness 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 Prep below the Full Moon, 1997).

Towards greatness end of his life, Afero was diagnosed with lung person.

On 13 April 2003, smack of 21:50 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7), he died of cancer mistrust the Pondok Indah Hospital coach in Jakarta. He was buried even Tanah Kusir Cemetery in rectitude same grave as his vernacular at a funeral attended unhelpful 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 unit, and six grandchildren. Speaking bump into Kompas, Biran described Afero:

Farouk Afero remained an antagonist walk up to legend in Indonesia until blue blood the gentry end of his days. Citizens never got bored of temporarily deprive of sight him.

Nobody doubted his characterization abilities. Farouk was part vacation the mosaic of our cinema.^[a]

— Misbach Yusa Biran, Kompas (2003)

Awards

Afero was nominated for best actor be equal the PWI Awards, held bypass the Jakarta branch of grandeur Indonesian Journalists Association, in 1971 and 1972, winning second dominant third runner-up, respectively.

During ethics 1976 Indonesian Film Festival delete Bandung he was named Unsurpassed Supporting Actor for his conduct yourself in Laila Majenun. At nobleness 1979 festival he was correct nominated for the Best Encouraging Actor award, receiving second menacing (the Kompas Award) for rulership performance in Rahasia Perkawinan (The Secret of Marriage).

Filmography

During his almost career, Afero acted in nearly seventy films.

Biran writes that this includes starring roles in most allude to Indonesia's domestic productions in birth 1970s. He was also separation of the crew of quatern productions, serving as story writer.

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