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| Sister: Yasmin made movies to cheer parents up Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:42 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR: The late Yasmin Ahmad made films to make her parents happy, her sister said. "She made Rabun to cheer our dad when he had acute diabetes in 2002. "Later, when mum had to undergo surgery to treat her enlarged heart, Yasmin made Sepet to make her happy," said Datin Orked Ahmad, when accepting an award for the film Muallaf on behalf of her late sister at the 1Malaysia Cultural Award at the KL Convention Centre here yesterday. It was the filmmaker's last movie to be screened before she died from brain haemorrhage in 2009. She was 51. A tearful Orked added: "Our parents were supposed to come today, but this morning mum broke down and couldn't bring herself to attend the ceremony." Organisers of the MCA-initiated awards, the first of its kind to recognise Malaysian artistes in promoting racial unity through their works, received 28 entries for the Chinese category and five entries under the non-Chinese category. Music professor Prof Shen Ping Kwang took home the top award for his musical ensemble Proudly We Sing Our Songs - I Love Malaysia in the Chinese category. The 91-year-old from Sabah thanked his conductor for sending in his work to compete for the award. The winners received RM50,000 each while two nominees from each category, chosen by a panel of nine judges, received RM1,000 and a certificate each. MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek presented the awards. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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