Guess What? Putu Wijaya

Guess What? Putu Wijaya

It would appear that the issue of disintegration is not only
giving headaches to top politicians, but also noted theater actor
and director Putu Wijaya. And he is planning to use his talent to
discuss the issue.

In January next year, he will begin production of Nyanyian
Laut (The Singing of the Sea), the work of scriptwriter Budiati
Abiyoga.

"The film is about humanity. It's about a person, who became a
victim in the mass chaos in the past, but legally he is ignored,"
Putu said in his house in the Cirende area, close to Bogor.

He said that he believed that if more attention was paid to
issues about humanity, there would be unity instead of
disintegration.

"I believe our people still watch Indonesian films as long as
they have good campaigns, good promotions. Garin Nugroho proves
he can do it. People watch (his movies). Also Kuldesak," said
Putu, referring to distinguished director Garin's successful
movie Daun Di atas Bantal (A Leaf on a Pillow).

Apart from work on big screen films, he is currently working
on three TV series: Kemerdekaan dalam Merdeka (Independent within
Independence), Jembatan Emas (Golden Bridge) and Musuh yang Tak
Nampak (Unseen Enemy) as requested by the Department of Education
and Culture. The series also focus on issues of humanity and
disintegration.

For his TV series, Putu hopes they will be aired by private TV
stations. He said his previous film about reading habits did not
gain much attention because it was aired by state TV station
TVRI.

"I want this time for (the series) to be heard loud and clear,
so I hope private TV stations will air them." (Endi Aras)