Tuesday, June 29, 2010

KERANA TEATER, HAFIZ PATAH TANGAN!



Teks oleh Razif Rosdi

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 JUN 2010: Sewaktu menjayakan teater muzikal Kita di Istana Budaya baru-baru ini, juara Akademi Fantasia 7 (AF7), Mohd Hafiz Suip atau Hafiz, 20, yang diangkat sebagai hero teater berkenaan telah ditimpa kemalanganhingga menyebabkan pergelangan tangan kanannya patah.

Mengesahkan perkara ini kepada murai.com.my, Hafiz yang kini masih terlibat dengan sesi rakaman promo hari raya yang turut disertai beberapa selebriti Astro mengakui bahawa pergelangan tangan kanannya bukan saja patah tetapi dibalut simen.

"Ya. Tangan kanan Hafiz memang patah iaitu di bahagian pergelangan tangan. Sebenarnya, Hafiz terjatuh masa tengah buat persembahan teater muzikal Kita l untuk hari yang ketujuh pada 24 Jun yang lalu.

"Waktu itu, persembahan kami dihentikan sementara waktu untuk sesi rehat selama 15 minit sebelum disambung ke persembahan seterusnya. Tak silap Hafiz, waktu itu dah pun pukul 9 malam. Kebetulan Hafiz pun dah tak tahan nak buang air dan terus saja bergegas meluru masuk ke tandas.

"Sebaik saja tiba tandas, Hafiz dapati tandas berkenaan dalam keadaan licin kerana baru saja dibersihkan. Jadi, dalam keadaan nak cepat, Hafiz pun jatuh tergelincir dan hampir tersembam kat muka. Nasib baiklah tangan Hafiz yang lebih dulu menahannya. Kalau tidak, mungkin dengan kepala Hafiz sendiri yang tercedera dan berdarah. Mungkin juga keadaan jadi lebih teruk.

"Selepas terjatuh tu, Hafiz ada rasa sangat sakit tapi tak sedar pula tangan Hafiz sebenarnya dah patah. Hafiz tetap meneruskan persembahan pada malam itu juga dan Hafiz terus menahan kesakitan selama satu jam 45 minit. Hafiz menahan sakit sebab Hafiz tak mahu timbulkan masalah pada pihak produksi. Sebaik saja tamat persembahan, tangan Hafiz makin membengkak dan krew Istana Budaya terus bawa Hafiz pergi ke Hospital Pusrawi, Kuala Lumpur," katanya.

Meneruskan ceritanya dengan lebih lanjut, Hafiz berkata, sekarang ini doktor telah menasihatkan dia agar berehat seketika dan tidak melakukan kerja-kerja berat.

"Dalam waktu terdekat ini, Hafiz kena buat pembedahan untuk masukkan besi dalam tangan Hafiz. Berkemungkinan besar, Hafiz akan jalani pembedahan tersebut di Kuching. Hafiz agak seram sejuk juga nak buat pembedahan di sini sebab famili Hafiz ada kat Kuching.

"Setakat ini, doktor cakap Hafiz kena pantang dari membuat kerja-kerja berat selama lebih kurang 2 hingga 3 bulan. Pun begitu, Hafiz masih lagi pergi menghadiri mana-mana undangan show yang melibatkan Hafiz," katanya.

Menyentuh tentang penglibatannya dalam teater muzikal Kita,Hafiz menjelaskan, dia sangat seronok apabila menjayakan teater muzikal tersebut. Malah, pengalaman berlakon teater ini mengingatkan Hafiz kembali saat dia masih merangkak mencari ilmu dalam AF7.

"Banyak perkara yang Hafiz belajar. Hafiz dapat asah lagi bakat dalam bidang lakonan, nyanyian dan tarian. Bagi sesiapa yang terlepas untuk menyaksikan lakonan Hafiz dalam teater ini, anda boleh dapatkan DVD yang telah pun berada di pasaran.

"Selepas teater ini, Hafiz akan sibuk dengan rakamkan single baru Hafiz. Lagu tersebut adalah hasil nukilan Hafiz sendiri. Tajuk single itu masih belum boleh diumumkan kerana semuanya masih dalam perancangan. Hafiz pun teringin juga nak kembangkan lagi sayap Hafiz sebagai komposer," katanya.

Source : www.murai.com.my

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Hafiz acted with broken hand ToT

Last nite Hafiz have acted in KITA with his broken hand. He did well considering his injury. However, it was clear he and other being extra careful with his injured hand.


Friday, June 25, 2010

Hafiz broke his hand!

Early this morning, we at HafizFC received a shocking news from Hafiz who updated his twitter status saying that his hand is broken! He apparently slipped while in a washing room at Istana Budaya. He was then taken to the hospital by the KITA crews.

Luckily, only his right wrist was injured and he assured fans not to worry coz he still can perform for KITA The Musical which remains only 3 days left.

He posted this pic on Twitter about minutes ago....



Tuesday, June 22, 2010

NST - Living the 1Malaysia dream

NST: Dennis Chua



Best friends (from left) Ganesh, Rahman and Cheong

Hafiz Suip makes the transition from Akademi Fantasia champion to theatre star in Kita The Musical, a heart-warming story set in 1970s Teluk Intan. DENNIS CHUA writes


PRODUCED by the creators of the acclaimed Prince Siddharta The Musical and Jewel Of Tibet, Kita The Musical is a heart-warming story of the Malaysian dream.

It also marks Akademi Fantasia 7 (AF7) champion Hafiz Suip’s debut as a theatre star.

Hafiz is perfect as Rahman, the protagonist who dares to dream beyond his small town and who never gives up despite setbacks.

Kuching-born Hafiz clearly made full use of the lessons he learnt from Puteri Gunung Ledang and P. Ramlee The Musical executive producer and AF7 principal Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina.

He was a natural on stage, switching back and forth with ease from English to Malay in his dialogue. His vocal prowess was second to none. The only one to upstage him was opera and choir star Lim Cheng Hock who sang beautifully in Chinese about his character’s turbulent voyage from China to Malaya.

An effort by Musical On Stage Productions, the musical was directed and written by the company’s founder Ho Lin Huay. It features original music by longtime collaborator Imee Ooi.

Kita is set in 1970s Teluk Intan (then called Teluk Anson) and revolves around the lives of close pals Rahman, Ganesh (Astro Vaanavil Superstar 2009 winner Michael Rao) and Cheong (Astro Talent Quest 2001 winner Eric Lin) who meet in their school band and share a love of music.

Rahman’s father Hassan (Datuk Jalaluddin Hassan) is a village headman who fosters national unity via the Rukun Tetangga scheme.

Hassan wants Rahman to study overseas but he dies of a heart attack during the Merdeka celebrations.

Ganesh, meanwhile, is an orphan who lives with his grandmother Naini (Sukania Venugopal), a rubber tapper who suffers from a knee injury.

Ganesh aspires to be a successful businessman. Cheong lives with his father Chin (Lim), a widowed traditional medicine man who dreams of returning to China.

Cheong and his younger sister Chun Mei (Astro Talent Quest graduate Amy Wang), who aspires to be a fashion designer, think of themselves as Malaysians first and last.

Chin wants his son to inherit his business but Cheong aspires to pursue a degree in literature and become an educationist.

Ganesh is secretly in love with Chun Mei, and when Cheong discovers this, their friendship is strained.

Rahman falls in love with illiterate Kedahan lass Ayu (Nas Adila Mohd Dan) and teaches her to read and write. Alas, she is engaged to a relative back home.

In order to help Naini raise funds for her knee surgery, the boys form a Bee Gees-style pop group Kita and participate in the Bintang Malaysia talent search in Kuala Lumpur.

They emerge winners performing P. Ramlee’s Getaran Jiwa cabaret-style, and return home to a heroes’ welcome.

Years later, the boys, Chun Mei and Ayu reunite — they are now very successful in their respective fields — to celebrate Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia dream.

Set designer Pam Lim did a brilliant job crafting a mock “Leaning Tower” of Teluk Intan as the story’s centrepiece.

This “tower” descends from the ceiling and forms the meeting place of the boys.Real scenes of Teluk Intan were used as the background. The boys’ bus journey to Kuala Lumpur showed scenes taken along the old trunk road to the big city.

Even the old Teluk Anson bus station was “revived” as a prop.

Costumes, meanwhile, were designed by Zaaba Latiff. Johor-born Adila spoke impeccably in the Kedah Malay dialect, while Rao communicated in decent Hokkien and Mandarin. However, there is a lack of chemistry between Adila and Hafiz, who both competed in AF7.

Kita, which ends its 10-day run on June 27, is reminiscent of a Yasmin Ahmad film, thanks to its heart-warming, coming-of-age theme that celebrates all things Malaysian.
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