''Diva'' is a 2007 Malaysian film that was jointly produced by Nusantara Films, a subsidiary of

Astro Shaw Astro Shaw Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian film studio. Astro Shaw has produced films for the local and regional market and is pursuing expansion into international film investments. It also provides a marketing and distribution services for theatrical ...

, and the independent film production house

Tarantella Pictures () is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the m ...

.Motion picture soundtrack of Diva launched
" ''

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''. 24 April 2007. Retrieved on 18 January 2013. "Diva is a production of independent film production house Tarantella Pictures Sdn Bhd together with Nusantara Films Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Astro Shaw Sdn Bhd which was set up to produce films that are targeting audiences around the region." It was directed by Sharad Sharan, an

Indian citizen Indian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds Indian nationality. The two primary pieces of legislation governing these requirements are the Constitution of India and the Citizenship Act, 1955. All persons born in Ind ...

working in Indonesia, and with music composed by Mithoon Sharma, an Indian citizen. ''Diva'' had a cast composed of

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ns and Malaysians. The film was produced at a cost of 3.5 million rupiahs. It had a simultaneous release scheduled for June 2007 in

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, Indonesia,

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, and

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. The screening was scheduled to begin on 28 June of that year.Begum, Mumtaj.
Sold on a song
." ''

''. Wednesday 30 May 2007. Retrieved on 18 January 2013. The musical is about Kartika, an Indonesian singer. After returning from travelling abroad, Kartika seeks to develop the skills of four young people but they instead sign up for a record label competing against her label. The film soundtrack CD, the first musical collaboration between India and Malaysia, was released on 15 March 2007 in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Mithoon, a 21-year-old, composed five of the songs. Loloq wrote the lyrics.

Cast

Ning Baizura Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah (born 28 June 1975), better known by her stage name Ning Baizura, is a Malaysian pop and R&B singer, actress who sings in Malay, English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese. Early life She w ...

- Kartika *

Adam AF2 Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mank ...

- Idit *

Jeremy Thomas Jeremy Jack Thomas, CBE (born 26 July 1949) is a British film producer, founder and chairman of Recorded Picture Company. He produced Bernardo Bertolucci's ''The Last Emperor'', which won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2006 he rece ...

- Arman * Balkisyh Semundurkhan - Eja * Awal Ashaari - Jay * Jessica Iskandar - Mera

References

External links

* {{Malaysia-film-stub Malaysian drama films 2007 films Malay-language films Astro Shaw films