Tiga Abdul

Tiga Abdul
The one-sheet for Tiga Abdul.
Directed byP. Ramlee
Written byP. Ramlee
Starring
Music byP. Ramlee
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Ltd.
Release date
  • 22 April 1964 (1964-04-22)
CountryMalaysia
LanguageMalay (with English subtitles)

Tiga Abdul (English: The Three Abduls; title numerized on screen as 3 Abdul) is a 1964 Malaysian Malay-language black-and-white comedy film directed by and starring Malaysian silver-screen icon P. Ramlee. It tells the story of three brothers who are caught in a web of trickery set by the cunning Sadiq Segaraga, who uses his three daughters to try and fleece the three brothers of all their wealth. The movie is a tribute to traditional folktales with a moral set into the story and is set in a fictional Middle Eastern country named Isketambola, loosely based on Istanbul, Turkey, it also loosely refers to the Ottoman Empire's decline, its final years and its collapse. It was the last film to be directed by P. Ramlee in Singapore before he moved to his new workplace in Merdeka Studios, Kuala Lumpur in 1965.