BERNAMA – Malaysian director Zulkarnain Azhar has plans to produce a sequel to Takluk: Lahad Datu in the future.
He said the sequel is still in the early planning stages and will depend on audience response and demand. Zulkarnain hopes to have the original cast reprise their roles.
“The film ends at an early stage, like part one of the story.
That’s why viewers might feel it has a cliffhanger ending; it was intentional as part one sets the stage before Op Daulat was launched,” he explained.
“So part two will revolve around Op Daulat, and we expect the film to be a much bigger one,” he said as a guest on the Ambang 31 @ Bernama programme recently. He was joined on the programme by actors Syafiq Kyle and Riezman Khuzaimi, who appear in the film that managed to pull in MYR10.5 million after the first seven days in the cinemas.
Zulkarnain highlighted several challenges he faced when directing the military-style film, including having to follow guidelines set by the authorities and also his aim of wanting to let the audience see the true story of what transpired.
“Of course in creative work there are some differences in delivering historical information and to provide entertainment as a film.
“We didn’t really set it in 2013, and the language used during the real incident wasn’t 100 per cent Bahasa Malaysia,” he pointed out.
Takluk: Lahad Datu is inspired by the tragic crisis in 2013 when Sulu terrorists from the Philippines invaded Kampung Tanduo in Lahad Datu, Sabah.
