Film

Djakarta Bukan Hollywood

Director

Othniel Wong

Year

1954

Record distributor, Rasyid, assigns the famous singer, Burhan, to enchant Rooswati in the Puncak area. The girl's father wishes to maintain the noble bloodline by pairing off his daughter to Bimayu. Rooswati runs away, and she roams about using her maid's name, Suparni. In her journey, she encounters Burhan. Finally, Rooswati comes back to Puncak on her own will. To celebrate her return, a music group is hired as entertainment. Burhan writes one of the songs the group plays, entitled "Djakarta Bukan Hollywood", a song about how young people are imitating western lifestyles.