![]() ![]() ![]() Why? In one word: Aisha (Rianti Cartwright). ![]() In actuality, Noura was cared for by Maria, but she is unable to testify on Fahri’s behalf because…she is comatose. At one point, she was being abused by someone else, so Fahri and Maria helps to save her, but things take a turn for the worse later on, for Fahri is then accused of taking advantage of Noura in this situation. I may have tricked you there a bit with the word ‘relationship’, for while there is friendship, Fahri again does nothing to deliberately expand upon or return her subtle affections (by this point, I wonder if you’re wondering whether this dude is interested in women at all). She is, however, instrumental in Fahri’s relationship with Noura (Zaskia Adya Mecca). Trouble is, she is not a Muslim, and it doesn’t help that he apparently does not have any such feelings for her, so this appears to be a dead end as well. She helps him a lot in many ways, not just with his life and education, but also with his diet, giving him food every so often by lowering a basket outside the window from her unit above his. He might have struck it with Maria (Carissa Putri), who is a neighbour of Fahri’s. It seems like a match made in heaven, except that this is one match Fahri choose not to strike. Nurul (Melanie Putria) seems to be the prime candidate on the outside: young, female (duh), Muslim, and (for those interested in such connections) the daughter of a well-known Indonesian cleric. The same can be said about the fact that he is at the virtual epicenter of a tug of war between not two, not three, but four lovely women who all have more than just a little something for Fahri. ‘Ayat-ayat Cinta’ follows the story of Fahri (Fedi Nuril), a bright student who is not the most privileged when it comes to socio-economic power, so the fact that he is enrolled at Al-Azhar University in Egypt says something about his character. Anyways, it was only for a few ticks right at the end, as the credits were rolling. I had even used one of the songs in a short film I accidentally directed, though I hasten to add that it was at the behest of the film’s producers. I had thought of the reception at that time to have as much to do with the dearth of films dealing with such topics and targeted at such an audience as it does with the potential quality of the film itself. ![]() It is a film largely credited with kick starting the entire wave of Islamic films that permeated this region, originating primarily from Indonesia. I have been made very aware of the film ‘Ayat-ayat Cinta’, directed by Hanung Bramantyo. ![]()
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