Namewee to meet Najib this week

After a year's wait, rapper-cum-filmmaker Wee Meng Chee - better good known as Namewee - will encounter a premier this week over a hurdles he has faced in producing his entrance movie 'Nasi Lemak 2.0'.

NONEA China Press report currently pronounced Namewee had perceived a call from a Prime Minister's Department last Saturday, confirming a meeting. The date has nonetheless to be fixed.

Namewee pronounced he would speak about a challenges as well as woes he has gifted in requesting for supervision grant to furnish his film.

"I wish to discuss it him which we have gone through most unnecessary mistakes ... we goal he can support this movie as good as local production," he was quoted as saying.

Expressing excitement, Namewee pronounced he additionally hopes a premier will yield some-more opportunities as well as benefit for local filmmakers to introduce Malaysian enlightenment to a wider audience.

According to a Sin Chew Daily report, Namewee will share his views upon 1Malaysia with Najib.

"We will insist a 1Malaysia message conveyed by a movie as well as goal a supervision can perspective a 1Malaysia concept seriously by giving satisfactory diagnosis to each Malaysian as well as ancillary filmmakers from different races."

Namewee had sought grants from supervision agencies like a National Film Development Corporation as well as Creative Industries Fund over a past year.

NONEAlthough Minister in a Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz concluded to take up his request, it was eventu! ally rejectedby Informa! tion, Cu lture as well as Communications Minister Rais Yatim(right) on a ground which Namewee had been involved in activities which are against Malaysian norms as well as values.

He afterwards produced two short clips entitled 'I wish to encounter a PM', which were uploaded to Youtube as well as watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers. In these, he narrated a process of posterior supervision assistance.

It was afterwards followed by a letter to Najib, asking for a meeting.

Semi-indie movie

Even but supervision aid, Namewee managed to furnish the movie which was screened nationwide upon Sept 8, raking in over RM200,000 a same day.

The 148-minute film, directed by Wee, is a semi-independent production which cost usually RM1 million but facilities discourse in Malay, English, Tamil, Mandarin as well as Chinese dialects used in Malaysia.

Namewee rose to notoriety after his delivery of a inhabitant anthem, dubbed 'I Love My Country Negarakuku', went viral in 2007.

He produced another rap strain 'Nah!' with anti-racist lyrics which additionally grabbed media courtesy since of Malay-rights NGO Perkasademonstrating against his promotional tour.

Courtesy of Bonology.com Politically Incorrect Buzz & Buzz

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