THE late Omar is the screenplay writer of the Semerah Padi and Antara Dua Darjat classics, who never received the applauds he should have but the works he left behind, has been immortalised forever.
AS for P Ramlee, who acted and directed both classics, this nation now living in a different century, hasnt been able to heal those self inflicted wounds of pretending not to hear the cries of our very best men todate, when he was not at his best.
HEALING perhaps, will only come if we ensure the message left by both men, whoes ability in writing and story telling were ahead of their times in antara dua darjat, is received, and understood to the fullest .
WHEN I checked in 2025, we still had no clue how dua darjat has evolved. It's no longer about the Raja Raja Melayu and the common people as there ample court cases to prove it where those even very high up to the thrown wee found guilty
DUA darjat is no longer between the rich man and the poor man as we both victims of corruption. It's not even about corrupt politicians and us, as we have an ex Prime Minister in Kajang Prison ..
DUA darjat today is about corrupt civil servants including those in the immigration, police and MACC, after being caught are merely given a transfer. READ : Thanos, who seems to have the immigration DG by his balls, mere get a transfer with full pay