Begadang (1978)

Plot Summary

There is a street food stall in a village where unemployed men hang around, singing and gambling. Ani’s parents and Heri’s father, a judge, are angered by the gambling. But Rhoma, son of a poor widow, often sings his self-composed songs there, as he is still unemployed. A friend suggests that he should go to a recording company. He succeeds and his songs are hits. Then Heri falls in love with Ani, Rhoma’s girlfriend. So he conspires with the friends that he often gambles with at the eatery, and when Rhoma tries to help a hostess who has been killed, he is instead accused as the murderer and jailed. In the end, the true murderer is discovered, and Rhoma and Ani can be together again.

Full Cast & Characters

Rhoma Irama

Rhoma

Yati Octavia

Ani

Billy Argo

Chitra Dewi

Sukarno M. Noor

Abdul Hamid Arief

Doddy Sukma

Yetty Loren

Komalasari

Fakhri Amrullah

Urip Arphan

Pipiet Sandra

Director & Crew

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