Karim (Abdullah Chik) and Khatijah (Rose Yatimah) are undergraduates at the University of Malaya pursuing degrees in Medicine and History respectively. They are young, progressive in their thinking, and very much in love with each other. On a visit back home, Khatijah discovers that she is arranged to be married, without her knowledge, to the local village 'lebai' (healer), Din, who is a recent widower and father of six. Khatijah is torn between her fledging love for Karim and her adherence to centuries of tradition. Determined to win the hand of Khatijah, Karim sets aside his prejudiced view of the "mystical arts" and travels deep into the wilderness of Malaysia to study under a respected traditional healer, Pak Salleh (Dollah Sarawak).
Cast
Crew
Dato' S. Roomai Noor
Director, Screenplay
Hussein Haniff
Editor
George Peterson
Assistant Editor
Tsin Ming Chin
Director of Photography
Salleh Ghani
Assistant Director
K.R. Ayyakannu
Assistant Camera
Hui Ying Sur
Assistant Sound Engineer
Tan Beng Sim
Assistant Sound Engineer
Chua Hung Boon
Sound
Zubir Said
Music
K. Raju
Painter
Haji Mubin Sheppard
Original Story
Yeo Hai Lip
Art Direction
S.A. D'Cruz
Administration