Who is the Voice Behind Tok Guru Pujangga in Silat Legenda?

Silat Legenda is a Malaysian animated film released in 1998, directed by Hassan Abd Muthalib. This fictional film tells the story of the adventure of five youths who eventually discover mystical weapons.

Set in a futuristic era, this film presents a new perspective on the legend of the five brothers of Hang Tuah. We are sure that Generation X and Generation Y still remember the animated film Silat Legenda, which was the first animated film in Malaysia. Many in our society today are still looking for this film because they want to rewatch it since it was first released on August 27, 1998. The story of Silat Legenda begins in 15th-century Melaka, focusing on Seleman and Mona, who both studied under the same silat master. Unfortunately, Mona, who possessed greater expertise, used the knowledge she gained for evil purposes and sought to control five highly powerful mysterious weapons. As the story goes, Mona failed to obtain all the weapons in the film, leading her to harbor a grudge and continue trying to master them using magic and dark arts. After hundreds of years passed, the five mysterious weapons were transformed into keris and kept in a cave on Gunung Ledang. Mona was put into a long slumber and would only awaken once the weapons were found. Eventually, five youths in the 21st century succeeded in finding these weapons on Gunung Ledang.

Since Mona's awakening, the five youths who found the mysterious weapons had to face her cruelty as she still sought to control all five weapons. The five youths were asked by Seleman to find Tok Guru Pujangga, and from that moment, the battle between good and evil began once again after hundreds of years.

So, do you still remember the character Tok Guru Pujangga in the animated film Silat Legenda? Behind his voice was a great individual named Muhammad Amin bin Haji Ihsan, better known as M Amin. He was a popular Malay actor and film director during his prime.

M Amin, the voice behind the character Tok Guru Pujangga in Malaysia's first animated film, Silat Legenda, was born on September 1, 1924, in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. He received his early education at Sekolah Bendang Panjang up to the sixth grade. This Kuala Kangsar native actually began his career as a teacher in Sitiawan. However, after the Second World War, M Amin served as a member of the Federation of Malaya Police Force (badge number 4551) as a School Inspector at the Ipoh Police Depot for 4 years, from 1946 to 1950.

Because M Amin had a deep interest in acting, he had to resign from his position as a police officer to pursue his dreams, even though his career in the field began as an extra in the film Bakti, directed by L. Krishnan in 1950 at the Malay Film Productions (MFP) studio.

His career in film directing began as an assistant director before he took the director's chair. Datuk L. Krishnan helped and encouraged him significantly in his film directing work. The last film he acted in was Paloh, directed by Adman Salleh in 2003. For his success in the film industry, he was awarded the federal honor, Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN). M Amin passed away at dawn on January 8, 2003, at the age of 78.