Explanation:
Bidasari is a 1965 Malaysian-Singaporean black-and-white romantic-drama film starring Jins Shamsuddin and Sarimah. The film is notable for having dialogue that is written almost completely as rhyming poetry. The story is based on Syair Bidasari, a very popular romantic Malay poem during 18th and 19th century in the Malay world[1] believed to be written as early as 1750.[2] The poem, based on the Kembayat Negara annals[3] and mentioned by Dr. J. Leyden in 1807 as Hikaiat Bida Sari (Bidasari Annals),[4] has some similarities with the western fairy-tale of Snow White published by The Brothers Grimm in their fairy-tale compilation in 1812.
