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{{Malay name|Abdul Razak|Mohaideen}}

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| honorific_prefix = [[Malay styles and titles|Yang Berbahagia]] [[Professor|Prof. Madya]] [[Malay styles and titles|Dato' Dr.]]

'''Introduction'''

| name = A. Razak Mohaideen

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| birth_name = Abdul Razak Mohaideen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]]

| nationality = [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]]

| occupation = Director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1997–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Datin Nazeera Ahmed Bazari|1996}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Abdul Latiff Mohaideen (brother) {{br}} Abdul Shukor Mohaideen (brother)

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[[Malay styles and titles|Yang Berbahagia]] [[Professor|Prof. Madya]] [[Malay styles and titles|Dato' Dr.]] '''Abdul Razak bin''' [[Malay styles and titles|Haji]] '''Mohaideen''' (born 22 January 1965) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[film director]]. He has directed around 40 titles since 1997.

== Early life ==

He was born in Pulau Pinang on 22 January 1965. Razak obtained his Master of Art in Film and Television Fiction from [[Sheffield Hallam University]], United Kingdom in the year 1997. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in journalism, Razak started as a script writer before moving on to directing. He debuted as a director with the film ''Gemerlapan'' in the same year''.'' He became a lecturer in [[Universiti Teknologi MARA]] since 1991, eventually serving as the Dean of Faculty of Film, Theatre & Animation there. He is also one of the lecturers involved in the setting up of its Faculty of Performing Arts in 1998. In October 2016, he obtained his PhD in management from the [[Universiti Utara Malaysia|University Utara Malaysia]].

He is married to Nazeera Ahmed Bazari and has two children.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

== Honours ==

Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen is a Malaysian Movie Director who started his career as a movie director with the debut film ''Gemerlapan''. As a young man his interest in photography and mass communication had brought him to movie making industries. During those early days , as an avid fan of motion pictures , he develop keen interest towards the art of movie making and that interest actually was the catalyst which further cultivate his desire to pursue his dream of becoming a director. He did his Bachelor Degree in Journalism but his true love is to do Filming. Nevertheless upon graduation his assignments as a journalist was to cover movie making and movie industries in Malaysia hence there he was united with his first love. At the onset he started his filming career as a script writer. Writing script limit his visualization henceforth he decided to be on set in order to visualize film making in order to assist his script writing. From there on, like a fulfilled prophecy, he never turned back ever. Among others his favorite director nonetheless is Steven Spielberg and he hope that his dream to co-direct with Mr Spielberg would be a dream come true.

He won a Special Jury Award for Portraying Social Community Culture and was the Producer of one of the Best Short Films at the 2007 RTM Short Film Awards. In 2011, he has been awarded National Academic Award (Creative) and received Malaysia Book of Records for directing most number of film by an academic.

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'''Breakthrough – Anak Mami Series'''

* [[File:MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN.svg|50x50px]] Officer of the [[List of post-nominal letters (Penang)|Order of the Defender of State]] (DSPN) – '''Dato'''' (2014)

He is the kind of director whom likes to try out new things as well as working on varieties of diverse cinematography techniques. He is a man who is a go getter and very methodical in his approach. His excitement with “Human Interest” from the very beginning of his movie making career had more or less influence all of his movies. His favorite genre is family oriented comedy which concentrate on a minority group in Northern Malaysia known as Jawi Peranakan had given him tremendous recognition in terms of new ideas as well viewer ship support. His first script in 1993 for a drama entitled Anak Mami was a big hit among local Malaysian drama viewers. Overall , those series of Anak Mami movies almost all collected an average revenues of more than RM 2 million and he became an instant box office director for Malaysian Movie Industry.

==Filmography==

===Film===

'''Point of View'''

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Title

! colspan="2"|Credited as

! rowspan="2"|Notes

|-

! width="65"|Director

! width="65"|Writer

|-

| 1997

| ''Gemerlapan''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2002

| ''Anak Mami the Movie''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Mami Jarum''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="4"|2003

| ''Mistik''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Mami Jarum Junior''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Cinta Kolestrol''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Jutawan Fakir''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="5"|2004

| ''Kuliah Cinta''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Hingga Hujung Nyawa''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''7 Perhentian''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''I Know What You Did Last Raya''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| ''Tangkai Jering''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="4"|2005

| ''Potret Mistik''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Cinta Fotokopi''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Lady Boss''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Anak Mami Kembali''<ref name="Mail">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Buzz/BFeature/20060615115133/Article/index.html |title=The heroic 10 |last=Shariman |first=Meor |publisher=Malay Mail |accessdate=2006-12-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720214341/http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Buzz/BFeature/20060615115133/Article/index.html |archivedate=2006-07-20 }}</ref>

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="3"|2006

| ''Bujang Senang''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaonline.com.my/movie/movie.asp?search=bujang|title=Bujang Senang|publisher=CinemaOnline.com|accessdate=2006-12-14}}</ref>

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Nana Tanjung''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Main-Main Cinta''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2007

| ''Otai''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Nana Tanjung 2''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2008

| ''[[Duyung]]''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| ''Cinta U-Turn''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="3"|2009

| ''Sifu dan Tongga''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Rasukan Ablasa''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Skrip 7707''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2010

| ''2 Hati 1 Jiwa''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| ''4 Madu''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2011

| ''Ratu the Movie''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Raya Tak Jadi''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2012

| ''Bujang Terlajak''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Ngorat''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| 2014

| ''Mana Mau Lari''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| 2015

| ''Chowrasta''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2016

| ''Anak Mami Nasi Kandaq''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Muluk Dan Konco: Hero Malaya''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

| Completed

|-

| 2017

| ''Soulmate Hingga Jannah''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| 2018

| ''Badang''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| 2020

| ''Syif Malam Raya''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|2021

| ''Selamat Hari X Jadi''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

|

|-

| ''Rumah Madu Ku Berhantu''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| 2022

| ''Hantu Tenggek''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

| 2023

| ''Sumpahan Malam Raya''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

|

|-

|rowspan="2"| TBA

| ''Duyung 2''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| ''Post-production''

|-

| ''Pukau''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| ''Pre-production''

|}

===Television series===

Putting critics aside there are many whom does not share his point of view in terms of artistic appreciation of movie making but bottom line the people loves it. Marketing is all about touching people and their needs. Marketing is also about perception. Henceforth Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen had delivered full throttle of family, narrative, romantic comedies , romantic thriller as well as horror flicks , to add to his arsenal , his latest endeavor and the list goes on and on.

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Title

! colspan="2"|Credited as

! rowspan="2"|TV channel

|-

! width="65"|Director

! width="65"|Writer

|-

| 2008

| ''Anak Mami''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

| [[TV9 (Malaysian TV network)|TV9]]

|-

|}

===Telemovie===

According to Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen, movie making industry is like a restaurant. If the food served, accepted by the customers and they patronize the restaurant again and again hence that will be an indicator that the menu is excellent. Never mind what competitors or critics are saying, bottom line the food is good. Therefore a good movie is one that accepted by the audience and they are entertained and that will be of primary concern and of course along with it elements of good storyline , cinematography , excellent casts also are part and puzzle of a breakthrough movie.

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Title

! colspan="2"|Credited as

! rowspan="2"|TV channel

|-

! width="65"|Director

! width="65"|Writer

|-

| 2007

| ''Sangga Saadah''

| {{ya}}

| {{ya}}

| [[TV3 (Malaysian TV network)|TV3]]

|-

| 2023

| ''Raya Heist''

| {{ya}}

| {{na}}

| Tonton

|-

|}

==References==

'''Credentials'''

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==External links==

Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen has directed more than 20 Malaysian films and dramas under his belt. With more than 10 years of movie making experience and an average of RM 2 million revenues per film had put him on to a level as an acclaimed director. He also had past experience of International Thai movie production, completing a full feature movie entitled “Kolestrol Teerak “.He is also the man behind the scenes who is instrumental in directing all Line Clear Motion Pictures Sdn Bhd movies, the movie production house which he is attached to. The movies that he directed speak for him and his team of dedicated support group.

*Abdul Razak at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090804144329/http://www.sinemamalaysia.com.my/artist/info/?id=Abdul_Razak_Mohaideen_459 Sinema Malaysia]

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His ultimate dream would be to direct an epic Malaysian movie with huge budget working along with Hollywood producers and co-directors.

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[[Category:1965 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Mass media people from Penang]]

Movies directed by Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen.

[[Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent]]

[[Category:Malaysian Muslims]]

''''Gemerlapan,''

[[Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent]]

[[Category:Malaysian film directors]]

''''Anak Mami the Movie,''

[[Category:Academic staff of Universiti Teknologi MARA]]

[[Category:Malay-language film directors]]

''Anak Mami Kembali,''

''Mami Jarum,''

''Mami Jarum Junior,''

''Cinta Fotokopi,''

''Kuliah Cinta,''

''Lady Boss,''

''7 Perhentian,''

''Bujang Senang,''

''Nana Tanjung,''

''Ablasa,''

''Skrip 70707,''''

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'''Upcoming'''

His first international action movie currently in progress is Dead End.

This upcoming movie is a joint venture between MySiam Ventures Sdn Bhd and Prime Film International Co.Ltd. It is a joint venture set up to produce “Dead End” in collaboration with In Dream Production [Thailand] whom is associated with Pechpanna Productions.

'''DeadEnd – From the Master of All Thai Boxing Stuntman.''' '''Synopsis'''

DeadEnd is a mafia story. Leading actor , Mickael B [ who is a stuntman and stunt-action director who was in charge of stuntmen in Ong Bak] is the main character who needs money to pay up for his father medical bills. Desperate, he ends up working for some drug lords who uses him as the transporter for their drug trafficking business. Mickael B will cross paths with a police officer and they both end up with a common purpose at the end. Filled with dynamic martial arts fighting scenes and fascinating stunts, DeadEnd promises to be the next box office hit of Thailand. Assoc.Prof. Abdul Razak Mohaideen will be co-directing this movie along with Chartchai Maliwan who is closely associated to Pechpanna Productions which has produced more than 30 Thai movie titles and numerous martial arts films in Thailand and incidentally ‘gave birth’ to Tony Jaa, the famous “Ong Bak” star. Chartchai, is a graduate from New York University and New York Institute of Technology a young protégé who has much to offer with fresh new ideas.

'''Conclusion'''

The essence of excellence is time. We are what we repeatedly do therefore excellence then is not an act but a HABIT noted Aristotle the Greek Philosopher. With all due respect to critics and supporters alike, Assoc.Prof.Abdul Razak Mohaideen is certainly aiming to improve the movies that he directs as time goes by. From a humble beginning , he is now moving to bigger projects but of course with support from all Malaysian. As an end note, again, the essence of excellence is time.

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Article written by : Noor Mohamed b Mohd Yousof

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