Kudrat 1968 movie: how long it runs, who is in the cast, and where it is showing

Kudrat 1968: High Council runs for just under two hours. TGV's listing gives 113 minutes and Kosmo's review puts it at one hour 58 minutes, so allow two hours with the trailers. It is classified 16, and it is the widest film in Malaysia this week: 133 cinemas across all twelve chains this site reads, with about 530 sessions a day from Thursday 5 November.

RM3 million before it opened

The film arrived with a crowd already waiting. Malay Mail reported on 28 October that it had taken RM3 million in advance ticket sales before its 29 October release, according to Astro Shaw. Tickets for the gala premiere on 26 October sold out in under an hour, and those for the fan screenings on 31 October went within five minutes. One fan told the paper's readers on Instagram, "I'm one of the people who contributed to that RM3 million!"

The cast

Malay Mail lists the main roles: Zarif Ghazzi as Abbas, Mierul Aiman as Kuda, Akmal Asyraf as Piji, Dai Fuad as Pa, Evertts Gomes as Ghafar and Chech Harith as Mazli. The Star gives the two leads their full names, Ungku Abbas Ungku Deramat and Tengku Uda Tengku Ali, and quotes Mierul on his character: "For Tengku Uda, it is more about control." Kosmo's review adds Yasmin Hani, in an antagonist's role, and TGV's listing names Zamarul Hisham and Nabila Huda. Zulaikha Zakaria and Khairi Asyraff direct.

The story, as Malay Mail tells it, has Abbas return to Kudrat to find the school locked down by the authorities after a student's hidden death is discovered, while the elite students and the scholarship holders turn on each other.

What the director says about the bullying

Some viewers have argued online that the High Council films encourage bullying. Zulaikha answered at the gala at TGV Suria KLCC, Malay Mail reported, that every episode shows the consequences straight away. "We want audiences to realise that violence is not a solution," she said.

Is it any good?

Kosmo's critic, Nur Emira Saizali, gave it three and a half stars on 31 October. She found the film did not disappoint, but singled out one weakness: the transition scenes in the middle, and supporting characters who do not get enough room. The four-episode series, The Star notes, is on Sooka, Astro and Netflix, and the film is its conclusion, so the series first is the intended order.

Before you book

GSC has 2,740 of the week's sessions and TGV 1,921, with FST, Paragon, Mega and seven more chains sharing the rest; Selangor and Kuala Lumpur hold more than 2,200 between them. The Kudrat 1968: High Council page lists every cinema, and the showtimes page puts each cinema's Kudrat sessions side by side, each linking to the chain's booking page.