Nagabonar Jadi 2
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Naga Bonar Jadi 2 is 2007 comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar is an Indonesian actor film director in Indonesia, born of an Indo father and Betawi mother. He is the Chairman of Indonesia's National Film Council ....

. It is starring Deddy Mizwar, Tora Sudiro
Tora Sudiro
Tora Sudiro is an Indonesian actor. His popular TV comedy show, Extravaganza, is broadcast by Trans TV. He has also appeared in Indonesian TV dramas such as 2006's Dunia Tanpa Koma...

, Lukman Sardi, Darius Sinathrya and Michael Muliardo. It is a sequel to the Indonesian film Nagabonar
Nagabonar
Nagabonar is a 1987 Indonesian comedy film directed by M.T. Risyaf. It was Indonesia's submission to the 60th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 2007, the sequel named Nagabonar Jadi 2 released.- Synopsis :Naga Bonar is a...

(1987).

Synopsis

Nagabonar Jadi 2 is a comedy movie starring Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar is an Indonesian actor film director in Indonesia, born of an Indo father and Betawi mother. He is the Chairman of Indonesia's National Film Council ....

 and Tora Sudiro
Tora Sudiro
Tora Sudiro is an Indonesian actor. His popular TV comedy show, Extravaganza, is broadcast by Trans TV. He has also appeared in Indonesian TV dramas such as 2006's Dunia Tanpa Koma...

 as father and son. This movie is a sequel to 1986 hit movie Nagabonar. The story revolves around the relationship between the now old Nagabonar, a pickpocket who became a self-proclaimed general during Indonesia's War of Independence
Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution...

, and his only son Bonaga. The movie touches on various subjects concerning the different views of the older generation and the younger, post-modern generation of Indonesia. These subjects include patriotism, traditional values, and love.

The story begins when old Nagabonar comes to Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

 from Medan
Medan
- Demography :The city is Indonesia's fourth most populous after Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung, and Indonesia's largest city outside of Java island. Much of the population lies outside its city limits, especially in Deli Serdang....

 at the request of his son, a successful young businessman who runs a large company with three of his closest friends, Pomo (Darius Sinathrya), Ronnie (Uli Herdinansyah) and Jaki (Michael Muliadro). Conflict and hilarity ensues when Bonaga tells his father the plan to sell their old palm plantation, where his mother and grandmother are buried along with his father's best friend Bujang. Nagabonar's outrage at what he thinks of as a desecration is then quickly subdued by Bonaga's consultant and love interest, Monita (Wulan Guritno), At least until Nagabonar learns that the would-be buyers of his land are Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese, people who come from the very same country he fought against during the war of independence.

Cast

  • Deddy Mizwar
    Deddy Mizwar
    Deddy Mizwar is an Indonesian actor film director in Indonesia, born of an Indo father and Betawi mother. He is the Chairman of Indonesia's National Film Council ....

     as Nagabonar
  • Tora Sudiro
    Tora Sudiro
    Tora Sudiro is an Indonesian actor. His popular TV comedy show, Extravaganza, is broadcast by Trans TV. He has also appeared in Indonesian TV dramas such as 2006's Dunia Tanpa Koma...

     as Bonaga
  • Wulan Guritno as Monita
  • Michael Muliadro as Jaki
  • Uli Herdinansyah as Ronny
  • Darius Sinathrya as Pomo
  • Lukman Sardi as Umar

Awards & nominations

The film won five Citra Awards at the 2007 Citra Awards for Best Film
Citra Award for Best Film
The Citra Award for Best Film is one of the Citra Awards presented annually by the Indonesian Film Festival Committee to artists working in the motion picture industry. During the annual Indonesian Film Festival ceremony, Citra Award for Best Film is reserved as the final award presented and...

, Best Screenplay (Musfar Yasin), Best Leading Actor (Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar
Deddy Mizwar is an Indonesian actor film director in Indonesia, born of an Indo father and Betawi mother. He is the Chairman of Indonesia's National Film Council ....

), Best Supporting Actor (Lukman Sardi), and Best Sound Editing (Adityawan Susanto and Adimolana Machmud).

External links

Nagabonar Jadi 2 at TheSuperMovie.com http://www.thebestmoviereview.com/movie/movie-reviews/rating-8--8.5/231/naga-bonar-jadi-2 Naga Bonar Jadi 2 at The Best Movie Review
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