Written by: Averroes
We cannot deny the ingenuity and creativity of our Malaysian local movie producers, including one movie titled as Badang. The main character of the movie is named Badrul, though the author has not watched the movie personally, the events in the movie is an inaccurate exchanged motion of fables, adrifting away a chronicle based on a once mighty hulubalang (warrior-guard) who is Badang. The movie came in its earliest reception as of 2018 with a review score of 1/10 from 1MDb. It had a budget of RM2.2 million and made RM 74,148.67 in box-office. The producers were LesCopaque'; the organisation responsible for creating Upin and Ipin content loved by Malaysians and Indonesians abroad.
The author believes that more effort should have been made in this movie in order to attract the attention of viewers, thus improve Malaysia's filming industry that has lagged behind from her neighbours such as Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Badang was also featured on mobile phone video games that is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, where a player may purchase his skin.
In this awry film, historically speaking the Badang did not wear a green spandex bikini nor had the personality of an effeminate male. We may trace the actual-true story of Badang from the grandeur literature of the Malay Annals, predating to the 14th century. The story's prologue was that there was once a man who worked in the feudal era of the Malay archipelago at Seluang under his tuan (lord) who is Orang Kaya Nira Sura, not afar from Kampong Sayong Pinang.
His origins of power is when the man was wandering alone. Until then, a demon had regurgitated on the ground and that man was allured by such immaculate mouth excrement. He shifted toward it and ate the bolus, morphing into a Badang, a supple, sturdy, powerful and omnipotent warrior!
For modern readers, this may sound preposterous, but in the past, the commoners and the community believed in folklore, legends and myths. Consuming undesirable, inedible substances were considered holy and spiritual in their eyes, especially from specters and phantoms. Some historians suggest that this is an attempt to degrade and mock the history of the Malay Realms as the Malay Annals were recompiled and edited numerous times by the British colonial academicians.
Though, that is debatable, this article shall focus on the powers and abilities of Badang instead. After consuming the bolus, among his sheer audacity includes the ability to row the sampan to far distances. He was able to collect Kuras Leaves for an Ulaman serving for his Royal Majesty of the Kingdom of Singapura on the island of Temasik, even it was an elusive task. While on his journey to collect the leaves, he trampled down and knocked his head on the rock, splitting it into halves. The King of Singapure, Raja Seri Rana Vikrama was astonished from the great deal of hassle he had to endure.
The King then awarded him with the best of compliments, a pair of new clothes and an abode within the vicinity of the city. He even assisted 300 men to push a wooden ship into the sea by only exerting all his force with one single hand. Not to mention, there were emissaries from the continent of India whom boarded seventy (70) ships, who came for a contest to see who may lift a large boulder. The hulubalang were of course Badang and Nadi Bijaya. Only the former, Badang managed to lift the boulder above his head and catapault it into the sea while Nadi Bijaya only managed to fulcrum it above his knees.
This is an intriguing tale and journey of a man named Badang. Unlike other contemporary superheroes, he uses his natural physical endurance and energy while. He does not blast lasers from his eyes or breath fire. Neither could he levitate, fly or shoot orbs at his enemies. The author though is far from reaching the physical performance of Badang, he interprets the tale with mental strength. He suggests that not all problems must involve physical resolutions, but a civilised and proper discussion can be achieved. Nor does not disregard strong physical attributes as petty as well.
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