Laila Majenun

A little boy is told the tale about the development of Jakarta when a village was divided into two and causing the people to oppose each other On one side there is Anton while the other side is lead by Mahmud Maulana the village boy whom Anton has adopted falls in love with Laila the sister of Mahmud This love affair irritates Majid Mahmuds righthand man because he has loves Laila long before her meeting with Maulana Maulana and Laila refuse to take sides between the two opposing sides and try to reconcile them But a battle is inevitable In the end Mahmud kills Anton but Mahmud dies at the hand of Maulana his future brotherinlaw Then Maulana runs to Lailas house and confesses Laila forgives him but Majid cannot He orders a boy to steal the gun of Sabeni an informant and he shoots Maulana with it While the intention was to make this film a musical it didnt work as the realistic world and the musical world could not blend fully