Do Re Mi (1966 film)

Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi
Directed by	P. Ramlee
Written by	P. Ramlee; A. R. Tompel;
Screenplay by	P. Ramlee
Starring	P. Ramlee; A. R. Tompel; Ibrahim Din; Rohaya Rahman; Noran Nordin; Wan Chik Daud;
Music by	P. Ramlee; Ahmad Nawab;
Production; company	Merdeka Film Productions
Distributed by	Shaw Organisation
Release date	July 3, 1966 (Malaysia);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Malaysia
Language	Malay

Do Re Mi (English: Do Re Mi) is a 1966 Malaysian Malay-language black-and-white satirical comedy film directed by and starring P. Ramlee.^[1] The concept was partly based on the idea of The Three Stooges^[2] with Ramlee playing the character Do. Its success led to two sequels, Nasib Do Re Mi (also 1966) and Laksamana Do Re Mi (1972), Ramlee's last film before his death.

^ Kai Khiun Liew, Stephen Teo Singapore Cinema: New Perspectives 2016 1317407482 p16 "Do Re Mi reprises the formula of cultural materialism, showing that it has hardly changed from the Bujang Lapok days (though P. Ramlee's character in Do Re Mi is actually married, he resorts to virtual bachelorhood in order to find a job, as if ..."
^ Malaysia at Random 2009 -Editions Didier Millet 9814217956 p.103 "Bujang Lapok (Three Raggedy Bachelors, 1955) and the Do Re Mi series were based on The Three Stooges. "