THROUGHOUT the years, Malaysian audiences have grown and matured when it comes to deciding what movies or dramas which are definitely worth the watch. Whether it’s native or worldwide made, the urge for food for mysterious and intense plot twists have witnessed a surge particularly after Korean drama collection like The Penthouse and Flower of Evil have set an impressively excessive normal for the market.
The man behind the blockbuster hits Sangkar and Pulang, Kabir Bhatia, is again with a robust and edgy binge-worthy internet collection titled Villa Kristal, that native audiences don’t get to see elsewhere. This comedy mystery-drama collection revolves round residents of Villa Kristal, Hani (Mimi Lana), Rose (Mawar Rashid), Angel (Jasmine Suraya Chin) and Diana (Tiz Zaqyah).
Hani disguises herself as a politician’s daughter-in-law to unravel all of the darkish secrets and techniques, drama and scandals which are taking place within the residence for her upcoming novel.
In an unique interview with LYFE, Mimi Rozaiana Zainal Abidin, also referred to as Mimi Lana, talked about her expertise in portraying Hani in Villa Kristal.
“For me, Surihani Mustafa is the total opposite of who I am, but there are definitely certain traits of Hani that I can relate to in real life,” stated the 27-year-old.
The Perak-born actress recollects the entire taking pictures technique of the net collection has been a clean crusing and an thrilling expertise since day one on set.
“It was amazing. I had a good sparring, a good director and a good technical team,” she instructed LYFE.
“When you have a good team on set, you’ll be able to have fun at work.”
Despite that, Mimi revealed bringing Hani to life was fairly the journey. “Although I had a smooth journey while shooting Villa Kristal, I did face my own challenges. For instance, as an actress, it has always been a challenge for me whenever I have to take on new roles.”
She added: “But with everyone’s help, things became easier for me.”
With the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, she additional revealed that she additionally needed to endure a curler coaster journey whereas taking pictures the 13-episode collection.
“We had to take extra precautions and safety measures while filming the series to avoid our set being shut down due to positive Covid-19 cases.
“During the last few days of our shoot, there were certain locations that we were restricted from entering due to the recent flood and certain scenes were temporarily put on hold. But we managed to pull through and finish filming” she stated on the launch of WeTV’s unique drama, Villa Kristal’s at OpenHouse, KLCC on 11 Jan.
The award-nominee actress expresses her pleasure for the drama as Villa Kristal has one thing completely different to supply to the viewers versus different drama collection right here in Malaysia, primarily on account of the truth that it tells the tales of various people who audiences can relate to.
For Mimi, the hassle achieved by the administrators deserve reward as their method to the characters on this narrative haven’t been executed elsewhere.
The Malaysian actress first made her debut within the modelling business earlier than pursuing her profession as an actress, and has had a blossoming profession to this point.
