wave of failure

Taken from Yahoo News Malaysia.

7 Dis - Kehebatan filem "Ombak Rindu" tidak perlu disangkal lagi apabila berjaya mendapat kutipan RM 4 juta dalam masa 4 hari, tetapi penulis novel tersebut tampil kecewa atas tidak dapat terlibat dalam produksi filem itu.
Novel "Ombak Rindu" yang diterbitkan oleh Alaf 21 telah dicetak semula sebanyak 23 kali sejak tahun 2000, tetapi pemilihan adaptasi itu tidak boleh menjauhkan dirinya dari kontroversi.
Isu timbul apabila penulis novel "Ombak Rindu", Fauziah Ashari, nyata kecewa dengan pihak produksi kerana tidak memanggilnya untuk sama-sama menyertai produksi ini sebagai penasihat skrip hatta penulis skrip. Ini kerana selaku pemilik idea asal, mereka lebih mengetahui isi dan memahami jalan cerita novel itu sendiri.
Kini isu bayaran tidak setimpal pulak telah disuarakan oleh penulis novel yang mengatakan bahawa bayaran yang diterima cukup-cukup untuk tambang pergi dan balik dari Johor ke Kuala Lumpur dek kerana sokongan padu untuk filem "Ombak Rindu".
"Tiada apa yang tinggal," kata Fauziah lagi, " tiada sesen pun untuk saya kalau nak diikutkan bayaran yang diterima, tetapi perjanjian telah dibuat, sepatutnya pihak bertanggungjawab lebih prihatin tentang isu ini kerana apa yang diolah dari "Ombak Rindu" hampir kesemuanya adalah idea asal saya. Termasuk bait ayat yang disampaikan oleh Lisa Surihani, " Redha itu ikhlas, pasrah itu menyerah". Itu juga merupakan ayat yang ada di novel," ujar Fauziah.
"Nasihat sebagai penulis selepas ini kepada organisasi yang telus dalam menguruskan kewangan, adalah untuk adil dan saksama untuk kepentingan menjaga hak masing-masing. Apa jua yang ingin dilakukan yang melibatkan hasil ciptaan pihak lain, perlu dibincang dari akar umbi. Fauziah juga mengambil contoh penerbit barat yang mengangkat martabat penulis setanding dengan nama besar yang lain. Ini yang perlu kita contohi."
"Ombak Rindu" dibarisi oleh pelakon hebat seperti Aaron Aziz, Lisa Surihani dan Maya Karin pasti memerlukan pelaburan yang banyak dari pihak penerbit Tarantella Productions Sdn Bhd yang dipelopori pengarah ternama Sharad Shadan selaku penerbit filem ini.

Okay let me tell you what does the article says:
Apparently there is one novel which is very popular among the Malay reader here in Malaysia which is written by Malaysian novelist Fauziah  Ashari title , "Ombak Rindu". The book got pick up and is adapted into a movie  by Tarantella Production Sdn Bhd and has so far has grossed RM4 million in 4 days. The problem not only lies on the poor movie adaption but how the writer of the novel got left out during production of the film. She was not giving a proper say on what should be done with the movie.She was not even paid handsomely for her books even though the movie collected a substantial amount of money at the boxoffice. She said  can't do much about it because she signed a deal earlier on even before the movie was made.
She goes on further to say that other that the organization should be more transparent in  handling financial issues  and to be fair and just to uphold the rights of everyone that is involve. She gave an example that producers from the west have given liberty and rights to novelist on par with other big names in the industry. This she says should be followed.

conclusion:

• She totally got ripped and not been paid for what she truly deserves. I think whatever  ideas that you have you shouldn't be giving it to someone so freely. At the end of the day is your work, your idea and creation.
• When there is someone who wants to use your work, please get strong legal aid,  because apparently this woman is stupid enough to be misled by  greedy people such as the director and the entertainment company.
• Don't  just be in the entertainment and arts industry just because you want to be famous. Be ready to fight fight for it once people are trying to used them for their personal selfish gain, because honestly it's your work not theirs.

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