Jins Shamsuddin

{{Infobox person

| honorific_prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk

| honorific_suffix = PSM PJN DPMP JSM KMN AMN

| name = Jins Shamsuddin

| image =

| caption =

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|جينس شمس الدين}}}}

| birth_name = Mohamed Zain bin Shamsuddin

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taiping Perak, British Malaya
(now Malaysia)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|1|1935|11|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| resting_place = Al-Ridzuan Mosque, Hulu Kelang Muslim Cemetery, Selangor

| years_active = 1956–2011

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director| politician|art activists| writer|producer}}

| known_for = Jefri Zain in {{hlist|Gerak Kilat|Bayangan Ajal|Jurang Bahaya}}

| height =

| employer =

| nationality = Malaysian

| alma_mater = {{hlist|Sekolah Melayu Bendang Siam|King Edward VII School|London Film School|Universiti Sains Malaysia|Universiti Utara Malaysia}}

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Rahmah Rahmat|1961|1963|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Puan Sri Halijah Abdullah|1986|2017}}

}}

| children = 4

| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)

| relatives =

}}

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Jins Shamsuddin

| office = Senator
{{small|Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong}}

| term_start = 12 February 2008

| term_end = 11 February 2011

| monarch = Mizan Zainal Abidin

| termstart1 = 13 October 2004

| termend1 = 12 October 2007

| monarch1 = Sirajuddin
{{small|(2004–2006)}}
Mizan Zainal Abidin
{{small|(2006–2007)}}

| primeminister = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(2008–2009)
Najib Razak
(2009–2011)

| primeminister1 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

}}

Mohamed Zain "Jins" Shamsuddin (Jawi: محمد زين بن شمس الدين) (5 November 1935 – 1 March 2017) was a Malaysian film actor, director, politician, writer and producer.

Early life and film career

Mohamed Jins was born in Taiping, Perak on 5 November 1935. He went to SMK King Edward VII Taiping, Perak and he completed his Senior Cambridge exams in 1956, hoping to continue his studies at the University of Malaya in Singapore (currently the National University of Singapore).{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/education/2008/03/09/never-too-late/|title=Never too late|last=Tan Shiow Chin|date=9 March 2008|website=The Star|access-date=6 February 2017}} His hopes were dashed when the university's admission officer said that they would "keep his application in view". His great-uncle, who was a teacher at the prestigious Anderson School in Ipoh, however managed to apply for a place to study electrical engineering in England three months into the deadline. Jins would use this spare time to take nightly English courses while he stayed with a relative who was the director for Radio Malaysia's education wing.

Meanwhile, there were rehearsals of a play that were going on nearby, in which Jins would watch them daily. The lead actor of the play would later choose him as his stand-in, with the blessings of the cast and crew, when it was learnt that the lead's mother fell ill and the lead had to attend to her. When the lead actor's mother died and he could not resume his role, Jins's stand-in became permanent. The play would eventually open at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore. This is where he would be discovered by a Shaw Brothers public relations officer, who approached him about wanting to act in a movie. He agreed, and thus made his screen debut in Keluarga Tolol in 1956. He went on to act in several films until eventually becoming a main star in 1957 through Pancha Delima, a film directed by P. Ramlee.

= Rising popularity and other ventures =

From 1966 to 1968, Jins had starred in several action movies produced by Malay Film Production where he portrays Jefri Zain, a James Bond-like spy character.{{cite book|last1=Fu|first1=Poshek|title=China Forever: The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema|date=2008|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252075001|pages=168–169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJh2iuFNr4YC&q=Jefri+Zain+Shaw+Brothers&pg=PA169|language=en}}

He had pursued his studies in the London Film School from 1970 to 1972, obtaining his Diploma in Motion Picture Technology and graduated with first class honours.

In 1981, Jins collaborated with the Royal Malaysia Police to produce and direct Bukit Kepong; a film dramatizing the Bukit Kepong incident, which was a chaotic armed conflict between the Malayan police and Malayan Communist Party gunmen during the Malayan Emergency. The movie, which costed about RM1.3 million to make and collected RM1.7 million at the box-office, won eight awards in the 3rd Malaysia Film Festival the next year including the Best Film category.{{cite web|url=http://www.mstar.com.my/hiburan/berita-hiburan/2011/09/13/filem-bukit-kepong-ikut-fakta-sejarah--jins-shamsuddin/|title=Filem 'Bukit Kepong' Ikut Fakta Sejarah - Jins Shamsuddin|date=13 September 2011|website=mStar Online|language=ms|author1=Niezam Abdullah|accessdate=6 February 2017}} The film eventually went under a restoration project by KRU Studios in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.star2.com/entertainment/movies/2015/08/27/iconic-film-bukit-kepong-restored-to-its-full-glory/|title=Proudly Malaysian: Iconic film Bukit Kepong restored to its full glory|date=27 August 2015|work=The Star|issue=Star 2|last1=Yeoh|first1=Angelin|accessdate=5 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305205729/http://www.star2.com/entertainment/movies/2015/08/27/iconic-film-bukit-kepong-restored-to-its-full-glory/|archivedate=5 March 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/hiburan/selebriti/bukit-kepong-naik-taraf-1.83630|title=Bukit Kepong naik taraf|date=22 April 2015|access-date=4 March 2017|newspaper=Utusan Malaysia}}

For much of his life, Jins was interested in making a film about the events that led to the assassination of the British official J.W.W. Birch in Perak in 1875. A newspaper report indicated that he had begun work on such a film in 1992,"Movie to lay ghost of J.W.W. Birch to rest," New Straits Times, 2 October 1992 but it was not completed. In 2004, Jins announced plans to make an epic English-language film entitled The King of the River: Pasir Salak,{{cite news |author= |title=Coming: Epic English film on Perak War and Birch |work=New Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=March 17, 1994}} though the project was ultimately never realized. Even five years later in 2009, Jins expressed his eagerness for the project that he considered his lifelong ambition, saying "I hope to complete my movie on the historical events that happened in Pasir Salak before I die."{{cite web |url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20090110-113739.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303123321/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20090110-113739.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |title=A filmmaker who is 73 going on 20 |date=January 10, 2009 |website=AsiaOne News |publisher= |access-date=March 2, 2017}}

Political career

On 13 October 2004, he became the first actor-politician in Malaysia following his appointment as a member of the Dewan Negara in the 11th Parliament of Malaysia. He was reappointed again as a Senator for a second term from 12 February 2008 until 11 February 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/08/25/jins-shamsuddin-bintang-filem-yang-pernah-jadi-yb/ |title=Jins Shamsuddin: Bintang filem yang pernah jadi YB |author=Melati Pusaka |language=ms |website=Free Malaysia Today |format= |accessdate=14 April 2016 |archive-date=23 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423055948/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/08/25/jins-shamsuddin-bintang-filem-yang-pernah-jadi-yb/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-hiburan/siapa-pengganti-senator-tan-sri-jins-shamsuddin-15802 |title=Siapa pengganti Senator Tan Sri Jins Shamsuddin |language=ms|website=Astro Awani |format= |accessdate=14 April 2016}}

Personal life

Jins was first married to actress Rahmah Rahmat in Singapore in 1961, from which their marriage bore a son named Jeffry Jins. Their marriage however was short-lived, eventually divorcing in 1963. In 1986, he married Halijah Abdullah. They had two children together, Putera Hang Jebat and Putera Hang Nadim.{{Cite news|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/jins-shamsudin-hanya-ada-tiga-anak-1.56527|title=Jins Shamsudin hanya ada tiga anak|last=Ifqdar Rahman|date=6 February 2015|newspaper=Utusan Malaysia|access-date=8 February 2017|language=ms}}

Death

Jins died at 5:45 pm at a clinic in Taman Melawati after choking on cekodok on Wednesday, 1 March 2017 at the age of 81,{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/01/legendary-actor-jins-shamsudin-dies/|title=Legendary actor Jins Shamsuddin dies|work=The Star Online|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=1 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/node/254719|title=Seniman legenda, Jins Shamsuddin meninggal dunia|author=Raja Nurfatimah Mawar Mohamed|publisher=BH Online|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=2 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mstar.com.my/hiburan/berita-hiburan/2017/03/01/jins-meninggal/|title=Seniman Negara Jins Shamsuddin Meninggal Dunia|author=Ariffudin Ishak|publisher=mSTAR Online|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=2 March 2017}} as confirmed by his second son Putera Hang Nadim.{{cite web|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/2017/03/01/jin-shamsuddin-meninggal-dunia/|title=Jins Shamsuddin meninggal dunia|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|date=1 March 2017|accessdate=2 March 2017}}

Honours and awards

Ahli Mangku Negara (A.M.N.) (1986){{cite web

|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat}}

Silver Crane Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival (1987)
Dato' Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP), which carries the title Dato' from the Sultan of Perak (1990)
Kesatria Mangku Negara (K.M.N.) (1990)
Johan Setia Mahkota (J.S.M.) (1993)
Honorary Master of Letters by Universiti Sains Malaysia (1999)
The Veteran Artist Award at the Anugerah Bintang Popular (2004)
Panglima Jasa Negara (P.J.N.), which carries the title Datuk (2004)
Panglima Setia Mahkota (P.S.M.), which carries the title Tan Sri (2007)
Anugerah Seniman Negara (2009){{cite news|title=Jins Shamsuddin terima Anugerah Seniman Negara|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0110&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_13.htm|accessdate=2 March 2017|work=Utusan Malaysia|date=10 January 2009|language=ms|archive-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208204540/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0110&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_13.htm|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="3"|1956

| Keluarga Tolol

| rowspan="3"|Extra character

Keadilan Illahi

| Youth in a Country

Anak-ku Sazali

| While at the Train Station

rowspan="2"|1957

| Pancha Delima

| Suria Kencana

Kasih Sayang

rowspan="4"|1958

| Matahari

| Prebet Bujang

Azimat

Sergeant Hassan

| Aziz

Anak Pontianak

| Petir

rowspan="2"|1959

| Dandan Setia

| Tengku Dandan Setia

Samseng

| Ahmad

rowspan="4"|1960

| Lela Manja

| Megat Komeng

Megat Terawis

| Megat Sari

Pertarongan

| Tamir

Putera Sangkar Maut

rowspan="2"|1961

| Si Tanggang

| Tanggang

Indera Bangsawan

| Indera Bangsawan

rowspan="2"|1962

| Lubalang Daik

| Singkip

Batu Durhaka

| Wira

rowspan="3"|1963

| Darah Muda

| Yazid

Neracha

| Rahman / Hussein

Budi dan Dosa

| Osman

rowspan="3"|1965

| Bidasari

| Tengku Indera

Takdir

| Panglima Meranti

Sayang Si Buta

| Dr. Rashid

rowspan="2"|1966

| Gerak Kilat

| Jefri Zain

Kacha Permata

| Hamzah / Omar

rowspan="5"|1968

| Bayangan Ajal

| rowspan="2"|Jefri Zain

Jurang Bahaya

Amok Tok Nading

Kanchan Tirana

| Kanchan

Miang-Miang Keladi

| Khalid

1969

| Bukan Salah Ibu Mengandong

| Agus

| Directing debut

1970

| Di-Belakang Tabir

| Osman, Karim

| As director

1977

| Menanti Hari Esok

| Cikgu Talib / Jalil

| As director and writer

rowspan="2"|1979

| Esok Masih Ada

| ASP Zamri

| rowspan="3"|As director and producer

Tiada Esok Bagimu

| Ghailan

1981

| Bukit Kepong

| Sgt. Jamil Mohd Shah

1982

| Esok Untuk Siapa

| Jiman

| As director, writer and producer

1985

| Ali Setan

| Tan Sri

| As director

1991

| Memory

| Herman

1993

| Balada

| Father Desa

| As director

1998

| Money No Enough

| Rich Man

| rowspan="3"|Cameo

2001

| The Deadly Disciple

| Mahaguru Yassin

2007

| 1957: Hati Malaya

| Sultan Johor

2008

| Akhirat

| Dato’ Shamsudin

2010

| Miss You like Crazy

| Mir's Grandfather

| A Filipino production

=Television series=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! TV channel

! Notes

1993

| ''Roda Roda Kotaraya

| Supt Rahman

| TV1

2004–2005

| Masih Ada Cinta

| Zahran

| TV3

2005

| Mahligai Gading

| Tan Sri Suffian

| rowspan="2"|TV1

2007

| Dinasti Bilut

| Tan Sri Mustafa

2008

| Roda-Roda Kuala Lumpur (Season 2)

| TV2

| Special appearance

2011

| Tahajjud Cinta

| Tan Sri

| TV3

=Telemovie=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! TV channel

! Notes

1991

| Wawasan

| TV1

1993

| Ianya.... Anugerah

| TV3

| As director

References

Bibliography

Jins Shamsuddin: Kembara Seorang Seniman (Jins Shamsuddin: Adventures of the Artists). Mohd Zamberi A. Malek. Finas. 2007. {{ISBN|978-983-99423-9-2}} ({{ISBN|9789839942392}})