Must watch: Secrets from Singapore’s past brought to life in CNA’s first docudrama trilogy

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SINGAPORE: A stock exchange brought to its knees. Milestones of the century-old Causeway. The lost Taj Mahal of a cattle king. Singapore may be young, but its past is brimming with untapped stories. ...

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Milestones of the century-old Causeway. The lost Taj Mahal of a cattle king. Singapore may be young, but its past is brimming with untapped stories.\nEnter CNA’s first factual dramas, in History Unveiled.\nThe trilogy, based on real events and people, throws a spotlight on overlooked moments that helped to shape Singapore and brings history to life, from a brotherhood of magicians in the 1930s to a high-stakes financial crime in the 1980s.\n“They’re all personal stories of people who lived,” said commissioning editor Shamala Rajendran. “We’re always looking for new ways to tell stories … to give audiences something fresh and innovative.”\nWith dramatised scenes filmed in Malaysia and India, the series harnesses the talents of three award-winning production houses — Protagonist by M, Third Floor Pictures and Ochre Pictures — to retell the stories.\n\n\n\n\n\n      The campaign photo for History Unveiled, the docudrama trilogy launched earlier this month.\n    \n\n\n\n\n“We want to establish the fact that factual content doesn’t have to be boring documentaries with people talking on screen,” said fellow commissioning editor Ngoi Soon Ling. “It can be dramas … (and) feature-length films.”\nIn keeping with the spirit of ever-evolving storytelling, viewers can also delve deeper into History Unveiled through its microsite packed with behind-the-scenes extras and interactive content such as a 3D map of the century-old mansion featured in the series’ third instalment.\nThe first two instalments, Black Thursday and The Causeway, are fully dramatised, with the latter set to premiere at 9pm today. The three-part Karikal Mahal: A Silent Witness will be released from Jan 4 to 6.\nHere’s what each production has in store for viewers:\nBLACK THURSDAY\nIn 1985, the Singapore stock exchange was rocked by a three-day shutdown — the first financial scandal since the nation’s independence and the only time the exchange ever closed owing to a trading emergency.\nWATCH PART 1: When the Singapore stock exchange was suspended — The Pan-Electric saga (45:22)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe cause? Pan-Electric Industries, a marine salvage, hotel and property conglomerate, collapsing under the weight of a staggering S$453 million debt to 35 banks and S$160 million in unfulfilled forward contracts.\nThe value of its blue-chip shares evaporated overnight, dragging countless brokerage firms and ordinary men and women into financial ruin.\nBlack Thursday is the story behind Pan-Electric’s downfall, how the scandal was exposed and how the jet-setting fugitives were caught — re-enacted through the eyes of journalists, the newly formed Commercial Affairs Investigation Department (CAID), the victims and even the culprits.\nProducer and director Jeevan Nathan from Protagonist by M was drawn to the “heist-film mechanics” of the story, whose “allegorical” nature made it relevant to today’s volatile economy.\nWATCH PART 2: When the Singapore stock exchange was suspended — The Pan-Electric saga (46:39)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilmed in Malaysia, the production was faithful to the 80’s, with period-specific props down to the stationery.\nReal-life figures from the saga — then financial journalist Conrad Raj, stockbroking veteran Lim Hua Min and CAID director Glenn Knight — were also consulted on set to ensure accuracy.\nAs Lim noted: “When you bring up history, there are always lessons to be learned. … The future generation should know about it.”\nTHE CAUSEWAY\nSituated at the crossroads between history and culture, meanwhile, is the Johor-Singapore Causeway. And in celebration of its 100th anniversary, The Causeway by Third Floor Pictures explores its impact on people on both sides of the border over the decades.\n\n\n\n\n\n      Xandra Mariam (far right) plays Hedwig Anuar (nee Aroozoo), who was born in Johor and became the director of the National Library of Singapore, in The Causeway.\n    \n\n\n\n\nThis anthology of stories features five characters pushing through personal challenges, on journeys that reflect the enduring significance of the Causeway.\nIn the 1920s, a young Hedwig Elizabeth Anuar (nee Aroozoo) straddles two homes in Johor Bahru and Singapore. As war looms over Malaya in the 1940s, she must navigate the growing tensions and uncertainties threatening to tear her world apart.\nThen during the Japanese Occupation, after the British had blown up the Causeway, water department worker Philip Carlyle Marcus is faced with a perilous task. As he struggles to survive amid constant danger, his resilience and resourcefulness are pushed to their limits.\nFast-forward to the 1960s and post-independence Singapore, where P C Suppiah’s coming-of-age story unfolds. As he grapples with his identity and emotional complexities, this pivotal chapter of his youth foreshadows his future as a successful athlete.\n\n\n\n\n\n      Reshwin Romeo Robert plays a teenage P C Suppiah, who became Singapore’s first long-distance Olympic runner in 1972.\r\n\n    \n\n\n\n\nThe 1990s bring us Jerome, a photographer whose long-distance love story captures the charm and unpredictability of train travel. Every visit to his girlfriend in Malaysia is an adventure filled with romance and the promise of fleeting moments.\nFinally, during the COVID-19 border shutdown, Andrew Chen, an assemblyman in Johor Bahru, faces the challenge of ensuring that 64,000kg of breast milk from about 560 working mothers stranded in Singapore reaches their babies back home.\nKARIKAL MAHAL: A SILENT WITNESS\nOver on the east coast of Singapore, behind the walls of two buildings, lies a world of hidden legacies.\nNamed Karikal Mahal, these were historic buildings in one compound that hosted everything from garden parties to magic performances and a changing cast of inhabitants.\n\n\n\n\n\n      Moona Kader Sultan named his estate Karikal Mahal after his birthplace in south India, whilst “mahal” is the Hindi word for “palace”.\n    \n\n\n\n\nThe tale of Karikal Mahal: A Silent Witness begins with Tamil Muslim businessman Moona Kader Sultan — dubbed “the Cattle King” — who designed and built the mansion in his journey from rags to riches.\nOver the years, it became home to the Malayan Magic Circle, a brotherhood united by their passion for theatrical magic. The mansion also witnessed the internment of World War II prisoners, who were held on the grounds for 16 days.\nExecutive producer Jean Yeo from Ochre Pictures was captivated by the “rojak architecture” of Karikal Mahal, which once featured a central building that was bulldozed in the 1970s to make way for the construction of Still Road South.\nBut this ambitious design, combining Western, Roman, Indian and Muslim elements, was difficult to replicate on set. Furthermore, the original mansion’s interior had been transformed into two preschools, and its architectural elements were hard to find regionally.\n\n\n\n\n\n      One of two Karikal Mahal buildings that are still standing, at 25 Still Road South.\n    \n\n\n\n\nProduction had to replicate three time periods: the 20’s, when the mansion was built and hosted parties for the elite; the 30’s, when the magicians took over the property; and the 40’s, when internees were mistreated by Japanese soldiers.\nThis led the producers to Chennai, where the show was filmed for three weeks.\nWatch Black Thursday here: Part 1 and Part 2. And catch the premiere of The Causeway at 9pm today. The three-part Karikal Mahal: A Silent Witness will be released in the same time slot from Jan 4 to 6.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2493347074"}