The recent documentary on P. Ramlee is generating a lot of buzz among viewers.

THE documentary P. Ramlee, currently being screened on Astro’s History channel, elicited reactions that even its director, Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba, did not anticipate. The 90-minute production, an often touching tribute to the late great artiste, Tan Sri P. Ramlee, surprised many who did not know that the Malaysian legend, despite his fame and popularity during the golden era of Malay cinema, had died penniless and a broken man.