Growing up in a traditional Chinese family, local actor Qi Yuwu understood the importance of giving the best life to his wife and children. However, with life experiences and influence from his wife, local actress Joanne Peh, 40, he also learnt that modern family views require more than just material needs to be fulfilled, he told AsiaOne in an interview.
Local drama Come Closer starts with a chase scene. You see actress Lim Shi-An breathlessly running through the forest, with actor-director T. Suriavelan in hot pursuit, a car abandoned on the road, before it cuts to the sombre opening credits. The thriller, directed by K. Rajagopal (A Yellow Bird), is set in the 1980s and follows Siva (Suriavelan), the chauffeur.
She's an actress, a film producer and runs her own patisserie but there's a similarity between all these roles to Jeanette Aw. In a recent interview with AsiaOne, the 44-year-old said: "They share something in common creating a story. It's an extension of myself, expressing a different aspect of myself in different ways. "My films kind of reflect.