Ayat –Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan (review)

Ayat –Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan

by : Siti Nur Qomariyah

Most people in Indonesia like a film that romantic and Islamic. For instance is the film of Ayat-ayat Cinta has been watched by a lot of Indonesian people since the first time it aired. The reason why people watched it is that this film tells about the Islamic family life. Likewise, The film of Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan is a success to be the favorite film in Indonesia. Both Ayat-ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan include The Ten Best Seller Films in Indonesia.  Ayat –Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan have some similarities in terms of physical, theme and moral value.

They are both Ayat-ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan physically made by famous film production by taking stories from best seller novels from Indonesia. Ayat –Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan are produced by Manoj Punjab and MD Pictures. Both of these films are successfully awarded in their respective release years. Ayat–Ayat Cinta  Is written by Habiburrahman El Shirazy and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan is written by Asma Nadia.  Both Habiburrahman El Shirazy and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan are the famous novelist in Indonesia whose novels have been filmed. The most unique both films have the same actor that is Fedi Nuri. Therefore, of course, Indonesian citizens are interested in watching them.

The two films also tell a similar story about love, happiness, and trust that diminishes because of a third person. In the film of Ayat-ayat Cinta, Fedi Nuri is as a Fahri. At the first married they live happily. However, Fahri is suddenly accused of raping a girl. The only person that knows about the truth is Maria. Unfortunately, she is ill at the hospital.  Actually, Maria loves Fahri very much, so when she knows that Fahri married, she never cares about her healthy until finally getting sick. Therefore Aisyah allowed Fahri to married to Maria. Similarly, in the film of Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan Fedi Nuri is as Pras.  His wife names Arini. They also live happily.  One day when Pras want to go to work, he finds a car accident and saves a girl with her baby.  The girl names Meirose. After realizing, Meirose directly disappeared, than Pras try to look for her and find her want to suicide because she is unable to bear the burden of life.  Finally, Pras persuade her and promise will marry her in order that she is still alive. Based on the story, we can see that both films are alike.

Both Ayat-ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan also have the same moral values that can be taken. Both films teach us how to deal with domestic life problem based on Islamic law. As we know most of the girls do not want to be polygamous. But in these films, How kind the girls are!. In order to save someone else’s life, she let her husband remarried. In the film Ayat-ayat Cinta, Aisyah allows Fahri to marry again with Maria in order Maria convalesce and Fahri free from accusations of rape. As well Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan, despite at the first time  Arini angry to her husband, when she knows about the truth, she allows Pras polygamy with Meirose. In Addition, those films also tell us about how difficult to do polygamy is!.  Although the husband tries to be fair, he will still tend to one girls only. Such as in Both Ayat-ayat Cinta, when Fahri tries to give the same attention to Aisyah and Maria, Fahri still loves Aisyah more than Maria. Same as Pram in the film of Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan, he tries to be fair to Arini and Meirose but he still loves Arini more than Meirose.  So, we get the same lesson from the two films.

Films of Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan are famous because they have some similarities. The similarities are not just coincidence.  The film of Ayat-ayat Cinta that was released by MD Pictures in 2008 was the absolute success. However, MD Pictures want to repeat the success of the film of Ayat-Ayat Cinta.  And then, in 2015 MD Pictures released Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan which is similar to the film of Ayat-Ayat Cinta in the hope of achieving the same success. In fact, MD Pictures’ hope comes true.  Both Films of Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Syurga Yang Tak Dirindukan are the most successful films in their respective release year.