When leading media services agency OMDcame to us for a fresh way to market its services and expertise, therewas only one team we could have offered the task of conceptualizing thevideo we had in mind for OMD.
 

The usual suspects:

Yes, Douglas Lim - formerly of Kopitiam fame, currently of Get Hitched fame. We set his crazed imagination loose, and he came up with astumper of a concept. The Adventures of Bulat is Malaysia's answer tothe controversial slapstick comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Once again, veteran thespians Rashid Salleh and Gavin Yap wererecruited by Douglas to star in this spoof. But a surprise addition tothe cast is acclaimed actress Sharifah Amani. Fresh from award-winningturns in Sepet and Gubrah, this petite screen goddess made our day by agreeing to take on multiple roles on our comparatively humble but equally hilarious video.

The premise itself is enough to tickle.The dictatorial leader of the fictional country Rambustan sends Bulat -Rambustan's best salesman - to market Rambustani products inMalaysia in the hopes of boosting Rambustan's non-existant GDP. For theglory of his homeland, Bulat ventures into Malaysia. But before hebegins selling, he needs to study the Malaysian consumer market.

While it might not gross as much money as Boratdid, or achieve worldwide notoriety, we are content in the fact thatthe client was more than happy with the final product. True enough, theaudience at the premier laughed itself silly. OMD execs unanimouslyagreed that it was an unqualified success.

The opportunity to work with an agency as widely acclaimed as OMD is in itself enough to make us proud. OMD has been recognised as The World's Most Creative Agency for the third year running, so if our ideas are appreciated by OMD, we can consider it a job well done.