Gerak Khas

Gerak Khas
	Title card, used in Season 19.
Genre	Police procedural; True crime; Action drama; Family drama; Mystery; Crime thriller;
Created by	Yusof Haslam
Developed by	Skop Productions; Royal Malaysia Police;
Directed by	Yusof Haslam; C. Kumaresan; Syamsul Yusof; Syafiq Yusof; Faizal Yusof; Majed Saleh; Rashid Sibir[1]; Yusof Kelana[2]; Aziz M. Osman;
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	PH Lim; James Baum; Hafiz Hamidun;
Opening theme	"Gerak Khas"
Ending theme	"Gerak Khas"
Composer(s)	PH Lim
Country of origin	Malaysia
Original language(s)	Malay[lower-alpha 1]
No. of seasons	19
No. of episodes	1,026
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fetty Ismail; Salmah Ismail; Syamin Yusof; Syafiq Yusof;
Producer(s)	Yusof Haslam
Production location(s)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia; Perak, Malaysia; Malacca, Malaysia; Sabah, Malaysia; Penang, Malaysia; Terengganu, Malaysia; Sarawak, Malaysia; Labuan, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; London, England;
Editor(s)	Shahrul Dhoman ; Murad Man ; Wan Norhadi Wan Noh
Running time	43–44 minutes
Production company(s)	Skop Productions
Release
Original network	TV2
Picture format	16:9 letterbox (formerly 4:3) 576i
Original release	First run: ; 5 April 1999 – 22 July 2011 ; Second run:; 14 February 2014 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	Roda-Roda Kuala Lumpur (1998, 2008−13) ; Metro Skuad (2012–13)

Gerak Khas (transl. Special Forces) is a Malaysian police procedural television drama series broadcast since 5 April 1999 on Radio Televisyen Malaysia's TV1 and later TV2.[3] It is the longest-running action drama series on Malaysian television.[3]

Gerak Khas centers on murders, bank robberies, loan sharks, terrorists, kidnappings, drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes committed in Malaysia, where the eponymous unit within the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) was called to handling these particular cases. Though some of the series' episodes were fictitious, there have been some episodes based on a true story.

Datuk Yusof Haslam directed both the series and its film adaptations and produced by his company, Skop Productions. Original cast members include Abby Abadi as Inspektor Aleeza, AC Mizal as Inspektor Mazlan, A. Galak as SI Hashim and Farid Amirul as Det. Lim. The series receive recognition from The Malaysia Book of Records as the country’s longest running television drama series.[3]

The cast members of Gerak Khas was diverse and changing; except for Yusof Haslam, Farid Amirul, Deen Maidin, A. Galak, ACP Shaharon Anuar and Abby Abadi was the original cast members since its inception. The series went on hiatus in 2011 and it is replaced by Metro Skuad, a similar sister series also produced by Yusof and ran for two seasons aired from 2012 to 2013. Gerak Khas was revived in 2014, with its 14th season (the first season in three years) began airing on February 14.[4][5][6]

In 2018, it is reported that AC Mizal will be reprise his role as Mazlan after he left the series in 2002, but he declined as Yusof Haslam says "let his involvement in Gerak Khas become a nostalgia".[7]

Reruns of the series' previous seasons were broadcast on TV2 since December 2019, however, only episodes from Season 11 onwards was aired.

Cast and characters

The following list below are the past and present Gerak Khas actors (does not include the movies):

Current

Datuk Yusof Haslam as DCP Datuk Helmi (1999-2011, 2014–present)
Deen Maidin as S.M Lingam (1999-2011, 2014–present)
Farid Amirul as Sub Insp Lim (1999-2011, 2019–present)
SAC Shaharon Anuar as SAC Saiful (1999-2001, 2019–present)[8]
Abby Abadi as DSP Aleeza (1999–2011, 2019–present)[9][10]
Norman Hakim as ACP Haris (2003-2009, 2014, 2017–present)[11]
Z. Zamri as Sergeant Zaidi (2003-2011, 2014–present)
C. Kumaresan as DSP Kumar (2004-2011, 2014–present)
Salina Saibi as ASP Salina (2007 as guest star, 2008-2011 as regular cast, 2014–present)[12]
Sheera Iskandar as Inspector Sheera (2007 as guest star, 2008-2011 as regular cast, 2016 also as guest star, 2017–present)
Erra Fazira as ASP Jeslina (2018–present)
Mustaqim Bahadon as Detective Mustafa (2019–present)
Ungku Ismail Aziz as Inspector Daniel (2020–present)
Izzat Mushtaq as Inspector Izzat (2020–present)

Former

AC Mizal as Inspector Mazlan (1999–2002)[13]
Zulkifli Ismail as Supt. Razlan (2001-2011)
A. Galak as Sub Inspector Hashim (retired). Now became taxi driver (1999-2011, 2014–present)
Elly Mazlein as Detective Mazlein (2002-2005)
Haliza Misbun as Inspector Jeslina (2003)
Angeline Tan as Chief Inspector Geena (2004–2011)
Dynas Mokhtar as Inspector Julia (2006-2009)
Shah Iskandar as Inspector Hisham (2009 as guest star; 2010-2011 as regular cast)
Rozita Che Wan as DSP Zita (2009-2010)
Hanny Harmi as Detective Linda/Hani (2008, 2014–2015)
NurHuda Ali as Detective Amy (2010-2011)
Rebbeca Nur Islam as Detective Salina (2005)
Avaa Vanja as Detective Sofia (2006)
Afiq Muiz as ASP Rosli (2014-2015)
Nizen Ayob as Inspector Nizam (2014–2017)¹[14]
Syamsul Yusof as Supritendant Jefri (2006-2009 as guest star, 2015-2018 as regular cast)
Tisha Shamsir as Inspector Tisha (2014–2017)[15][16]
Mas Khan as Detective Kamal (2014–2017)
Mimi One Nation Emcees as Inspector Adira (2015)
Raja Ilya as Inspector Shakila (2015-2018)
Nancie Foo as ACP Suzy (2015)
Fattah Amin as Inspector Haikal (2016-2017)
Ken Abdullah as Detective Ken (2016)
Azar Azmi as Detective Amira (2017)
Hisyam Hamid as Inspector Aiman (2018)
Ruzzlan Abdullah Shah as Detective Wong (2018)¹[17]
Zul Ariffin as Inspector Ashraf (2009-2011, 2019)

Guests

From 1999 to 2011 and since 2014, Gerak Khas features some of well-known Malaysian actors as a guest cast in each episode. There are also some guest casts who appeared in more than one episode.

Notes: All guest casts were listed in alphabetical order.

Adam Corrie Lee
Azad Jasmin
Alex Yanz
Aida Khalida
Aprena Manrose
Adam Shah
Amyza Adnan
Azlan Komeng
Aman Graseka
Aziz M. Osman
Ahmad Fauzee
Aishah Atan
Abu Bakar Juah
Abu Bakar Ariffin
Azliyuszaini Mohd Noor
Amai Kamarudin
Amran Tompel
Along Eyzendy
Abon
Aman Shah
Ammar Alfian
Accapan
A. R. Badul
Ani Maiyuni
Badrul Muhayat
Baggio Damasutra
Boy Iman
Danny X-Factor
Cat Farish
Chomel Fana
Connie Ahmad
Dazrin Kamarudin
Den Wahab
Emma Akma
Eira Syazira
Effa Nareesha
Esma Daniel
Elya Miera
Fathil Dani
Fauzi Nawawi
Faezah Elai
Fauziah Nawi
Faizal Hussein
Fazren Rafi
Hetty Sarlene
Izreen Azminda
Ifa Raziah
Imuda
Ika Nabilla
Jalaluddin Hassan
Joe Radzwill
Jesse Lim
Janet Khoo
Julie Dahlan
Jeganathan
Kenji Sawahi
Kathy Azean
Kismah Johar
Khairil Anwar Aman
Kismah Johar
Laila Nasir
Latif Ibrahim
Liza Abdullah
Lando Zawawi
Linda Helmi
Lisdawati
Lia Natalia
Marissa Yasmin
Mubarak Majid
Maimon Mutalib
Majed Saleh
Mawi
Mustapha Kamal
Noraini Hashim
Nabila Huda
Nasrizal Ngasri
Nadzmi Adhwa
Nor Albaniah
Ozlynn Waty
Oktovia Manrose
Pablo Amirul
Qazem Nor
Riezman Khuzaimi
Rizal Ashreff
Raja Azrey
Roslee Sako
Roy Azman
Radhi Khalid
Rahim Razali
Rashdan Baba
Ridzuan Hashim
Rose Iskandar
Rozita Rohaizad
Ruzaidi Abdul Rahman
Ruzzlan Abdullah Shah
Rahim Jailani
Razib Salimin
Raja Ema
Syamsul Yusof
Syafiq Yusof
Shaheizy Sam
Rashidah Jaafar
Syanie
Sheikh Haikel
Shiha Zikir
Sabrina Ali
Sasqia Dahuri
Sherry Ibrahim
Siti Elizad
Soffi Jikan
Tam Suhaimi
TS Jeffrey
Ungku Hariz
Wan Raja
Wanna Ali
Yank Kassim
Zack Taipan
Zamarul Hisham
Zarina Zainuddin
Zaidi Omar
Ziema Din
Zakaria Yusof
Zach X-Factor
Zarina Zainoordin
Zarina Anjoulie
Zulkifli Zain
Zazly Baginda
Zalfie Mohamad Nor
Zack Kool

Notes: ¹ deceased.

Episodes

Film adaptation

The success of Gerak Khas led to its film adaptations. There are three films based from the series:

Gerak Khas the Movie (2001)
Gerak Khas the Movie II (2002)
GK3 The Movie (2005)

The first movie, released in early 2001, topped the Malaysian box office.[18] In the first film, they faced crime bosses Castelo (Rosyam Nor) and Rafayel (Norman Hakim), whom Abadi married in 2002; he returned to the franchise playing Chief Inspector Haris).[18]

In its storyline, Aleeza was jealous of Mazlan's relationship with Inspektor Shafikah (Erra Fazira).[18] However, in the sequel, Mazlan was jealous of Aleeza and new member Inspektor Zamri (Azri Iskandar), whom he also suspected of being corrupt.[19]

Awards

2009: Longest Running Drama Series by The Malaysia Book of Records
2009: Anugerah Skrin 2009 for Best Drama (nominated)
2019: Anugerah MeleTOP Era 2019 for Drama MeleTOP

Notes

There are also some episodes in the series with English, Mandarin, Tamil, Indonesian and Thai dialogues ocassionally.

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References

Rashid Sibir (Director) & Yusof Haslam (Producer) (2019). Gerak Khas (Season 19): "Kilau Kota" (Motion Picture) (in Malay). Malaysia: TV2.
Yusof Kelana (Director) & Yusof Haslam (Producer) (2019). Gerak Khas (Season 19): "Ops Serambi" (Motion Picture) (in Malay). Malaysia: TV2.
"Drama bersiri Gerak Khas paling lama bertahan". Utusan Malaysia. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
Syed Mussaddad Syed Mahdi (26 January 2014). "Kuasa Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
"Wajah baharu Gerak Khas". Kosmo!. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
"Gerak Khas Musim baru cipta kelainan". Sinar Harian. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
Sudirman Mohd Tahir (28 December 2018). "AC Mizal tolak 'reunion' Gerak Khas". Harian Metro. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
‘I’m still alive,’ says Gerak Khas actor The Star (Malaysia) (5 Ogos 2016). Diperoleh pada 26 April 2017.
"Abby Abadi keluar Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 11 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
Siti Azira Abd Aziz (29 November 2008). "Kenangan 9 tahun dengan Gerak Khas gamit Abby beraksi semula". mStar Online. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
"Norman Hakim kembali dalam Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
"Salina setia dengan Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
Mohd Hafiz Ismail (29 January 2014). "AC Mizal kembali dalam Gerak Khas". Sinar Harian. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
Zaidi Mohamad (6 August 2018). "'Inspektor Nizam sudah tiada'". Berita Harian. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
Tengku Suzana Raja Hamat (20 July 2014). "Inspektor Tisha jadi sandaran". Kosmo!. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
Aqmar Mustaza (23 February 2016). "Gerak Khas lonjak nama Tisha Shamsir". Sinar Harian. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
Pelakon Gerak Khas, Detektif Wong meninggal dunia Free Malaysia Today (21 Disember 2018). Dicapai pada 23 Disember 2018.
"Gerak Khas The Movie - tampilkan lapan pelakon ternama". Utusan Malaysia. 25 February 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
"Artis-artis hebat penuhi Gerak Khas The Movie II". Utusan Malaysia. 26 May 2002. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

External links

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[3] There are also some episodes in the series with English, Mandarin, Tamil, Indonesian and Thai dialogues ocassionally.

[1] Rashid Sibir (Director) & Yusof Haslam (Producer) (2019). Gerak Khas (Season 19): "Kilau Kota" (Motion Picture) (in Malay). Malaysia: TV2.

[2] Yusof Kelana (Director) & Yusof Haslam (Producer) (2019). Gerak Khas (Season 19): "Ops Serambi" (Motion Picture) (in Malay). Malaysia: TV2.

[Paling_lama_bertahan-4] "Drama bersiri Gerak Khas paling lama bertahan". Utusan Malaysia. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

[5] Syed Mussaddad Syed Mahdi (26 January 2014). "Kuasa Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[6] "Wajah baharu Gerak Khas". Kosmo!. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[7] "Gerak Khas Musim baru cipta kelainan". Sinar Harian. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[8] Sudirman Mohd Tahir (28 December 2018). "AC Mizal tolak 'reunion' Gerak Khas". Harian Metro. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

[9] ‘I’m still alive,’ says Gerak Khas actor The Star (Malaysia) (5 Ogos 2016). Diperoleh pada 26 April 2017.

[10] "Abby Abadi keluar Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 11 November 2007. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[11] Siti Azira Abd Aziz (29 November 2008). "Kenangan 9 tahun dengan Gerak Khas gamit Abby beraksi semula". mStar Online. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[12] "Norman Hakim kembali dalam Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[13] "Salina setia dengan Gerak Khas". Utusan Malaysia. 10 February 2018. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[14] Mohd Hafiz Ismail (29 January 2014). "AC Mizal kembali dalam Gerak Khas". Sinar Harian. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

[15] Zaidi Mohamad (6 August 2018). "'Inspektor Nizam sudah tiada'". Berita Harian. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[16] Tengku Suzana Raja Hamat (20 July 2014). "Inspektor Tisha jadi sandaran". Kosmo!. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

[17] Aqmar Mustaza (23 February 2016). "Gerak Khas lonjak nama Tisha Shamsir". Sinar Harian. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

[18] Pelakon Gerak Khas, Detektif Wong meninggal dunia Free Malaysia Today (21 Disember 2018). Dicapai pada 23 Disember 2018.

[Gerak_Khas_the_Movie-19] "Gerak Khas The Movie - tampilkan lapan pelakon ternama". Utusan Malaysia. 25 February 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[20] "Artis-artis hebat penuhi Gerak Khas The Movie II". Utusan Malaysia. 26 May 2002. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2011.