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Anwar arrives to watch premiere of 'Anwar, The Untold Story'

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, arrived at Pavilion Bukit Bintang here to watch the premiere of "Anwar, The Untold Story".

His arrival at Dadi Cinema at 8.13pm was welcomed with chants of "Reformasi". 

Cheers of "Hidup Datuk Seri" were heard as he went up the escalator. 

Earlier, media personnel and other VVIPs registered to receive their tickets. 

The film is directed by Viva Westi of Indonesia and stars Farid Kamil as Anwar, "Tanda Putera" actor Hasnul Rahmat as former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Indonesian actress Acha Septriasa as Anwar's wife. 

The film charts the period from Anwar's appointment as finance minister in 1991 until his sacking from the cabinet in 1998, as well as his "Reformasi" campaign that culminated in his imprisonment that year.

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