Rispo and Nadya Arina Discuss GJLS: IBUKU IBU IBU on KapanLagi Show, Rigen Cinlok?

Kapanlagi.com - This time on KapanLagi Show, we have special guests from the cast of the film GJLS: IBUKU IBU IBU, namely Rigen Rakelna, Ananta Rispo, and Nadya Arina. Together with host Indra Cahya, KapanLagi Show is presented in a casual and enjoyable manner.

Not only the four of them, KapanLagi also features film enthusiast communities, namely Movieverse. Where these Movieverse members get a special opportunity to chat with the cast of the film GJLS: IBUKU IBU IBU. What is the excitement of this KapanLagi Show event like? Stay tuned until the end!

1. GJLS Idea: MY MOTHER

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Host: "Where did the idea for GJLS: MY MOTHER come from?"
Rigen: "Is the idea for making the film, the film idea, or the title idea different?"
Rispo: "Ah, it's different, yes, many people are involved."
Rigen: "Because if you ask, the initial idea for making the film actually came from an offer from the PH (Production House). But we really wanted to make a film, but the invitation idea came from the PH, that’s Mr. Indra Yudhistira. If I tell this, it will be long, so let’s go straight to the film idea.
Host: "Sure, okay!"
Rigen: "The film idea comes from the three of us, inspired by Hifdzi's story, but if I tell this it will be long, so let’s go straight to the title idea. The title comes from Mr. Monty Tiwa."

Rispo: "No one is answering anything, right?"
Host: "Yes, no one is answering anything."
Rigen: "Well, but the film initially came from an offer because we have to admit, we really wanted to make a film since 2021, eh in 2020 we really wanted to make a film, until we made KUYUP first, a short film."
Host: "KUYUP short film, yes, that’s an extraordinary film."
Rigen: "From there, after that we wanted to make a film. The KUYUP film was watched a lot by people, including filmmakers, one of whom is Mr. Monty Tiwa."

Monty Tiwa's achievements in the film industry are beyond doubt. He has many works in the film world, but his latest works in 2025 include PERAYAAN MATI RASA as a story writer, MENDADAK DANGDUT as a director, writer, and producer, and GJLS: MY MOTHER as a director and screenplay writer.

Host: "Oh really?"
Rigen: "Yes, because Cine Crib gave it a rating of 10/10 on YouTube. We didn’t know what that was about, it seems like it’s satire, right?"
Rispo: "But even if it’s satire, we really believe it’s 10."
Rigen: "That’s really 10, we believe that’s absolutely 10 in cinema." So after that, Mr. Monty watched too, well Mr. Monty since 2020 (or) 2021 if I'm not mistaken, he has been inviting us to create something together, "come on, we have to make something together" like that. Finally, in 2024, after the success of the film AGAK LAEN, that inspired other podcasters, one of them is the GJLS podcast. There were several production houses that contacted us but eventually, we met with Mr. Indra Yudhistira, at that time, coincidentally, Mr. Indra is the one who created SUCI (Stand up Comedy Indonesia)."

Host: "Oh yes, that's right."
Rigen: "The person who created stand up, the person who created SUCI, then in Indosiar, he also created SUCA. So we prioritized meeting him first at that time because we already knew him. We met with him and chatted. Mr. Indra asked, "if this film is to be made, who do you want as the director?" We said Mr. Monty Tiwa because Mr. Monty Tiwa already knows us. And at that moment, Mr. Indra said, "oh, Mr. Monty will come now" Mr. Monty is coming? "yes, because this production house belongs to me and Mr. Monty" like that. So this really is the term, like a scoop on a taro leaf like that."
Rispo: "Wrong, it's like a responding scoop, like a responding scoop, the scoop means that."
Rigen: "Wrong-wrong, yes yes, that's what it means."
Rispo: "I can't really get this proverb."
Rigen: "Yes yes, I'm not that great at it, he's the one who's good with proverbs, you know."

Host: "Why Bang Rigen, why do you want Mr. Monty Tiwa?
Rigen: "Because he already knows GJLS, because if, with another director, I'm afraid the DNA of GJLS will be diminished, I'm afraid, so that the GJLS film, which I'm afraid, the film of that director that has GJLS in it, while we want to keep, we want to make a breakthrough, a work like this film that is really experimental, that is really the latest, yes, this GJLS film, that's why we must have Mr. Monty and Mr. Monty agreed from the start, 'yes we have to make a film that is really different' like that, yes if we talk about making good films, funny films, that won't have an end. If you talk about funny tastes, if you talk about good tastes too, but if you're brave enough to break down a wall, something different, that's no longer about taste, because that will make you stand out."

2. What kind of experimental is it?

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Host: "Bang Rispo, what is the experimental film GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU all about?"
Rispo: "Experimental, it's called experimental because I often watch films, you know, Indonesian films. I've watched a lot of Indonesian films, and when I previewed this film, I realized there has never been a film like this in Indonesia, a comedy like GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU. That's why it's called experimental, and it seems like this is the first of its kind. If this is successful, then it would be... just ridiculous."

Rigen: "It really seems like this is going to be successful."
Rispo: "Yes, it seems successful, but you know, it's about trying something new, right? Trying to enrich the landscape of films in Indonesia, that's why we made a film like GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU."

Host : "So, you really get support to create films that are different, even if they break the mold, not conforming to typical Indonesian films?"
Rispo: "Supported. The production house supports it, and the director is on board. Interestingly, we once conducted a focus group discussion (FGD), testing this film with several hundred people who were not familiar with GJLS. We did the FGD in offices, and what we had prepared, the points of laughter we had set up, turned out to make them laugh. This film is enjoyed by people who know GJLS and will be very entertained, and even those who don't know it will still be entertained because it still... Monty Tiwa's role there is to guard the boundary where this is still a movie theater, if it crosses over then it becomes a film (that exists in) reals."

Host: "So the control is still with GJLS?"
Rigen: "No, the control remains with Mr. Monty Tiwa, so we, that's why it's tightened up, that is during brainstorming ideas, when we are writing the script, we are reading. So we strengthen the foundation first, so when shooting, for example, if there are wild ideas from Rispo, wild ideas from Mr. Monty, we agree, whether this is used or not, is it too wild or not. So it’s not just from GJLS but still from Mr. Monty. When on the shooting location, we raise our hands, we hand everything over to Mr. Monty Tiwa."

3. Actually, a Story Close to Daily Life

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Host: "According to Kak Nadya, please tell us the premise or synopsis of the film GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU, what is it like, from Kak Nadya's assumptions as the creator, how about from the co-cast?"
Nadya: "Actually, if we go back to the premise, this story is about a family. A family story where there is a father, who has three rather absurd children, visualized by all of them (Rigen, Rispo, and Hifdzi) and there is a conflict about accepting a new figure as a replacement for their mother. That's really it, I mean that's the beginning of the conflicts in the film, but in the end, it was packaged by the team, along with Mr. Monty, to fit the DNA of GJLS."

Host: "Honestly, that sounds normal for this story?"
Nadya: "Normal, actually normal."
Rispo: "But we really believe that the comedies, the comedy film, that keeps people watching is the story. That's why the drama has to be thought out too, not just randomly, suddenly it's weird, right? It's sad for the audience. Suddenly when they enter the theater, there’s an alien, right? Because we are very aware that drama is very important in a film. Because the heart of a film is the story, that's why we prioritize it a lot. Well, this is what keeps it in check like Nadya, there’s Uncle Bucek, ha ha."

Rigen: "Yes, that's true, actually the story, if we look at the synopsis, the characterization, the background, the story is really, really grassroots. Very, very normal life, like for example the three of us, our jobs are I’m a rain shaman, Rispo is someone who likes to guard an internet café and ends up getting involved in online loans and gambling. Hifdzi is a dangdut host, so the reason why our work is like that is also because of our father. Because our father is a boarding house owner, and all this time, the boarding house has been managed by our mother and all the money has been handled by her. Basically, our dad just reads the newspaper, drinks coffee, you know, it's a very grassroots life. So when our mother passed away, everything became chaotic, and the children saw their father, thinking, he seems relaxed, our dad has money. So we just live casually, we think we will inherit the boarding house anyway. That's why we work according to our own wishes, and that's why the story is actually very close to society. But we insert strange comedies into it because we want to introduce. So GJLS is like this to the audience, maybe in our second story, suddenly the father turns out to be an alien, for example."

Rispo: "Why does it get weirder?"
Rigen: "This is an introduction, so if people already know, "oh GJLS is like this, oh this is the comedy, GJLS comedy". Then in the second film, we can go wild with it."
Rispo: "But why is it called weird, in one film, every 15 minutes there's a plot twist. In fact, this is just starting, if you watch later, as soon as the film starts, one minute in, there's already a plot twist."
Nadya: "Ha ha, that's true, right? That's true, that's true."
Rispo: "So every moment there's a plot twist, plot twist."
Rigen: "Nadya has a term, what is our film about?
Nadya: "Leftist film."
Rigen: "Leftist film because there are indeed many scenes that go outside the norms of filmmaking, like "huh, why is it like this?" So there are a lot of surprises, it's really exciting in this film."

4. Character Deepening of Each Player

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Host: "How is the character depth, especially if you want to become, it's absurd right, and this is like being yourself, is there any truth to this?"
Rispo: "Character depth is quite difficult, you know, because we usually joke around every day. But there’s a moment, there’s a scene that really has to be dramatic, it has to be a drama that really has high tension. Meanwhile, we’ve been joking around for several days, so what should we do? It’s like, oh how should this go, how should this go. So there was one moment that was really dramatic, Rigen and Hifdzi were serious, they were silent, and when I entered for the action, I started laughing. Then he really got mad, really ‘You’re an idiot!’ like that, so he was really angry, you know, something like that. So we have to adjust because almost 80% can be said to be comedy, but when we enter the drama scene, for me it’s a bit difficult, just a bit difficult, I have to keep it a secret."
Host: "Oh this is the switch, a plot twist that can't be revealed, right?"
Rigen: "No, he really doesn’t know what to say, it’s not a plot, he’s just like, oh I’m done with my words."

Host: "Nadya, have you acted in a comedy film before?"
Nadya: "I have, the last one was that."
Host: "But is the comedy like this?"
Nadya: "No, I don’t think there will be a comedy film like this again. It might actually be the same as Rispo, the most difficult part is for my character. So there are indeed some parts in my character that are serious drama. While from the beginning we were laughing with this kind of script. Also, they were very fun off-screen as well. Mr. Monty also likes to joke around, and then suddenly there’s one scene, one or two scenes that are serious. And I have to cry and everything, that’s really hard because the vibe from the start is like we’re building it, like what are we actually shooting here. Then suddenly, 'oh yeah I forgot we’re actually shooting a film', that’s it."
Rispo: "Nadya has to face the three of us and she has to cry like, how would I feel if I were Nadya."
Nadya: "So the crying is serious, my character, but their responses are not serious at all, so it’s crazy."
Rigen: "But no, your dialogue is actually really funny, Nad."
Nadya: "But I have to be serious, right?"
Rigen: "But you have to be serious, so actually her dialogue, she also has funny lines. But really, how is that supposed to mean, how is it like in terms of the situation, this situation is really true. But those words are like, 'but this is funny' there is. That's why a few times I actually laughed, I couldn't hold back my laughter. Honestly, a few times in that scene, I couldn't help but laugh again and again. It's because the dialogue that comes out is so funny, it seems impossible for someone like Nadya to say words like that in a movie. In real life, it seems impossible to say something so strange while crying. Yes, in terms of the situation, that’s one of the difficulties you feel."
Nadya: "Yes."
Rispo: "Oh, and one more thing that maybe Nadya or Om Bucek feels, which is that the basic is not a comedian. Om Bucek always says I’m not doing comedy here, but when I watch, there are indeed situations, scenes, and dialogues. The dialogues are really funny, both of them, Om Bucek is funny. There are still points of comedy, even though he’s not doing comedy. He just plays the role, told to do this and that. But it’s the situation that makes it funny, that’s why this is genius, you know. Yes, that’s why we named the genre scientific comedy.

Host : "What about Rigen, his depth as a rain master earlier?"
Rispo: "Yes, Bang Rigen, let me clarify first. He is really magical, friends. Oh right, I was a witness, once in Lampung he stopped the rain when the band was about to perform, then there was another shoot and suddenly he could stop that artificial rain."
Rigen: "That’s not true, that’s a lie."
Nadya: "Artificial rain, can it really be stopped?"
Rispo: "But his dad once told me, 'Don’t joke around with Rigen like that, he really has powers.' His dad, oh my God, has powers passed down through generations."
Rigen: "As for the rain shaman, it’s actually because of that, that’s why we have characters that are close to us. Like Hifdzi, he happens to have a dangdut orchestra, right? That’s why he became a dangdut host. If I happen to..."
Rispo: "Just admit it, you can do it."
Rigen: "Yeah, I can, haha. Yeah, I’m gimmicked on YouTube as a rain shaman, I can stop the rain."
Rispo: "Really?"
Rigen: "So actually, I can’t. That’s if we have Hifdzi to make this fun, but there’s no one to really believe it, I’m afraid. Yes, it’s true, but I can’t really be a rain shaman. So the characters that are close to us, like Rispo, he’s a loan shark, right? That’s also close to him."
Host: "Oh really?"
Rispo: "I’ve experienced it, but brother."
Rigen: "Oh right, the research is directly from the brother."
Rispo: "After that, the shooting of real events, it really creates stories from real occurrences."
Rigen: "So if we talk about characters in depth, there really aren’t any because I’m also in this film, actually. The rituals to become a rain master don't really exist, actually, it's just like going around in circles like what you see in the trailer."

Nadya: "Actually, that's not all of our characters, it's just a gimmick."
Rigen: "It's just a gimmick. So actually, when we finish the cut, that's when we start acting. That's when we get tired, being quiet. But as Rispo said earlier, the three of us here are already friends. I mean, we've met often, we've joked around a lot. But in the film, we have to summarize a lot of events that we need to condense. So it becomes a matter of how many minutes to make it 90 minutes. So we have to play that, right? So in terms of acting, we have to follow the script. We can't just keep joking around because in reality, the three of us really love to joke around. But when, for example, the script says we have to be sad, or we have to fight, we have to follow that. So there’s still a seriousness in this film. Now, what Rispo said earlier, I swear I was really annoyed with Rispo, when I was acting in the angry scene with Hifdzi, I was already like, wow we have to act."
Rispo: "So that your anger comes across even more."
Rigen: "No, but it shouldn’t be anger towards you. I was in method acting, I said I saw method acting, I once saw Vino G Bastian, for those heavy scenes, he would stay silent until he wore headphones and didn’t want to be talked to. I follow, I wear a headset, I don't want to talk to anyone."
Rispo: "Are you playing a song?"
Rigen: "I don't know, I'm just using it, right? I can't hear it anyway."
Rispo: "If Vino is playing a song, right?"
Rigen: I'm just using it, I'm just looking at it visually, that's why I follow the name Hifdzi, I said Hip, maybe we're just joking today. Then when the scene happens, okay action, we fight, wow Rispo suddenly comes, he comes and separates us and it's also heated because he sees the older brothers angry, fighting, right, he separates us. Then he looks at me like this (impersonates while smiling), ha ha like this. Imagine everything just falls apart, because of him, (censored) this person, I swear I'm annoyed. Ha ha. Yeah, it's like too much joking but actually, yeah, that's it, there's excitement so it becomes a story."

Host: "At the end of the film, does that joking part come in?"
Rispo: "Oh, if the bloopers at the end got info from Mr. Monty, the bloopers alone are 90 (minutes), can you imagine how the shooting was like that had to be thrown away, the unimportant parts, it turns out to be 90 minutes. It could be its own movie."
Rigen: "Uncut later uncut, we sell uncut."

Host: "How did some big names end up in this film?"
Rispo: "No, we call him Om Bucek, that's his name. We have a casting director, but we are always involved in the selection of the actors, "How about this one, do you want this one, oh yeah, yeah, yeah," yes, everyone. Especially with Maxime added, oh there’s Maxime, there’s Umay. We know he’s an actor, right, here he’s just a cameo ha ha."
Rigen: "But usually, if the actors are like Om Bucek, yes, it's from the casting director but they really ask us first, like, "is this okay, this is really good" based on looks, we kind of resemble each other, ha ha, similar. The ones we really choose, and we don’t want anyone else to play that role. There’s one actor that we have to have him play."

Rispo: "Yes, it’s almost impossible, the schedule doesn’t allow us to wait."
Rigen: "We waited until finally, we adjusted our shooting schedule to match his availability, that’s why shooting that day was only at one location, do you know who they are? Beni.
Host: "Benny?"
Rispo: "Because we really want to hit him legally, ha ha. So it can only be during the shoot, yes, Benidictivity is Beni Siregar and to enrich our film genre, we have drama, we have comedy, we have horror."
Nadya: "He’s part of the horror, right?"
Rispo: "No, animation ha ha. So it’s complete, it’s an animation, there’s a musical. Nadya and Om Bucek are singing."

Host: "Nadya, among the three Rigen, Rispo, and Hifdzi, who is the most caring of them, who taught you in the world of comedy?"
Rispo: "Rigen, because Rigen once said Nadya is sweet, ha, ha. Yes, yes, that’s true, three times Gen."
Rigen: "That’s what you call like, yeah he really is sweet, cool like that Mas (pointing at the host), really cool, for example."
Rispo: "But he’s not, from a distance like that, "Po, Po Nadya..."
Rigen: "No, I was watching in the room on the monitor, right, I was looking at him. I just said Nadya is sweet. This face is so Indonesian, that’s how I feel. She looks pretty, I’m just praising her, it seems she could be an Indonesian artist, the next maybe Dian Sastro or someone like that. Amen first, amen first for acting in films, but I mean it’s not meant for that Po, I mean it’s like that, I’m just saying that, nothing else."
Rispo: "But there are 3 moments."
Rigen: "Yeah, three scenes."
Rispo: "During the reading too."
Rigen: "Yeah, during the reading was the first time, it matched like, just now Nadya’s answer to the question."

5. Most Caring Rigen?

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Host: "Yeah, that's right, Rigen isn't it, sis Nadya (the one who cares the most)?"
Nadya: "They all have their own characters, if Hifdzi is more of a wise, fatherly type. Then Rigen is more straightforward, more clear about what he wants. As for Rispo, honestly, until this moment, I probably chat the most with Rispo, haha. This chat is about what clothes to wear, but with Rispo, since the first time I met him, he has this tone when he talks, you know, like me, I can't tell if he's serious or not, but he actually is.
Rigen: "If I was straightforward earlier, yeah, I didn't expect you to know me that well."
Host: "Do you feel you are straightforward, Bang Rigen?"
Nadya: "But that's good, right?"
Rigen: "I didn't expect you to know me that well, haha."

Nadya: "Haha, but did you know, Rispo, Rigen likes to have crushes."
Host: "Likes to have a crush?"
Rispo: "There was a moment with Luna. Yeah, I'll just say it."
Nadya: "Before Maxime, right? Not that we are in..."
Rispo: "If Rigen tells the story. So, with Luna Maya, it wasn't really a crush yet, but Rigen had already warned Luna, Rigen told Luna Maya, 'Luna, I'm easily affected, you have to take care of yourself.'"
Rigen: "I idolize Luna Maya, I've been watching her since forever, I'm a fan of her work, you know, from when she sang with Hijau Daun, I know everything."

Rispo: "Is there really?"
Rigen: "Well, I know that, so when I said, 'I idolize you and I'm afraid you already have a boyfriend, and I also have a family, I'm afraid we might fall for each other because I've idolized you, I'm already amazed, so I ask you to build your own walls.'"
Nadya: "Yeah, you really built a wall over there."
Rigen: "And in the end, it was true, right? During the shoot, Luna Maya wanted her own space, didn't want to be together. It seemed like she was afraid of that, so she built her own walls. "I want to have some fun, but I'm afraid I might get affected" it seemed like that too."
Rispo: "Position-wise, she already had Maxime, if she switched to you, that would be too much for me."
Rigen: "I’m a gojek driver, how do you expect me to have many friends?"
Rispo: "With Nadya, you also had some discomfort with Jerome, right? No, nothing with Nadya."
Rigen: "Don't say maybe, Po."

6. Target Audience 50 Million?

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Host: "So, is it true that the goal is to reach the highest number of viewers, 50,000,000 viewers?"
Rispo: "Those targets, yeah, are based on data, by data."
Host: "By what data?"
Rispo: "That's the data I created myself, just try it."
Nadya: "How do you get to 50 million viewers, based on your data?"
Rispo: "Because, the film viewers, the Instagram followers of GJLS were 54 thousand at that time. When I reset it, it's more now. But I still base it on that, you know, 54 thousand GJLS followers, I assume each person brings 1,000 people to watch, that's 54 million. It's not like we have media visits here, and each of our friends here, even 500 is already a lot."
Rigen: "I swear that's based on data, but those people are crazy, what do you mean by data? I mean, I agree, but it feels like this person is just rambling, the way they calculate the data seems off."
Rispo: "Because you have to dream as high as possible, Gen, even if we fall, 53 is still okay."
Rigen: "That means it's a dream, not based on data. If it's like that, it means it's a dream."
Rispo: "I just made up the data like that; if it makes sense, people will ask, '54 million, what's the basis?' Ah, I'll just make it up."

Host: "If Bang Rigen were to make sense of it, what would you estimate the target to be?"
Rigen: "I find it hard when it comes to talking about numbers because I don't know, sometimes you can't predict how a film will do. But I always pray, hoping it will be above 5 million. But even if it's below 5 million, whatever the number of viewers for this film, I'm already happy with the three of us, especially with GJLS. We've successfully completed a feature film that has been our dream. We've made it with our hearts and without any regrets at all. We follow everything from the shooting process, we follow that process all the way to the promotions, we also give ideas, we are included, invited to be involved as well. So we are satisfied, we are happy with everything, so whatever the result is later, well, we will be grateful, alhamdulillah, we have succeeded in making the film GJLS: IBUKU IBU-IBU."

(kpl/cvn)