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	PH Lim
Country of origin	Malaysia
Original language	Malay[a]
No. of seasons	20
No. of episodes	1,054
Production
Executive producers	Fetty Ismail Salmah Ismail Syamin Yusof Syafiq Yusof
Producer	Yusof Haslam
Production locations	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Klang Valley, Malaysia Perak, Malaysia Malacca, Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia Penang, Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Labuan, Malaysia Jakarta, Indonesia Bangkok, Thailand London, England Seoul, South Korea
Editors	Shahrul Dhoman Murad Man Wan Norhadi Wan Noh
Running time	43–44 minutes
Production company	Skop Productions
Release
Original network	TV1 (1999–2003; 2005–2006) TV2 (2004–2005; 2006–2020) TV3 (2020; season finale)
Picture format	16:9 letterboxed (formerly 4:3) 576i
Original release	5 April 1999 (1999-04-05) – 27 March 2021 (2021-03-27)
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 on Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) and TV3.^[3] The series follows the crime-fighting efforts of the eponymous unit, led by SAC Datuk Helmi (Yusof Haslam), from murders to the terrorism and many other crimes which committed in Malaysia. Gerak Khas, which ran from 5 April 1999 and ended on 27 March 2021, spanning 20 seasons and 1054 episodes. It become the longest-running primetime drama series on Malaysian television.^[3]

Series overview[]

Gerak Khas centers on murders, bank robberies, loan sharks, terrorists, kidnappings, drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes where it committed in Malaysia, wherein 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. Gerak Khas went undergone major changes to its cast members, with exception from Yusof, AC Mizal, A. Galak, Farid Amirul, Deen Maidin, Shaharon Anuar and Abby Abadi as the original cast members since its inception. The series receive recognition from The Malaysia Book of Records as the country's longest running television drama series.^[3][4]

The series went on hiatus in 2011 after 13th season was aired on that year. Metro Skuad, a similar true crime series, was created as an interim replacement of Gerak Khas and ran for two seasons aired from 2012 to 2013. Gerak Khas was subsequently revived in 2014, with its 14th season (the first season in three years) began airing on 14 February.^[5][6][7]

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".^[8] Reruns of the series' seasons 11 and 15 were broadcast on TV2 from December 2019 until January 2021.

Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide movement control order, Gerak Khas suspended from airing in February 2020 which resulting the abruption of its production and replaced by the reruns of the series 19th season. Filming resumed in late June 2020.

On 4 December 2020, the 20th season of Gerak Khas, also known as Gerak Khas The Finale began airing on TV3 after previous 19 seasons aired on RTM for more than 20 years.^[9] It would become the series' final season.^[10]

Cast and characters[]

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

Final line-up[]

• Datuk Yusof Haslam as DCP Datuk Helmi (1999–2011, 2014–2021)
• Deen Maidin as S.M Lingam (1999–2011, 2014–2021)
• Farid Amirul as Sub Insp Lim (1999–2011, 2019–2021)
• SAC Shaharon Anuar as SAC Saiful (1999–2001, 2019–2021)^[11]
• Abby Abadi as DSP Aleeza (1999–2011, 2019–2021)^[12][13]
• Norman Hakim as ACP Haris (2003–2009, 2014, 2017–2021)^[14]
• Z. Zamri as Sergeant Zaidi (2003–2011, 2014–2021)
• C. Kumaresan as DSP Kumar (2004–2011, 2014–2021)
• Salina Saibi as ASP Salina (2007 as guest star, 2008–2011 as regular cast, 2014–2021)^[15]
• Sheera Iskandar as Inspector Sheera (2007 as guest star, 2008–2011 as regular cast, 2016 also as guest star, 2017–2021)
• Erra Fazira as ASP Jeslina (2018–2021)
• Ungku Ismail Aziz as Inspector Daniel (2020–2021)
• Izzat Mushtaq as Inspector Izzat (2020–2021)

Former cast[]

• AC Mizal as Inspector Mazlan (1999–2002)^[16]
• Zulkifli Ismail as Supt. Razlan (2001–2011)
• A. Galak as Sub Inspector Hashim (retired). Now became taxi driver (1999–2011, 2014–2021)
• 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[17]
• Syamsul Yusof as Supritendant Jefri (2006–2009 as guest star, 2015-2018 as regular cast)
• Tisha Shamsir as Inspector Tisha (2014–2017)^[18][19]
• Mas Khan as Detective Kamal (2014–2017)
• Mimifly 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[20]
• Zul Ariffin as Inspector Ashraf (2009–2011, 2019)
• Mustaqim Bahadon as Detective Mustafa (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.

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.^[21] 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).^[21]

In its storyline, Aleeza was jealous of Mazlan's relationship with Inspektor Shafikah (Erra Fazira).^[21] However, in the sequel, Mazlan was jealous of Aleeza and new member Inspektor Zamri (Azri Iskandar), whom he also suspected of being corrupt.^[22]

Awards[]

• 2009: Longest Running Drama Series by The Malaysia Book of Records^[23]
• 2009: Anugerah Skrin 2009 for Best Drama (nominated)^{[citation needed]}
• 2019: Anugerah MeleTOP Era 2019 for Drama MeleTOP^{[citation needed]}

Notes[]

See also[]

• Television series similar to Gerak Khas:
  • Ang Probinsyano – Philippine police procedural drama series
  • C.I.D. – Indian police procedural drama series
  • Tatort – German police procedural drama series
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – American police procedural drama series
  • Cold Squad – Canadian police procedural drama series

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