“The most action-packed love story you didn't see coming.”
Some love stories begin with a grand gesture. This one begins with a public meltdown, a ripped dress, and a bowl of ramen in a back alley. Kata Hati is an action romantic comedy by Nadiah Hamzah.
Coming to cinemas May 2026
NIA ATASHA
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YUSOF HASHIM
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FAZZIQ MUQRIS
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SCHA ALYAHYA
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TAQIM ZAKI
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NORREEN IMAN
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NIA ATASHA | YUSOF HASHIM | FAZZIQ MUQRIS | SCHA ALYAHYA | TAQIM ZAKI | NORREEN IMAN |
AYRA NATASHA is the most recognisable face on every billboard, a rising actress whose image of perfection is as carefully constructed as the action heroine she plays on screen. But on the night of the Anugerah Selebriti Popular nominations, the carefully curated life she has built alongside charming co-star and boyfriend ZAYN MIKHAEL begins to crack publicly, spectacularly, and in front of every camera in Kuala Lumpur.
What follows is a single chaotic night: a viral exit, a torn dress, a back-alley bowl of ramen, and IMRAN FIRDAUS, an e-hailing driver who moonlights between hospital corridors and unfulfilled architectural dreams, who has absolutely no patience for celebrity drama, and no idea that his quiet life is about to go viral.
When a leaked photo forces them into a reluctant arrangement, Imran becomes Ayra's official driver on the set of the very action film she's shooting. And as the lines between their on-screen fiction and off-screen reality begin to dissolve, what begins as damage control slowly becomes something neither of them planned for. As production drama, media scrutiny, and the weight of public fantasy close in, Ayra must reckon with a question that cuts deeper than any screenplay:
When you have spent your entire career performing for the love of a nation, do you even know how to choose love for yourself?
Set against the kinetic pulse of KL, from the glow of a red carpet to the steam of a hidden ramen stall, from film studios to gridlocked highways - Kata Hati is a love story for a generation raised on social fandom and online discourse, where the line between what's real and what's performed has never been blurrier. It is a film that speaks directly to the young Malaysian audience navigating class, ambition, and the politics of being watched, and asks, simply: kata hati kau, apa?
Stylish, kinetic, and emotionally grounded, Kata Hati is designed for a young, date-night or girls'-night-out theatrical audience. Starring Nia Atasha, Yusof Hashim, Fazziq Muqris, and Scha Al-Yahya, with cameo appearances by Beto Kusyairy, Nabila Huda, Liyana Jasmay, Ceddy Ang, and more.