HE started his career as a pharmacist. But it was the world of film that captured his interest, that raised his name high when he won the best actor award at the 1986 Indonesian Film Festival.

He is 52-year-old Deddy Mizwar. Who could forget his inspiring role 20 years ago as the fictional hero Naga Bonar, in a film satirizing the war for independence and creating a hero out of a common thief?

Deddy is no longer young. The hair on his head seem