{"id":8810,"date":"2025-09-10T12:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routehunters.co\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:51:57","slug":"terbang-finally-the-flying-sikhs-story-takes-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routehunters.co\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"Terbang : Finally the Flying Sikh\u2019s story takes off"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

Terbang : Finally the Flying Sikh\u2019s story takes off\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t

On a lockdown evening the two founding members of Route Hunters and Karamjit Singh sat for a small discussion. Up until then, we had featured Karamjit on several video\u2019s and track shootout and we realised that the current generation Malaysian\u2019s had little to no idea who this legend was. 5 years later we were honoured to witness the first days\u2019s shoot of his life story coming to life on the silver screen. Here\u2019s how the story behind the story goes.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

That was a good interview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\n\t\thttps:\/\/youtu.be\/AnTHukgQH8o?si=wbeoC4WhavyBgDoA

After a string of video\u2019s we realised that there was very limited online presence of Karamjit Singh and his 2002 World Rally Campaign. That was the year the Petronas Eon Racing Team and Karamjit Singh with navigator Allen Oh will come home with the FIA World Championship trophy for the production class. Those born in the 90\u2019s and 00\u2019s however have no clue about this. We felt that we had to set the record straight and called Karam over and get some trivia\u2019s on his 3 decades of rallying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the camera running and tea cups full, what we would get was a full uncut version of Karam\u2019s whole story, captured at every detail. We are hardcore fans of Karam, in fact your\u2019s truly\u2019s bedroom wall poster was Karam and Allen Oh with the FIA trophies with the Evo 6 PERT car airborne. But this interview had so much of unheard stories we were totally blown away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The amount of hours spent producing the 2 part videos was insane, something that could\u2019ve only be done by us back then during the lockdown, thanks to the collective effort of the Route Hunters team.\u00a0<\/p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/jofnh1ttso8?si=YRyPpEpB5MJwS5Tx\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

From the sofa to the discussion table <\/h2>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t

That interview video made it\u2019s circulation around social media stirring interest about Karamjit Singh. In forum\u2019s and chat groups the links were making their rounds, sparking debates and introducing Karamjit to a whole new generation. There were more contents produced about Karamjit, with more fans tracing down more contents about him it was simply amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not long after we would find ourselves sitting in the discussion table where the groundworks of the \u2018Terbang\u2019 movie was laid. We were interviewing Karam\u2019s friends from his childhood, and drafting all kinds of crazy ideas to bring this movie to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It would take 2 years to finally see a movie set featuring Evo 6 based Group A Proton PERT rally cars on a set, with PERT branding all over. Seeing Irfan Zaini blew our minds away, as the cinematic take on Karamjit. We felt truly humbled and proud at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

A story every Malaysian needs to know\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t

Karamjit Singh\u2019s story is beyond the man himself. It\u2019s a story of national pride, a true testament to the Malaysia Boleh spirit. It was during our interview we realised Karamjit\u2019s story was already like a movie script, and it took alot of Malaysians beyond race and religion coming together to clinch that World Championship trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We at Route Hunters Malaysia are happy we could play our part in bringing this story to the silver screen.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terbang : Finally the Flying Sikh\u2019s story takes off On a lockdown evening the two founding members of Route Hunters and Karamjit Singh sat for a small discussion. Up until then, we had featured Karamjit on several video\u2019s and track shootout and we realised that the current generation Malaysian\u2019s had little to no idea who 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