Director: Faisal Ishak
Cast: Beto Kusyairy, Nabila Huda, Syafie Naswip, Yayan Ruhian, Eric Chen
Gayong is a 2025 Malaysian action-drama-war film directed by Faisal Ishak, telling the true story of Dato' Meor Abd Rahman, the grandmaster who built Silat Gayong into one of Southeast Asia's most enduring martial arts traditions. At 110 minutes, the film balances personal biography with the visceral choreography of a discipline rooted in centuries of Malay warrior culture.
What is Gayong about?
The film traces the life of Dato' Meor Abd Rahman, a man whose dedication to the traditional Malay martial art of Silat Gayong transformed a regional fighting discipline into a recognized national institution. Born into a lineage of warriors, Meor Abd Rahman faced opposition, hardship, and the test of personal conviction as he worked to preserve and expand his craft across generations. The story moves through the formative chapters of his youth, his years of rigorous training under lineage masters, and the eventual founding of Silat Gayong Malaysia as a formal body. Along the way the film captures not only the physical demands of the art but the philosophical and spiritual codes that shape its practitioners — loyalty, sacrifice, and the weight of legacy.
Cast & crew
Director Faisal Ishak leads an ensemble drawn from across Southeast Asia and beyond. Beto Kusyairy takes the central role, with Nabila Huda and Syafie Naswip in supporting parts. The cast also includes Yayan Ruhian, the Indonesian martial artist and actor known for his precision in combat films, alongside Eric Chen, Hiromitsu Takeda, Shannon Wiratchai, and Ebby Saiful — bringing genuine martial arts credentials to the screen.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Gayong offers a window into a martial heritage that carries deep parallels to Persian and Middle Eastern traditions of honoring masters and preserving ancestral knowledge. The Silat Gayong world — with its codes of loyalty, respect for elders, and the transmission of craft from teacher to student — resonates with values long embedded in Iranian cultural memory. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible without prior familiarity with Malay language or culture. Action fans who enjoy biographical martial arts storytelling will find the film both grounded and kinetically engaging.
Where & how to watch
Gayong is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, so you can follow every moment without subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.