Based on the Malay folktales of a blood-sucking ghost born from a woman who dies in childbirth, the smash hit premiered on 27 April 1957 and screened for almost three months at the local Cathay cinemas.
[4] An old man (Wak Dollah) had found a little girl in the forest, then took and cared for her as an adopted child and gave her the name Comel.
As an adult, Comel's condition is not as cute as her name, instead she is an ugly girl, plus her body is crooked and is often cursed and abused by the villagers.
Before he passed away, Comel’s adoptive father had instructed him to destroy by burning everything he produced including his book of essays.
After becoming beautiful, Comel left the hut where he had sheltered all this time and went to a nearby village where he became the attraction of the son of Tok Penghulu (Othman), then married her to have a daughter (Maria).
Comel also always came to meet his daughter, Maria, by bringing food in the form of fruits he obtained from the forest.
This meant 13 days of screening and it was a huge success for Keris Film Production and its distributor the Cathay Organization.
However it failed to win any awards, unlike “Mega Mendong” which brought success to Adek Wan Hussain as the best child actor.