Ketika Cinta Bertasbih

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih
Theatrical poster
Directed byChaerul Umam
Screenplay byImam Tantowi
Based onKetika Cinta Bertasbih
by Habiburrahman El Shirazy
Produced by
    • Leo Sutanto
    • Lili Sunawati
Starring
CinematographyRudy Kurwet
Edited byRizal Basri
Music by
Production
company
SinemArt Pictures
Release date
  • June 11, 2009 (2009-06-11) (Indonesia)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndonesia
LanguageIndonesian

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih is a 2009 Indonesian Islamic romance film directed by Chaerul Umam. Starring Cholidi Asadil Alam, Alice Norin, and Oki Setiana Dewi, it follows a young Indonesian student of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, who is caught in a love triangle with the daughter of an ambassador and a master's student.

Based on the novel of the same name by Habiburrahman El Shirazy, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih was released following the success of Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love, 2008). Dissatisfied with the earlier adaptation of his novel, the filmmakers cast amateurs through a lengthy open audition process and emphasized the film's Islamic nature. Produced with a budget of approximately Rp 40 billion (USD 4 million), Ketika Cinta Bertasbih was released on 11 June 2009 to commercial success, becoming the best-selling Indonesian film of the year. The film received several awards, as well as a sequel and two television series.