這是一部關於1990年代的馬來西亞，一位出生於淡米爾印裔社群的男孩成長故事。活潑的Appoy不想背誦乘法表，成天只愛惡作劇和看黑幫片。勤奮工作的父親為了不讓兒子誤入歧途，越焦急卻越是暴力對待。Appoy的叔叔是幫派的黨徒，男孩最終仍無可避免地受到叔叔的影響。

Jagat is a coming-of-age story about a boy growing up in a community of Tamil immigrants in Malaysia during the 1990s. Appoy, a spirited kid who would rather watch gangster flicks and make prank calls than memorize his multiplication tables. Desperately trying to keep his son on the straight path, Appoy's hard-working father becomes increasingly abusive as the boy is inexorably drawn to the criminal lifestyle of his uncle, a henchman for a local Malaysian gang.

山傑古瑪畢業自馬來西亞理科大學傳播學系，有超過13年的創意媒體經驗。他參與各類媒介的影視製作，包括紀錄片、短片、音樂劇和兒童劇等。他的視覺文章《Thaipoosam》在第36屆鹿特丹國際電影節放映。2009年，他的短片《Machai》獲得馬來西亞BMW短片競賽首獎。2015年的《惡道》是他的第一部長片，贏得第28屆馬來西亞電影節的最佳大馬電影和最佳新導演殊榮，也在2016年獲得吉隆坡影評人獎的最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳劇本等獎項。

Shanjhey Kumar Perumal is a Malaysian director and writer with over 13 years of experience in the creative media industry. He earns a Communication degree in Film and Broadcasting from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Over the years, he has been involved in a diverse array of media ranging from documentaries and short films to musicals and children’s programmes. His short visual essay, ‘Thaipoosam’, was screened at the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands. In 2009, his short film ‘Machai’ was awarded the Grand Prize at the BMW

Shorties Malaysia. Jagat (2015) is his first feature, which won the Best film in both Malaysian Film Festival (FFM) and KL Critiques award 2016.