Gope T. Samtani

Gobind Tejoomal Samtani better known as Gope T Samtani born October 1 1943 is an Indonesian businessman and film producer of Indian descent He is the founder and owner of the production company Rapi Films In his youth Gope aspired to become a doctor but his dream did not come true He initially worked as a clothing trader before eventually establishing Rapi Films Gope had been passionate about watching movies since childhood When he founded Rapi Films in 1968 he started with a capital of approximately Rp 3 million Initially Rapi Films was established as an exportimport company For this venture he did not hesitate to seek advice from his older brother Subagio Samtani who was already experienced as a producer through PT Sambung Film He also sought guidance from Turino Djunaidi of PT Sarinande Film In 1970 Rapi Films successfully produced its first movie Air Mata Kekasih With an average of three films produced per year by early 1985 Gopes company had released 45 titles Recognized for his contributions to the industry Gope received the Parfi award as an Exemplary Producer He also won the Antemas Award twice which is given to the highestgrossing films The awarded films were Rahasia Perkawinan at FFI 1981 in Semarang and Nyi Blorong at FFI 1983 in Medan