Gope T. Samtani

Production

Gope T. Samtani

Born 1943-10-01 · Surakarta

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 export-import 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, Gope’s 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 highest-grossing films. The awarded films were Rahasia Perkawinan (at FFI 1981 in Semarang) and Nyi Blorong (at FFI 1983 in Medan).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Satan's Slaves poster
6.7

After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.

Satan's Slaves

2017

Wait For Me To Be Successful Later poster
6.5

Facing constant ridicule from his successful relatives every Eid, an unemployed man desperately races to secure a job before the 2026 family gathering to save his dignity and support his struggling family.

Wait For Me To Be Successful Later

2026

Kata Hati poster
5.5

Conscience begins with the story of heartbreak experienced by the two main characters: Randi (Boy Hamza) who has just left his girlfriend, Dera (Kimberly Ryder), because it chose to pursue her career as a model and Fila (Joanna Alexandra) who realized that the friend he had admired for 10 years, Adrian (Arnhezy Arczhanka), it was established in love with someone else. One unintended meeting in a cafe finally introduce two people who were hit by the turmoil of the heart with each other. And as can be expected ... tersebutlah introductions and then slowly begin to heal the wounds of love in the hearts of each one.

Kata Hati

2013

Temptress Maiden poster
NR

Seeking revenge for a wrecked home life and a rape, psychotic young beauty Ellen poses as a maid to infiltrate the home of unhappy married couple Bob and Fanny and their alienated teen daughter, Tisa. Suicide attempts, seduction and murder follow in what sounds an awful lot like the Indonesian version of Poison Ivy (1992).

Temptress Maiden

1997

Satan's Slaves 2: Communion poster
7.0

After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.

Satan's Slaves 2: Communion

2022

The Devil's Sword poster
5.1

A legendary warrior embarks on a deadly quest to retrieve the cursed Devil’s Sword, a mystical weapon with dark powers capable of unleashing unimaginable destruction. When the sword falls into the wrong hands, chaos, and bloodshed follow. Now, it’s up to our hero to confront an army of evil warriors, deadly assassins, and supernatural creatures in a battle for the fate of the world.

The Devil's Sword

1984

Sakaratul Maut poster
7.0

At a time when Pak Wiryo found it difficult to die because he had a 'hold', the children of his first wife and second wife were fighting over the inheritance.

Sakaratul Maut

2024

The Warrior and the Ninja poster
6.3

Balung Wesi was defeated in battle and is seeking revenge on Ki Sapu Angin, the teacher of Jaka Sembung, The Warrior. In mobilizing power to fight the Dutch, The Warrior makes the acquaintance of Bajing Ireng (Black Ninja).

The Warrior and the Ninja

1985

Sijjin poster
5.5

Irma falls in love with Galang, her cousin who already has a wife and children. Irma is very obsessed and wants to be the only woman in Galang's life. Irma comes to the shaman to send black magic to Galang's wife. Since then terror and mystical disturbances, possession and death have occurred in Galang's house. However, the threat also targeted Irma herself.

Sijjin

2023

Yang Lain Boleh Hilang Asal Kau Jangan poster
6.5

Kesha, a final-year film student, lives in a warm family with her mother who also her beloved teacher, Yuke. However, their lives change when Yuke begins to experience increasingly severe memory loss. Amidst this, Kesha is faced with a major dilemma, continue pursuing her dreams or return home to avoid missing out on moments with her mother before it's too late.

Yang Lain Boleh Hilang Asal Kau Jangan

2026

Qorin 2 poster
6.7

Fitri, a young guidance counselor, wants to uncover a bullying case involving one of her students. But Fitri's investigation leads her to a horrifying reality when she witnesses people connected to the case die one by one, only to reappear the next day.

Qorin 2

2025

Escape from Hellhole poster
3.8

Indonesian film about a Punjabi girl getting tricked into living with a big time pimp. Uncle MG as they call him, abducts virgins, and forces them to submit to his hymen bustin ways. The not so attractive gals get several chances to marry Uncle MG, or it's into his private jail. Old wives become queen bees, and must submit to the guards.

Escape from Hellhole

1983

Adultery Punishment poster
8.0

Ivan saves Amanda from a gang rape and they start a forbidden affair, as he is married with a wife, Dona. Amanda refuses to acknowledge this and stalks his office and his house, and even claims that she is pregnant. Ivan confesses to his wife, who cannot forgive him, so Ivan has to leave home.

Adultery Punishment

1996

Keranda Kuntilanak poster
3.0

Abby (Tifany Jane) and Ikke (Fiona Fachry) never suspected that their boarding house that was once safe and peaceful, suddenly became sinister. Every night, there are strange events that befall them. Cody (Indra Brotolaras), Ikke's boy friend, and DJ (Zaky Zimah), sweet but gullible guy, who often come to their boarding house, are also affected. One day Steff (Stefan William) came to see her boyfriend, Abby. Steff is a soap opera actress become a main attraction, especially for DJ who wants to be an artist. But it turns out Steff arrival was also disturbed.

Keranda Kuntilanak

2011

Primitives poster
5.1

Three students, Tommy, Rita, and Robert, and their guides head into the jungle to study primitive tribes separated from civilization. However, the students say the one tribe they visit isn't primitive enough, and they want to find some really savages, and to locate the legendary cannibal tribe supposedly living in the area.

Primitives

1978

Before Granny Gets Us poster
5.0

Hestu and Akbar are twin brothers forced to reunite when their grandmother dies on a sacred day (Saturday Wage, the 6th of June at 6 o'clock). Grandmother's spirit haunts them and hunts them until someone accompanies her to the afterlife. The two of them are determined to wreak havoc in the village in search of this "companion" to save them from the terror of Grandmother's spirit.

Before Granny Gets Us

2026

I Want to Get Even poster
6.6

Cobra — pornographer, abductor, drugs dealer and weapons merchant — and his henchmen abduct and gang rape Irma, a woman who likes rough sex with her strong husband, Rudy. Irma's husband gets her free but in the escape she suffers an accident, and aborts. Irma's husband rapes Cobra's sister in revenge. The gang attacks Rudy, torture him, then drag him tied to a motorcycle until he is bleeding bad, then the Drug Lord beats him some more. Irma the mistreated housewife turns suddenly into the sexy wildcat commando, in tight shorts and boots, sleeveless low cut top, and head bandanna, who happens to have a handy bazooka to terminate the gang with great prejudice. Then she embraces Rudy, who was strong enough to survive the gang. Will he survive the Lady Exterminator?

I Want to Get Even

1983

A Marriage's Secret poster
NR

Things spiral out of control for a dissatisfied wife after she cheats on her impotent husband with one of his employees.

A Marriage's Secret

1978

The Queen of Black Magic poster
6.7

Revisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.

The Queen of Black Magic

2019

Sundel Bolong poster
5.3

A newly-married woman and former prostitute whose husband, a ship's captain, has gone to sea, is pressured into returning to her old profession. When she refuses, she is violently gang-raped and left pregnant and despondent. She kills herself while attempting to abort the fetus but returns as a vengeful Sundel Bolong, a ghost with a putrid, rotting hole in her back. When the rapists and conspirers start turning up dead, her husband and the police try to put a stop to the violence, once and for all.

Sundel Bolong

1981

Remember When poster
NR

Freya is a shy and quiet teenage girl who lives a quiet relationship with Moses. She is bored and wants to live a life like her friend, Gia, who has fun dating with Adrian.

Remember When

2014

The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin poster
7.6

As a child, Yuli witnessed her parents die at the hands of a mysterious force after her mother became possessed. Branded a cursed and unwanted child, she survived and grew up under the roof of her father's other wife Ambar and her daughter Laras, enduring constant humiliation. Fueled by vengeance, Yuli performs a forbidden ritual. As the dark magic takes root, the world around her begins to unravel.

The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin

2025

The Hunchback poster
NR

A man is murdered, his wife is kidnapped and their young son is thrown into a ravine. The child grows up with a deformity and is known around the village as Si Bongkok ("The Hunchback"). After receiving martial arts training, he seeks revenge on the man who killed his father.

The Hunchback

1972

Kepergok Pocong poster
NR

People who find mystic books get rich quick in graves. But there are some oddities.

Kepergok Pocong

2011