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- ↑ Anwar Farinordin (5 August 2009). "COVER STORY: TALENT TIME". NST Online.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Yasmin Ahmad (15 October 2007). ""Talentime". My new film in the making". The Storyteller.
- ↑ Yasmin Ahmad (15 June 2008). "Who will play the lead girl in "Talentime"?". The Storyteller.
