Said returned to the film industry in the late 1940s, writing and directing
Aneka Warna and
Menanti Kasih.
Aneka Warna was a comedy starring Mochsin and R. Busono which followed two bumbling actors in a search for money.
Menanti Kasih, meanwhile, followed a man named Husni Anwar who had to marry his benefactor's daughter to repay a debt of honour; featuring an early song by
Bing Slamet, it starred Chatir Harro and Nila Djuwita. After the Dutch recognised
Indonesia's independence in 1949, the country's film industry saw an increase in the number of films. The early 1950s were Said's most productive. Aside from acting in
Ratna Asmara's 1952 film
Dr Samsi, Said directed sixteen films in six years, writing most and also acting in some of them. These included the dramas
Untuk Sang Merah-Putih (1950), which followed a doctor blinded during the
national revolution, and
Sungai Darah (1954), following a
dukun efforts to isolate his community to ensure his own power. Said also continued to direct comedies, including
Dunia Gila, which followed a man who becomes his father's uncle-in-law, and
Guga Guli (1953), which showed a young prince switching roles with his bodyguard to escape marriage. By the late 1950s Said's productivity had declined. After
Saidjah Putri Pantai in 1956 he wrote only one more film,
DKN 901, in 1962. The work, cowritten with Arqamar, followed a young man who takes over command from his father when the latter dies. Said died in
Jambi in 1972 at the age of 70. ==Filmography==