Imran Sheik
RESTAURATEUR · WRITER-DIRECTOR · SONGWRITER

Imran Sheik

I run JIBRIL.I write and direct stories about power.I make music as The Sheik.

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SELECTED WORK RESTAURANT · FILM & TV · MUSIC
01 PLACES · JIBRIL
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A character became a restaurant.

Dinner service at JIBRIL
SS15 · 2015

Jibril began as a fictional lawyer in a university production I wrote and directed in 2013. Two years later, three friends and I turned his world into a hidden restaurant in SS15. Today, JIBRIL has five restaurants across the Klang Valley and Johor.

Dinner and drinks at JIBRIL
A NIGHT AT JIBRILVERTICAL SHORT · 9:16
2013
A fictional lawyer named Jibril.
2015
A hidden restaurant behind a coconut ice cream shop in SS15.
TODAY
Five restaurants. The same belief: good food should not feel out of reach.
02 STORIES · FILM & TELEVISION
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Stories about power.

I write and direct political and spy thrillers about ambition, loyalty, manipulation and the people caught between them.

Honey Trap — film still
2025 · SERIES · ASTRO ORIGINALS SPY THRILLER
Honey Trap
CREATOR · DIRECTOR · WRITER

A spy recruits someone close to the enemy. The mission becomes personal.

Daulat
2020 · FEATURE FILM · POLITICAL THRILLER
Daulat
DIRECTOR · STORY · CO-SCREENPLAY · EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Named to NME’s mid-year list of the five best Southeast Asian films of 2020.
Kudeta
2022 · 8-PART ASTRO ORIGINALS POLITICAL THRILLER
Kudeta
CREATOR · WRITER · CO-DIRECTOR WITH KROLL AZRY
The world of Daulat, expanded for television.
03 SONGS · MUSIC
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The Sheik

The Sheik is a three-person music project with Khairul S. and Raja Nazrin Shah. I sing and write the songs, and co-produced Tembakau Dari Habana.

Tembakau Dari Habana
2025 · SINGLE
VOCALS · SONGWRITING · CO-PRODUCTION
Imran Sheik
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Business, film, music or collaborations.

Imran Sheik · Kuala Lumpur PLACES · STORIES · SONGS