A man who has gone from the middle of nowhere to a big city finds a little bit of the city has installed itself in his home town in this gentle comedy drama from Malaysia. Twenty-something Betik (Zahiril Adzim) left the small town where he was born, dominated by a firm that grows and processes palms, to attend his father's funeral in Kuala Lumpur. Betik decided to stay in the city, but two years later circumstances bring him back home, where his mother Kak Ina (Mislina Mustaffa) runs a shabby karaoke bar. Kak Ina doesn't seem especially excited to see her son after two years, but she grudgingly gives him a job, shooting videos that accompany the sing-along tunes she plays for her customers every night. While scouting locations, Betik meets beautiful Anisah (Nadiyatul Nisaa), and he's immediately smitten with her. Betik isn't sure how to impress her, but he thinks he might be able to elevate himself to the level of local celebrity when chance leads him to cast himself in one of his own videos. Karaoke was the first feature film from writer and director Chris Chong Chan-fui.