"I just came back from the Haj [visit to Mecca] and my body just didn't feel comfortable any more without being covered," said Koesherawati whose past movies such as Metropolitan Girls, Naughty Desires and The Stained Bed left little to the imagination.
Now Koesherawati insists those days are long gone.
"I don't feel old-fashioned, in fact I feel more cosmopolitan," she says. "Society has now grown more tolerant of Islamic dress."
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