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Aranya Namwong
Anchali Sirachaya ( th, อัญชลี ศิระฉายา), née Anchali Choppradit ( th, อัญชลี ชอบประดิษฐ์), stage-named Aranya Namwong ( th, อรัญญา นามวงศ์), or nicknamed Piak ( th, เปี๊ยก), (born September 4, 1947, Lopburi) is a Thai actress. She was the runner-up of 1964 Miss Thailand (while Apasra Hongsakula was the winner). She was the lead actress in many Thai films in the 1970s, often co-starring with Sombat Metanee. She also enjoyed popularity in Cambodia after her joint role in ''The Snake King's Wife Part 2'', a prequel of the Cambodian blockbuster and award-winning film, ''The Snake King's Wife'' starring the famous Khmer actress and former Miss Cambodia, Dy Saveth. She then took a main rule in another Thai-khmer film, ''Love across Hoirzotal'', with the Khmer lead actor Chea Yutatorn. Recent films include ''The Legend of Suriyothai'', '' The Bodyguard'', ''Unborn'' and ''The Mother''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Film Festival Of Bangkok
The World Film Festival of Bangkok ( th, เทศกาลภาพยนตร์โลกแห่งกรุงเทพฯ) is an annual international film festival held in Bangkok, Thailand. The 15th World Film Festival of Bangkok, the latest edition of World Film Festival of Bangkok, is held from December 2 to December 11, 2022. History Nation Multimedia Group, a media company based in Thailand, organised the first Bangkok Film Festival in the country in 1998. Various international films were screened to promote cinematic art and film appreciation in Thailand. The event was held annually until 2002. The Tourism Authority of Thailand became the main organizer and changed the name to the Bangkok International Film Festival. Since 2003, the World Film Festival of Bangkok has been held annually in October by the Nation Multimedia Group with Mr Kriengsak Victor Silakong as the festival director. The 1st World Film Festival of Bangkok 2003 was held at the Grand EGV Theatre, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake King's Wife
''The Snake Man'', also known as ''The Snake King's Wife'' ( km, ពស់កេងកង, ''Pós Kéngkâng''; th, งูเก็งกอง, ) is a 1970 Cambodian drama horror film based on a Cambodian myth about a snake goddess, starring the most well-known Khmer actress of the era, Dy Saveth and Chea Yuthorn, who became popular in Thailand after the film's release. The film was directed by a Chinese Cambodian director, Tea Lim Koun who experienced unprecedented success as a result of the film and is known today as one of the fathers of Khmer Cinema. The film was an enormous commercial success in Cambodia and had been released at worldwide box offices, with also much success in neighboring Thailand, which brought back an extremely better result of grossing revenue. The film then noticed one of the biggest box-office hits in Southeast Asia at the time, holding today as Khmer Classic films for decades. As reported by Thailand's Krung Thep Turakij newspaper, The Snake Man is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Thai Film Actresses
Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block) People with the name * Thai (surname), a Vietnamese version of Cai, including a list of people with the name * Thai Lee (born 1958), an American businesswoman * Thai Nguyen, US-based Vietnamese fashion designer and television personality Other uses * Thai (cannabis), a name for the drug * Thai Airways, the national airline of Thailand * Thai cat, a breed of cat * Thai, a month in the Tamil calendar * Toe to Heel Air Injection (THAI), a method of extracting oil from oil sands See also * * Dai (other) * Tai (other) * Tay (other) * Thais (other) * Thay (other) * Tie (other) * Siam (other) * Tai peoples or Thai peoples, the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossibles (Thai Band)
The Impossibles ( th, ดิ อิมพอสซิเบิ้ล) were a well known Thai rock and Thai pop music band that was active in the 1970s. The group's hits included "Rak Kan Nhor" ("Come to love"), "Nai Wa Ja Jam" ("Who says this would be remembered"), "Chuen Rak" ("Cherish love"), "Thalay Mai Khoey Lap" ("Seas never sleep"), "Rak Chua Niran" ("Love forever"), "Khoy Nhong" ("Waiting for you"), "Nueng Nai Duang Jai" ("Only one in my heart") and "Penpai Mai Dai" ("Impossible"). The group was also known for its covers of Western rock songs. The Impossibles were among the first Thai pop bands to cover English-language songs and were the first Thai rock band to record an English-language album overseas, during a tour of Europe. In addition to rock and pop, the band's sound frequently crossed over into funk, R&B, country and folk and psychedelic folk. They did two covers of Kool and the Gang tracks ("Give it Up" and "Love the Life You Live") on their 1975 album "Hot Pep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bodyguard (2004 Film)
''The Bodyguard'' (Thai: บอดี้การ์ดหน้าเหลี่ยม) is a 2004 wire fu action comedy film written and directed by Thai comedian and actor Petchtai Wongkamlao and featuring martial-arts choreography by Panna Ritikrai. It is followed by the 2007 prequel, ''The Bodyguard 2''. Plot After a shootout with dozens of assassins, Wong Kom, bodyguard to Chot Petchpantakarn, the wealthiest man in Asia, finds his client killed. Chaichol, the son and heir to the family fortune, fires the bodyguard and takes it upon himself to find the killers. He's then ambushed, and the rest of the bodyguard team is wiped out. Chaichol, however, comes out of it alive, and finds himself in a Bangkok slum, living with a volunteer car-accident rescue squad and falling in love with tomboyish Pok. Meanwhile, Wong Kom is working to clear his name, and stay ahead of the chief villain and his bumbling gang of henchmen. Cast *Petchtai Wongkamlao as Wong Kom * as Chaichol Petchp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Suriyothai
''The Legend of Suriyothai'' ( th, สุริโยไท, italics=yes) is a 2001 Thai film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, which portrays the life of Queen Suriyothai, who is regarded by Thai people as the "great feminist". It records the climax when she takes her battle elephant in front of the Burmese army and sacrifices herself to save the life of her King Maha Chakkraphat and his kingdom. It was Thailand's most expensive film and the highest-grossing, until it was surpassed by ''Pee Mak''. Plot The story follows the course of the life of Suriyothai from her adolescence to her death. As Suriyothai is only known from three lines in a chronicle, most of the film relies on an invented story rather than claiming to be actual history. It presents a young woman, Suriyothai, of minor royal standing who has strong opinions and self-determination. The movie reveals the princess' boldness through scenes where she breaks tradition by walking among the commoners to meet her lover Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dy Saveth
Dy Saveth ( km, ឌី សាវ៉េត, UNGEGN: ; born 1944) is a Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia (1959) often referred to as the "actress of tears". She is "one of the most beloved actresses from the 1960s era of Cambodian film". Biography A rising star of Cambodian cinema Dy Saveth was born in Cambodia in March 4, 1944 in a family of artists where women, at least since her grandmother, had been dancers of the Palace in the Royal Ballet. She obtained her first role as an actress at age 18 in 1962 in ''Kbuon Chivit'' (The Raft of Life), where she not only become famous as the "actress of tears" but also helped the production make a "massive profit", encouraging the movie industry in Cambodia to produce more movies locally. At age 19, Dy Saveth won the first beauty pageant of Miss Cambodia. In 1967, she played with Prince Sihanouk and his wife Monique in a thriller title ''Ombre sur Angkor'' (Shadow on Angkor) about the downfall of the gruesome governor of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake King's Wife Part 2
''The Snake King's Wife Part 2'' (Khmer:ពស់កេងកង ភាគពីរ ''Puos Keng Kang Pheak Pii'', Thai:งูเกงกอง ภาค 2, also ''Giant Snake 2'' and ''Snake Girl 2: Revenge'') is a 1973 Cambodian-Thai horror film directed by Tea Lim Koun. It is a sequel to the 1970 film ''The Snake King's Wife''. The plot is the continuation from the prequel. ''The Snake King's Wife Part 2'' has the particularity of being a Cambodian-Thai coproduction. It stars Cambodians Chea Yuthorn (ជា យុទ្ធថន) and Dy Saveth (ឌី សាវ៉េត), together with Thai Aranya Namwong Anchali Sirachaya ( th, อัญชลี ศิระฉายา), née Anchali Choppradit ( th, อัญชลี ชอบประดิษฐ์), stage-named Aranya Namwong ( th, อรัญญา นามวงศ์), or nicknamed Pi ... (อรัญญา นามวงศ์). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sombat Metanee
Sombat Metanee (; 26 June 1937 – 18 August 2022) was a Thai actor and film director, who was honored as National Artist in the performing arts branch (movies-television drama) in 2016. At one time, he held the Guinness World Record for most film appearances (more than 600). By his own count, he made more than 2,000 films and television shows, including lakorns (Thai soap operas). A prolific leading actor in action films, romance, dramas, comedies and musicals at the height of his career in the 1960s and 1970s, he continued to act in Thai films and television series, making frequent appearances on talk shows and in on-screen commercials. Among his later films are ''Tears of the Black Tiger'' and ''The Legend of Suriyothai''. Early life Sombat was born in Ubon Ratchathani, the hometown of his mother. Seven days after being born, his family moved to Bangkok, settling in the Pathum Wan's Saphan On neighbourhood near the Hua Lamphong railway station, since his father worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
