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Win Oo
Win Oo ( my, ဝင်းဦး; , 13 March 1935 – 14 December 1988) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher. He became publicly known for his acting, singing and directing. Win was considered one of the most important actors in history of Burmese cinema. He died of colorectal cancer in 1988. Youth Win Oo was born on 13 March 1935 as Hla Myint in Rangoon (now Yangon) to his parents U Ba Nyunt (Chit-Dukkha), a history professor at Rangoon University, and Daw Hnin Yi, as the third of five children. He matriculated at TTC (Practicing High School, passing his 10th standard examinations at the age of 14. He subsequently attended Rangoon University, where he studied mathematics, economics, and French and wrote short stories under the pen name "Nyo Min Lwin." In 1952, during his third year, he departed from his university studies and joined the Burmese Army. Win Oo was stationed in Maymyo (now Pyin Oo Lw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangoon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda. Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia, such as Jakarta, Bangkok or Hanoi. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myoma Nyein
Myoma Nyein (; born Kyaw Nyein, 25 January 1909 – 15 September 1955) was a renowned Burmese musician and composer. He was a founder of '' Myoma Band'', the longest surviving music band in the modern Burmese history. Between 1935 and 1939, he recorded over 40 albums and composed a couple of Myanmar New Year (''Thingyan'') songs that became iconic, performed on Myoma's Silver Swan parade floats, which became a trademark of Thingyan celebration in Mandalay. Early life and education Nyein was born on 25 January 1909 in Mandalay, British Burma, son of U Nyi, a goldsmith, and mother Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant. He was educated at Central National School, Mandalay. At the age of ten, he learnt a Burmese classic titled "Jambu Kyun Lone" (Universal) from ''Deva Einda'' Maung Maung Gyi in a single day much to the surprise of the famous harpist. In 1925, he co-founded the Myoma (meaning 'City Proper') music band or Myoma Amateur Music Association with his teacher artist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maung Doh Cherry Myay
''Maung Doh Cherry Myay'' ( my, မောင်တို့ချယ်ရီမြေ) is a 1963 Burmese black-and-white drama film starring Win Oo and Khin Than Nu. The film showed the nice scene of Mandalay Thingyan Festival. Cast *Win Oo as Mg Ko U *Khin Than Nu Khin is a classical membranophone used in Newar music. Khin are played in pair putting on lap by the players facing each other. A Khin is made of a hollow wooden trunk with membrane covering both sides. The right side is covered with cow skin ... as Khin Than Nu References 1963 films 1960s Burmese-language films Films shot in Myanmar Burmese black-and-white films 1963 drama films Burmese drama films {{Myanmar-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Tin Nwet
Tin Tin Nwet ( my, တင်တင်နွဲ့; 9 December 1944 – 10 November 2015) was a Burmese actress. She won Best Actress Award in the 1970 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. She had acted as a leading actress in about 43 Burmese films. Early life Tin Tin Nwet was born on 9 December 1944 to parents, U Kyaw Yin and Daw Tin Yone in Yangon, Burma during British rule. She attended at B.E.H.S (1) Kyeemyindaing. Career She started her career with the film ''Myat'', directed by Chit Khin alongside Win Oo, Myint Myint Khin and Chit Sabal. Tin Tin Nwet acted with stars contemporary actors such as Win Oo, Nyunt Win, Kyi Soe, Win Nyunt, Twante Thein Tan, Aung Lwin, Kawleikgyin Ne Win, Sein Myint, Soe Naing, Lin Htin, Zaw Lin, Kyaw Hein, Khin Maung Htwe, Soe Shwe, Htun Wai, Win Swe, Lin Aung, Zaw Lwin, Khin Maung Chin, Wah Wah Win Shwe, Khin Than Nu, Khin Yu May, San Shar Tin, Aye Aye Thin, San San Aye, Thi Thi, Sandar, Swe Zin Htaik, Yin Yin Aye, Soe Myat Thuzar. Due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myint Myint Khin
Sithu Myint Myint Khin ( my, မြင့်မြင့်ခင်, ; nicknamed Baby; born Khin Kyi () on 13 August 1934) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award and Myanmar Academy Award (Lifetime Achievement Award - Everlasting Outstanding Honorary Award) winning Burmese film actress who is considered one of the most talented actors of Burmese cinema. She is also the mother of well-known singer and actress May Sweet. Biography Myint Myint Khin was born Khin Kyi to Daw Saw Kyi and U Po Min, in Thanlyin in 1934, during the waning days of the British colonial era in Myanmar. Her father, also known as E.A. Fairmen, was an Englishman from India. Myint Myint Khin's English name is Rita Fairmen. She attended a Yangon convent school up to seventh standard. She made her film debut in 1949 with ''Maya Shin''. Not only was she one of the main leading actresses in the 1950s, Myint Myint Khin went on to win multiple (five) Burmese Academy Awards in her nearly five-decade-long career— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padauk Yake Wal
''Padauk Yake Wal'' ( my, ပိတောက်ရိပ်ဝယ်) is a 1963 Burmese black-and-white drama film, directed by U Tin Yu starring Win Oo, Tin Tin Aye and Hnin Si. Cast *Win Oo Win Oo ( my, ဝင်းဦး; , 13 March 1935 – 14 December 1988) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher. He became publicly known for his acting, singing and di ... *Tin Tin Aye *Hnin Si References 1963 films 1960s Burmese-language films Burmese drama films Films shot in Myanmar 1963 drama films {{Myanmar-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyi Kyi Htay
Kyi Kyi Htay ( my, ကြည်ကြည်ဌေး, ; 19 March 1924 – 4 March 2000) was the first winning actress of the Myanmar Academy Award for the Best Female Artiste Award (now Best Actress Award) in 1952. Being a versatile actress in the golden Burmese film world, she was awarded the title ''Wunna Kyawhtin'' by the government. Early life Kyi Kyi Htay was born in a small town of Letbadan in Bago Division in Lower Burma to U Po Yin and Daw Ohn Kywe. She was the youngest among five siblings. Her original name was Ma Thein Kyin. Career Kyi Kyi Htay took part in Burmese traditional opera, Zat Thabin, since her childhood and became famous under the name Aung Mya Kyin, Auk Chin Ma and Marla Yi. She crossed over to films in 1952, and won her first Burmese Academy Award with her debut film Chit Thet-Wai. She won three more Academy Awards in 1956, 1970 and 1978. She was married to U Aung Thein, and had two children. She died on 4 March 2000 in Yangon. Awards and nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Maung
''A1'' Tin Maung ( my, တင်မောင် ; 7 August 1908 – 4 October 2000) was a two-time Myanmar Academy Award, Burmese Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer. Biography Tin Maung was born in Pyay, a small town in Lower Burma during the British colonial rule. The youngest brother of Nyi Pu, a famous Burmese actor of early Cinema of Burma, Burmese cinema, Tin Maung began his film career at age 10, in 1923, appearing in ''Taw Myaing Zon Ga Lwan Aung Phan''. In 1934, while enrolled in Rangoon University, Tin Maung joined the A1 Film Company–the preeminent film studio of the time to appear in the film ''Mya Ganaing''. He quickly became known as A1 Tin Maung, one of the studio's stable of stars. In 1937, Tin Maung directed ''Aung Thabyay'' about the final days of King Thibaw Min, Thibaw, Burma's last monarch, who died an embittered man in exile in India. However, few Burmese got to see it initially, as the colonial government did not allow to the movie to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wah Wah Win Shwe
Wah Wah Win Shwe ( my, ဝါဝါဝင်းရွှေ, also spelt War War Win Shwe) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Myanmar, Burmese film actress. She is considered one of the most commercially successful actresses in the Myanmar entertainment industry. Early life and education She was born on 30 December 1943 to Tun Shwe and Than Tin in Rangoon, Burma, the youngest of four children. She attended Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon, Methodist English High School and enrolled at Rangoon University for higher education. Film career She began her career in film at the age of 16, with her debut film, ''Seit'' (, lit. "Mind"). Throughout the course of her career, she has starred in hundreds of films and directed over 50. She won three Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards, for her work in ''Chit Thami'' (Lovely Daughter) in 1965, ''Chaung Ko Pyit Ywe Myit Ko Sha'' in 1969, and ''Meingalay Shin Ei Sanda'' in 1977. Business interests She founded the Wah Wah Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saung Ta Nya Wal
''Saung Ta Nya Wal'' ( my, ဆောင်းတညဝယ်) is a 1963 Burmese black-and-white drama film, directed by Bogalay Tint Aung starring Win Oo and Wah Wah Win Shwe. Cast *Win Oo *Wah Wah Win Shwe Wah Wah Win Shwe ( my, ဝါဝါဝင်းရွှေ, also spelt War War Win Shwe) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Myanmar, Burmese film actress. She is considered one of the most commercially successful actresses in the Mya ... References 1963 films 1960s Burmese-language films Burmese drama films Films shot in Myanmar 1963 drama films {{Myanmar-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Kyaw Win
Daisy Kyaw Win ( my, ဒေစီကျော်ဝင်း) is a Burmese actress who won the Myanmar Academy Award in the 1971 film ''Arr Nwae Thu Par Shin''. The 1964 film '' Maung Mu Paing Shin'' made her rise in popularity. Her parents Kyaw Win and Tin Tin Mu also won the academy awards in 1952 and 1965 respectively; hence they became the first and only academy-winning family in history. Filmography The following is the list of some well-known films starred by Daisy Kyaw Win. #'' Hna Yauk Htae Nay Chin Tal'' (1962) () # Maung Mu Paing Shin (1964) () #''Banto Lu Kalay Hnint Thuzar'' (1968) () #''The Thaung Yan Hmar Ma Khwar Yet Naing Tal'' (1968) () #'' Pa Yin Yaung'' (1969) () #''Ngo Ywae Yal Ywae Ma Ya Thaw Myat Nar'' (1969) () #''Kyun Ma Mhar Main Ma Thar ''Kyun Ma Mhar Main Ma Thar'' ( my, ကျွန်မမှာမိန်းမသား) is a 1970 Burmese black-and-white drama film, directed by Thukha starring Soe Naing, Daisy Kyaw Win, Tin Tin Nwet and Thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khin Than Nu
Khin is a classical membranophone used in Newar music. Khin are played in pair putting on lap by the players facing each other. A Khin is made of a hollow wooden trunk with membrane covering both sides. The right side is covered with cow skin Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus ''Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult ma ..., while the left side is covered with goat skin. Both sides are attached with a black tuning paste called ''khau''. The right hole of the trunk is narrower than the left one, and thus sound produced from the right side is sharper than the sound from left side. It is played during 'Bhajans' and different festivals also like 'Ghintanghisi' and others. References Newar Membranophones Drums of Nepal {{Membranophone-instrument-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
