Thukha
| Thukha သုခ |
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| Born |
Thein Maung 14 January 1910 Sarphyuzu village, Kyaiklat Township, Ayeyawady Division |
| Died | 7 December 2005 (aged 95) Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar |
| Years active | 1938 – 2005 |
| Parent(s) | U San Khaing and Daw Myin |
Thukha (Burmese: သုခ, pronounced: [θṵkʰa̰]; 14 January 1910 – 7 December 2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer and film actor. Thukha directed 33 films and is considered the most successful Burmese film director.
Born Thein Maung in the Ayeyarwady delta in British Burma, Thukha began writing poems as a middle school student. He became familiar with classical Burmese music at an early age, thanks to his grandfather, a harpist. Thukha studied at Kyaitlat and Pyapon National Schools.
Thukha began his writing career at age 19 with a short fiction work Zabe Pwint (Jasmin Petal) in Kawi Myetmhan magazine under the penname Sein Thein Dan. He began using the penname Thukha – meaning “pleasure”– when he began writing fiction for the Shwin-Pyaw-Pyaw magazine. Of his novels, Gon-Ye-Matu-Lo-La (Am I Not an Equal for You?) and Di-Saung-Hayman (This Winter) were the most successful. He also wrote many books on Buddhism, including Loka Niti, Mangla Sutta, Metta Sutta and Dhamma Rasa. Thukha wrote more than 100 novels and 200 short stories.
Thukha started his film career in 1938. His script for Chitthamya (As Much As I Love) brought widespread fame and won the respect and acknowledgment of the filmmaking community. The Myanmar Writers’ Association awarded him an honorary prize for his first directing project. During his career, he won the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization’s best director award for his six of his 33 films.
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