Thein Pe Myint - Playwright U Pho Sein

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U Pho Sein, the dramatist U Pho Sein, the Buddhist monk U Pho Sein.

U Phoe Sein will soon be 70 years old.

U Pho Sein has been the crown jewel of Burmese drama for over 50 years.

U Pho Sein has been one of the brightest stars in Burmese culture for over 50 years.

U Pho Sein is the most famous Burmese man, having been in the limelight for over 50 years. There are very few Burmese people as famous as him.

If you wash your hands, you won't be able to even finish one hand.

Everyone loves U Pho Sein. The bus driver would send U Pho Sein's film material for a cheap price. Even today, when U Pho Sein gets off the ship,

The coolie who unloads the goods clears the way. The coolie makes the way. The coolie takes the money. This not only shows the love the people have for U Pho Sein, but also shows how much the people love the arts such as drama.

If a monkey can dance, they call it Monkey Po Sein. If someone is good at dancing, they call it Po Sein. Po Sein has become a new word that can replace words like dance-sing-drama. Not only that, a beautiful girl in Burmese is called Kala Po Sein. Po Sein has become a new word that can describe Burmese quality.

I haven’t seen many of U Po Sein’s plays. I only saw them twice before the war. But I didn’t watch them when U Po Sein was at his peak, but actually when he was at his lowest point. Also, I was hooked on Sein Ka Tung when I was about 15 years old. So for me, Po Sein wasn’t my main attraction. It was Thakin Nu who first made me addicted to Po Sein.

In 1937, after I had finished writing the biography of Saya Lun-Thakhin Hin Taw Hmoing, Thakin Nu urged me to write a biography of U Po Sein. I asked U Po Sein what he thought was good. Thakin Nu said that he had studied the Dhamma and had come with him, and took me to U Po Sein. I was not as enthusiastic about U Po Sein as Thakin Nu was. However, at that time, our relationship with Thakin Nu was like that of an eldest brother and a younger brother. So, although I was still struggling to make ends meet, I went with Thakin Nu to U Po Sein.

U Po Sein was dancing at the Jubilee Hall. At the entrance to the Jubilee Hall, U Po Sein's wife was holding a large silver bowl and collecting tickets. Thakin Nu went to her and we went up on stage.

I still remember the first time I saw U Po Sein up close. Behind the wheel of a car, Thakin Nu introduced me to U Po Sein. At that time, U Po Sein was over 55 years old. I thought that U Po Sein would be quite old, since he was retired. The U Po Sein in front of me was not only dressed in his actor's clothes, but he had just entered after dancing. I could see the sweat dripping from his forehead. I could also see the wrinkles on his skin. However, U Po Sein had no expression at all. He was as agile as a young boy, and I was amazed. I said in amazement, "Even at this age, he can still dance," and U Po Sein said that dancing is healthy and active. That's right. Dancing is a form of exercise. Then he complained that the young people, including his son, were not as energetic as he was.

This alone has made me almost enthusiastic about U Pho Sein. The plan is to study U Pho Sein from all sides before writing his biography. Rather than focusing on the date of his birth and where he studied, I want to focus on U Pho Sein's art, how U Pho Sein's acting style was developed, and his social relationships. So

So we decided to go with U Phoe Sein and his family to the provinces for a while.

Soon after, the 1300s happened. Then came the Second World War. The Second World War spread to Burma. Thakin Nu and I were swept away by the political storm and drifted away from U Pho Sein. However, I did not forget to write about U Pho Sein.

Moreover, the more I work in politics, the more I realize that culture is as important as politics and economy in a country. Whether it is in the midst of political battles or when the political battles are calm and peaceful, I listen to the call of culture. When the Chinese cultural group came to invite U Po Sein, the old plan to write about U Po Sein came to my mind again.

U Pho Sein's 70th birthday is approaching, and even if he doesn't have the strength to write a book, he has decided to write as much as he can.

So I recently went to see U Pho Sein again.