Lu Min ( my, လူမင်း, ; also spelt Lu Minn) is a four-time

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-winning

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film actor and director. He has served as the Chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation from 2014 to 2017. Throughout his successful career, he acted in over 1000 films.

Life

He was born and raised in Aungpan in

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( L ...

. In 2008, he and his wife, Khin Sabe Oo became one of the first couples in Myanmar to receive

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via

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. Their daughter Ayeyarwady Lu Min was born later that year. In 2005, he produced and starred in the film ''

Kyan Sit Min ''Kyansit Min'' ( my, ကျန်စစ်မင်း) or King Kyan Sit is a 2005 Burmese history drama film directed by Lu Min. Plot The film follows a story of King Kyansittha of Bagan Dynasty. Cast * Lu Min as Kyansittha * Nyunt Win as ...

'', base on the life story of the Pagan era's King

Kyansittha Kyansittha ( my, ကျန်စစ်သား, ; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Shin; 1030 – 1112/13) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conven ...

, was the first in Burma to be shot on digital video format before being transferred to film, and perhaps the first Burmese movie in recent decades to score commercial success abroad. On 17 February 2021, in the aftermath of the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then ve ...

, authorities issued an arrest warrant for Lu Min for encouraging civil servants to join ongoing

civil disobedience movement The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March to 6 April 1930 as a di ...

, along with several other celebrities. On 20 February 2021, Lu Min was arrested by the military while in hiding.

Filmography

*''

'' (2005) *''

Mystery of Snow ''Mystery of Snow'' (''Hlyo-hwat-thaw-hnin''; my, လျှို့ဝှက်သောနှင်း) is a 2005 Burmese musical adventure drama film directed by Sin Yaw Mg Mg Sin Yaw Mg Mg or Zinyaw Maung Maung is Burmese film director a ...

'' (2005) *''Zero (2015)'' *''Professor Doctor Sait Phwar and Myaing Yar-Zar TarTay'' (2016) *''

Anubis Anubis (; grc, Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian () is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depi ...

'' (2016) *'' The Milk Ogre'' (2019) *'' Jin Party'' (2019) *'' Nyit Toon'' (2019)

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lu Min Burmese male film actors Living people Burmese film directors People from Shan State Year of birth missing (living people)