Feature film
ငွေပေးလို့မရ
Toke Kyi · 1932
Synopsis
The title states a lesson: there are things that money cannot buy. The plot is not described by the histories of Burmese cinema, which remember the film for its place as the country's first talkie and for having been made in India. Ai Ko, Khin Maung Nyunt, Khin May Gyi, Chit Tin Gyi, Mandalar Thaung and May Aung Kyi are its performers.
Context
Produced by Na Za Mi for Win Studios, the film was shot in India, mostly in Calcutta and Bombay, in thirty-three days, with the Imperial Film Company providing most of the equipment and cameras. The reels returned to Rangoon in May 1932, and the film was released on 18 May at the Plaza Cinema, or at the Palace according to another source. Other accounts mention only Bombay as the shooting location.
Who it is for
A sound film in Burmese, an hour and a half long; its value lies first of all in its place in history.
Prizes and reception
A great success in cinemas in Rangoon, it earned more than one hundred thousand kyats in eight weeks of release.