Bye.. Ko Zaw One
I was away from the keyboard as I have decided to stop active blogging a couple of months ago. Instead, I became a regular blog reader, refraining from writing comments .
I have met Ko Zaw One once only in my life. It was at a car- wash in Mandalay that was at the road side on the way to Taung Myo.
I think that was his relative house . He came in and chat with us while sharing Chinese Tea. He was relax and that was the period that no one pay much attention to him as his prime time were over.
Ko Zaw One came to fame with a Shumawa Movie “Say Lo Yar Say”. Kyaw Hein became popular almost at the same time.We all prefer Kyaw Hein than Zaw One as Kyaw Hein is totally fit into our taste, better than Zaw One.
But undeniable talent could be seen with so many movies of him, been kept on showing in the cinemas of Burma. His own style, own voice, is quite remarkable for all of us to put him in a neutral status. Not so good and not so bad.
But he was a late comer. His brother Maung Tin Oo’s ” Thin-Gyan-Moe” was a rare modern classic movie and masterpiece during the Socialist Era Burma. He was seen in a few scenes only in that movie.But his talented action will be remembered together with ” Thin Gyan Moe in Burmese movie history as a legacy.
When he started singing “Thin Gyan” songs, I was no more in Burma. That could be the reason that I have watched most of his “Thin Gyan songs” almost every year .
Whenever I see his smiling face with the songs such as “too ..po..too po” or “Mya Nan Dar”, Thin Gyan mood would immediately bump into my heart, as though I was somewhere near Mandalay hill or around the “Kyone” even though physically thousands miles away from Burma.
I was shocked to read the news of his demise as he was apparently healthy to me in some of his latest Burmese movies. Anyway, he has gone, and left his legacy.
Bye..Ko Zaw One..
Sit Mone
