| E Thi (ET) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Swe Swe Win c. 1970 (1970) |
| Died | 10 September 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 46–47) |
| Other names | ET |
| Occupation | Fortune teller |
E Thi (ET, Burmese: အီးတီ), born Swe Swe Win (Burmese: ဆွေဆွေဝင်း), was a prominent Burmese soothsayer and fortune-teller notable for her clients, including Southeast Asian political leaders ranging from the Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as well as Than Shwe, the former ruler of Burma (Myanmar). She was given the nickname ET because of her resemblance to E.T. in the American film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. E Thi was physically disabled, blind and had a speech impediment, which required her sister, Thi Thi Win, to translate her predictions.
On 23 July 2012, Kantana, a Thai film company, held a press conference in Bangkok to announce a biopic on E Thi's life. The screenplay is based on a script written by Si Phyo Tun, E Thi's nephew. The eight-episode television series, Extraordinary Gift, was directed by Thai film director Nirattisai Kaljaruek and aired on two Thai television channels. Nititar Chawpayark was cast as E Thi. Her sister, Thi Thi Win, owns Ever Top Production company, which is cooperating with Kantana for the production.
E Thi reportedly earned a monthly salary of US$7 million for her consultations.
See also
Notes
- ^ The Nation 2012.
- မေမွန်မောင် 2012.
- ^ Bangkok Post 2012.
- ^ The Telegraph 2007.
- Bangkok Post 2013.
- Lees 2007.
- ^ Lwin Mar Tun & Pinky 2012.
- ^ Weng 2012.
- "Myanmar: Famed Burmese fortune teller ET dies". BBC News. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
References
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- Lees, Graham (23 January 2007). "Leader's Rumored Sickness Provides Some Small Hope for Burmese Reform". World Politics Review. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- Weng, Lawi (24 July 2012). "Prophet at the Box Office". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- Lwin Mar Tun; Pinky (8 October 2012). "Fortuneteller's life told on Thai TV". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "Be inspired or get beat up". The Nation. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "A question of perception". Bangkok Post. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "Out-of-this-world actress wanted to play E Thi". Bangkok Post. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "Myanmar mystics give supernatural help to Asia elite". Bangkok Post. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- မေမွန်မောင် (October 2012). ""ေဗဒင္ဆရာမႀကီး ေဒၚေဆြေဆြဝင္း (အီးတီ) မိသားစုရဲ႕ ျဖစ္ရပ္မွန္ ဇာတ္လမ္းမွာ ပါဝင္သ႐ုပ္ေဆာင္ၾကမယ့္ ထုိင္းသ႐ုပ္ေဆာင္ေတြရဲ႕ အသံ"". Popular Myanmar (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.