E Thi (ET, Burmese: အီးတီ), born Swe Swe Win[1] (Burmese: ဆွေဆွေဝင်း),[2] 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).[3][4][5] She was given the nickname ET because of her resemblance to E.T. in the American film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[4] E Thi was physically disabled, blind and had a speech impediment, which required her sister, Thi Thi Win, to translate her predictions.[6][7][1][3]
E Thi (ET) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Swe Swe Win c. 1970 |
| Died | 10 September 2017 (aged 46–47) |
| Other names | ET |
| Occupation | Fortune teller |
On 23 July 2012, Kantana, a Thai film company, held a press conference in Bangkok to announce a biopic on E Thi's life.[8] The screenplay is based on a script written by Si Phyo Tun, E Thi's nephew.[7][8] The eight-episode television series, Extraordinary Gift, was directed by Thai film director Nirattisai Kaljaruek and aired on two Thai television channels.[7][1] Nititar Chawpayark was cast as E Thi.[7] Her sister, Thi Thi Win, owns Ever Top Production company, which is cooperating with Kantana for the production.[9][7]
E Thi reportedly earned a monthly salary of US$7 million for her consultations.[1]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d The Nation 2012.
- ^ မေမွန်မောင် 2012.
- ^ a b Bangkok Post 2012.
- ^ a b The Telegraph 2007.
- ^ Bangkok Post 2013.
- ^ Lees 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Lwin Mar Tun & Pinky 2012.
- ^ a b 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.