Arkar

{{Short description|Film director and screenwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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Arkar ({{langx|my|အာကာ}}) is a Burmese film director and screenwriter.{{cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/quest-take-myanmars-film-industry-new-heights.html|title=On a quest to take Myanmar's film industry to new heights|work=The Myanmar Times|date=21 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://news-eleven.com/interviews/51113|title=ဒါရိုက်တာအာကာနှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း|work=Eleven Media Group|date=}}{{cite news|last=Win|first=Leanne|title=ဒါရိုက်တာအာကာရဲ့ ဒုတိယမြောက် ဇာတ်ကားအကြောင်း|url=https://www.popularmyanmar.com/2017/08/09/%E1%80%92%E1%80%AB%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B9%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC-%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B2%E1%82%95-%E1%80%92%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9A/|work=Popular|date=9 August 2017}}

Formerly an IT worker in Singapore, he moved back to Myanmar to pursue a career as a filmmaker.{{cite news|author=Aung Kaung Myat|title=Military Rule May Be Over, But Myanmar's Film Industry Remains in a Tawdry Time Warp|url=https://time.com/5374231/myanmar-cinema-film-movies/|access-date=10 January 2024|work=Time|publisher=Time USA, LLC|date=August 22, 2018}} He gained success with the film The Mystery of Burma: Beyond the Dote-hta-waddy, which was released in Myanmar on 4 May 2018 and in Singapore on 12 September 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/mystery-burma-lost-temple |work=yangonlife|title= The Mystery of Burma( The Lost Temple )}}{{Cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8806770/|title=Mystery of Burma: Beyond The Dotehtawady}} and nominated for Myanmar Academy Award 2018.{{Cite web|url= https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2019/02/18/183779.html|title=ဒုတိယအဆင့် အကယ်ဒမီ စာရင်းဝင် ရုပ်ရှင်ကားများ စာရင်း ထွက်ပေါ်လာ|work=The Irrawaddy}}

He is also best known for directing the short film Unbreakable Bond. The film was shot on smartphone and screened on 19 January 2020 at the JCGV Kanthaya Cinema.{{Cite web|url= https://lotaya.mpt.com.mm/news/d/entertainment/92431|title= လူ်ပရိတ်သတ်တွေအကြိုက်တွေ့တဲ့ မိုဘိုင်းဖုန်းနဲ့ရိုက်ကူးထားသော ဒါရိုက်တာအာကာရဲ့ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်လမ်းတို}}{{Cite web|url= https://elevenmyanmar.com/broadcast/14157|title= အွန်လိုင်းပေါ်မှာ နာမည်ကြီးနေတဲ့ ဖုန်းနဲ့ပဲရိုက်ကူးထားတဲ့ "Unbreakable Bond" Short Film ဖန်တီးမှုအကြောင်းပြောပြလာတဲ့ ဒါရိုက်တာ အာကာ}}