Bawa Thanthayar

{{short description|1956 Burmese film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bawa Thanthayar

| image = Bawa Than Tha Yar poster.jpg

| caption = poster art

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|my|ဘဝသံသရာ}}

| director = Thukha

| producer =

| based_on =

| screenplay = Thukha

| starring = {{plainlist|* May Thit

• Zeya
• Thukha
• Aye Kyu
• Gyan Sein

}}

| music = Thukha

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Mandalay Film

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1956|12|14}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = Myanmar

| language = Burmese

| budget =

| gross = {{plainlist|*Ks.5,02,567/- (Myanmar)

• £stg.3,000 (China)

}}

}}

Bawa Thanthayar (Pali: Bhava Samsara) ({{langx|my|ဘဝသံသရာ}}; {{lit|Cycle of Life}}) is a 1956 Burmese black-and-white drama film, directed by Thukha starring Zeya, May Thit, Thukha and Aye Kyu. It is one of the most famous films in the history of Burmese cinema and was only released at the end of the year, but was the highest grossing film of 1956.{{cite news |title=Myanmar Market Journal |url=http://www.zaygwet.com/diary.php?id=438 |work=zaygwet |access-date=2020-10-21 |archive-date=2020-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021130555/http://www.zaygwet.com/diary.php?id=438 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Myanmar Market Journal |url=http://www.zaygwet.com/literature.php?id=3315 |work=zaygwet |access-date=2020-10-21 |archive-date=2020-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022052104/http://www.zaygwet.com/literature.php?id=3315 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=ငွေရတု၊ ရွှေရတု၊ စိန်ရတုမှသည် ရာပြည့်ပေါင်းများစွာတိုင် . . . |url=http://www.moi-mm.info/?q=node/35023 |work=MOI |date=16 March 2020 |language=en |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021134708/http://www.moi-mm.info/?q=node/35023 |url-status=live }}