1. Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala was a Thai film director, producer and screenwriter, playwright, composer and author.
12 Facts About Bhanubandhu Yugala
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Bhanubandhu Yugala was a grandson of King Chulalongkorn, the maternal grandfather of Princess Soamsawali Kitiyakara and an uncle of director Chatrichalerm Yukol.
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Prince Bhanubandhu was the eldest of three children of Prince Yugala Dighambara and Princess Chalermkhet Mongkhol.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala was educated in Thailand at Thepsirin School, and then in France.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala lived abroad in his youth in England and the United States.
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Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala founded his own company, the Thai Film Company, in 1938, first producing the film, Tharn Fai Kao.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala was disbanded during World War II, with its assets sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala pushed for innovations in the Thai film industry, often spending his family's fortune to buy equipment for poorer directors.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala encouraged the use of 35-mm film over 16-mm films, which was the industry standard in Thailand.
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Bhanubandhu Yugala produced the first Thai film in CinemaScope, Ruen Phae, a co-production with Shaw Brothers Studio.
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Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala was married three times and had seven children.
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Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala died at the age of 85 of blood poisoning.