Muay Thai Chaiya

Muay Thai Chaiya
The Thai theatrical poster.
Directed byKongkiat Khomsiri
Written byKongkiat Khomsiri
Produced byCharoen Iamphungporn
Apiradee Iamphungporn
Kiatkamol Iamphungphorn
Thanit Jitnukul
StarringAkara Amarttayakul
Thawatchai Penpakdee
Sonthaya Chitmanee
Sarita Kongpech
Sangthong Ket-U-Tong
CinematographySayombhu Mukdeeprom
Distributed byFive Star Production
Release date
  • August 30, 2007 (2007-08-30)
CountryThailand
LanguageThai

Muay Thai Chaiya or Chaiya (Thai: ไชยา) is a 2007 Thai drama film about two talented muay Thai boxers, boyhood friends whose lives take divergent paths after they arrive in Bangkok. The film is the solo directorial debut by Kongkiat Khomsiri, who had previously been among seven directors on Art of the Devil 2, and had written the screenplay for The Unseeable.

It premiered as the closing film at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, and opened in wide release in Thailand cinemas on August 30, 2007.[1]

  1. ^ "The 10 Amazing New Projects from BFM 2007", Bioscope Focus (Bangkok International Film Festival), pp. 4–5, 2007-07-29