Chanh Tin - The famous rich and pompous actor struggled to make a living after 3 bankruptcies

On the morning of January 4, 2020, actor Nguyen Chanh Tin died at his home in Ho Chi Minh City, at the age of 68, causing many artists and audiences to mourn.

Singer Bich Tram, wife of the late artist Chanh Tin, said that the night before, the couple still talked to each other normally, then went to bed. Early the next morning, she went to her husband's room to wake him up for breakfast and found that his hands and feet were cold. Once a flamboyant actor who dominated the Vietnamese screen, Chanh Tin passed away suddenly in loneliness and silence.

The once illustrious and pompous actor

Artist Chanh Tin is a famous actor and director of the country's cinema. He was born in 1952 in Bac Lieu in a family with a tradition of martial arts. He is the son of the "prodigy" of Bac Lieu - Nguyen Chanh Minh and Miss Luu Ngoc Lan. Although his father was prejudiced against singing and singing, Chanh Tin soon showed his talent and passion for art. Nguyen Chanh Minh died when Chanh Tin was 15 years old. After his father's death, the actor attended Mac Dinh Chi School (Saigon) and began to practice his passion for singing.

In 1974, he was invited to play his first lead role in the film Farewell to Summer Love. In the 1980s-90s, artist Chanh Tin was famous for the movie "Upside down card game" - the role of Nguyen Thanh Luan. However, few people know that Chanh Tin is not the first actor chosen for the role of Nguyen Thanh Luan in the film, because before that, screenwriter Tran Bach Dang had chosen another actor and the film had completed filming for 1 episode. But when looking back, the screenwriter felt unsatisfied and decided to invite Nguyen Chanh Tin (at that time, a singer of the troupe and an actor with "hands-on") to audition. By acting honestly, naturally and with something different from others, Nguyen Chanh Tin was immediately invited by screenwriter Tran Bach Dang to take on the role of Nguyen Thanh Luan. Since then, the male artist fully transformed into the character.

The masculine face and tall figure of the artist Chanh Tin have made this role forever a monument in the eyes of the public. This role made a special mark in the hearts of the audience and helped the male artist born in 1952 become much more famous. After that, he continued to participate in a series of films and left a deep impression in the hearts of the audience such as Chorus of Hope (1988), Short Hair (1999), When Men Are Pregnant (2005), Love Story of Saigon. Gon (2006), Heroic Blood (2007). The last film Nguyen Chanh Tin participated in was Em Not 18 in 2017.

Not only acting, Chanh Tin is also a popular singer. He appeared in the newspaper as a "music phenomenon" after successfully performing two songs "Finding each other" and "A thousand duplicates away" by musician Pham Duy in an art competition at the school.

3 times bankrupt, hope to have enough 2 meals a day

In 1974, actors Chanh Tin and Bich Tram became husband and wife. The two joined hands in the singing career. They were a couple of popular singers in 1980. Both have a boy and a girl.

In particular, thanks to the rich son (singer Bich Tram), Nguyen Chanh Tin is stronger economically. However, in the late afternoon, the artist no longer kept the same form as before. Successful in his acting career, Chanh Tin also turned to investing in movie studios with huge profits.

The movie The Heroic Blood, produced by Nguyen Chanh Tin, is still considered an excellent action film of Vietnamese cinema, winning many awards, credited with discovering the star Ngo Thanh Van with the nickname "beating women" on the Vietnamese screen, with two bright martial arts actors, Dustin Nguyen and Johnny Tri Nguyen, at that time, they had just returned from the US to Vietnam to start a business. causing the life of Nguyen Chanh Tin to go into a tragic tragedy.

At the time of the 2005 production of Heroic Blood, the budget for this film was up to 1.5 million USD (nearly 30 billion VND) - a number that was considered too large for an investment in a theatrical film at that time. , expressing Nguyen Chanh Tin's enthusiasm to make a high-quality, thoughtful product for Vietnamese cinema. Due to lack of money, Chanh Tin had to borrow VND 8.3 billion from the bank to make the film.

The film was completed, premiered in theaters, received much praise from experts, and won prizes at the Vietnam Film Festival, the 2007 Asia Pacific Film Festival, etc. However, because at that time, cinemas in Vietnam were not yet available. Many audiences do not have the habit of going to the entertainment theater as crowded as now, The Heroic Bloodline only earned 3.5 billion dong in sales from ticket sales. This amount is nothing compared to the money that Chanh Tin spent making the film. Selling movies to foreign markets, the production team did not earn much, there were no customers because the film was copied, pirated discs were sold widely before.

Since then, Chanh Tin has fallen into debt piled up, until 2009 the debt amounted to 10.5 billion dong. He and his wife, Mrs. Bich Tram, discussed and agreed to mortgage the family house on Ba Vi Street (District 10, Ho Chi Minh City). During this time, Chanh Tin also invested in a project to grow clean vegetables in Lam Dong province and his business failed consecutively, leaving him with nothing. Unable to earn money to pay the debt, in July 2012, the District 10 People's Court forced Chanh Tin to hand over the above house to the bank. The back-and-forth lawsuit lasted for more than 2 years, until 2014, he was forced to hand over the house. He and his wife had no place to live, plus Chanh Tin suffered from severe heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, constantly had to go to the hospital...

Besides making films, Chanh Tin also deals in real estate. After 3 years of redirection, the real estate market froze, causing Chanh Tin's company to run out of capital and could no longer pay. In April 2013, Chanh Tin admitted that he was on the verge of bankruptcy because the project was "soaked". On March 14, 2014, the public was saddened to hear that Nguyen Chanh Tin was seriously ill and was about to go to the streets because of bankruptcy at the age of 62. During that difficult time, Chanh Tin had to work hard enough to make a plan. born. He sang at the tea room, sold pubs, and received movies to earn money for living. The tragic sad situation of a famous star in the "afternoon" like him made the audience feel sad, creating great interest in public opinion.

After 3 bankruptcies, his life struggled day by day. Talking about being a giant, the male artist U70 said: "I used to be a giant! But then, what do I do now. Everything that goes away is because it has to go. We have to take care of the life ahead. I'm in my sixties now, I'll just follow what my younger brothers do and don't want to get rich anymore."

There was a time when his life struggled to make sure he had enough to eat two meals a day to stay at home and had to borrow from his sworn brother. Artist Chanh Tin once shared: "I wish there were two meals a day, but what else?"

"Going through a loss is painful, regretful and sometimes depressed, but a man can't give up or fold his arms. I think I can do it again. If in the first two times, I'm young, I still try to be more, but at the age of 60 I just hope that I will not be deprived, "he said.

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