 Also starring was the vocalist May Sweet and Ali Akbar as Alex's father.The English speaking movie with an all Myanmar cast with Thida Win and Mar Mar Aye in the cast was not permitted to be shown in Myanmar.Under Operation “White Elephant” General Ne Win, who had made a coup d'état upon the democratically elected government of Prime Minister U Nu, sent 1200 of the U Nu's supporters to jail custody, Maung Maung Ta was one of them.