 With most of her friends attending college, she gave up attending college and decided to focus on a film career.Moht Moht Myint Aung was virtually unknown until Kyaw Hein, one of the top leading men of his era, chose her to star in one of his films, "Mun-Tet-Chein-Mha Nay-Win-Thi" (The Sun Sets at Noon), in 1979.She was still in 8th Standard at the time.