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SINGAPORE: Thai Princess Ubol Ratana has officially launched her new movie at a news conference in Singapore.
The film, "Where the Miracle Happens", will make its cinematic release in Thailand and then in Singapore in August.
The Thai princess said it has always been her dream to act. She has appeared in television dramas in Thailand and is now shooting a travel show.
"I started out singing in concerts. I've been singing for a long time and it has gradually evolved into acting," she said.
The princess said she has chosen to launch the movie in Singapore because of its close ties with Thailand.
In the movie, she plays the role of a successful businesswoman who barely has time for her only daughter. When her daughter dies in a car accident, she ends up with her daughter's heart after a transplant operation, and begins a new life helping children in a rural community.
The US$2.2 million film, which the princess produced, is based on her novel which was inspired by her experience of working with underprivileged youths.
Proceeds from this movie will help fund educational projects for the less fortunate in Thailand and if it is successful at the box office, the princess said there could be more of such projects in the future.
The eldest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Princess Ubol Ratana studied and lived in the United States from the 1970s to 2001. She was married to an American, with whom she had three children.
"When I was in the United States, I was more of an enigma because they didn't know what I was doing and people like to talk. It's more fun and I don't mind. I just try to be myself, but I'm still adjusting to less freedom," she said.
In 2004, while on a visit to Phuket, her son Khun Poom died in the tsunami.
"I really devoted myself to my children... I cried till I had no more tears left. But I had to be strong," the princess added as she emphasised that her loss has motivated her to do more for underprivileged children.
"It's a way for me to try to help myself because you know the world has fallen apart and nothing else matters, so I had to rebuild my life and my goals."
- CNA/so
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