I noticed a teaser for tomorrow’s evening drama, Fun Ruk Fun Salai, and found the lead actress familiar but couldn’t quite put my finger on her name. Then I realized it’s Charebelle! She had played in several OneHD shows and will be featuring for the first time with Navin Tar and Ch.3 (albeit evening show) in an action drama lakorn that centers on an immigrant woman who enters Thailand to escape to America for a better life.
We are closing out the Cupid Series with Defeating Love, featuring the big boss himself, Khun Phim (Ken Theeradeth) and his feisty secretary, Waralee (Chompoo Araya). The unique thing about this couple is that we have seen their relationship throughline teased throughout the seven parts of the series. They are forever bickering until Waralee could no longer stand to work for her boss and quits. Though Boss does take some time to grovel, he earns her back at his side and realizes how much she means to him. In his words, she means the world to him. The problem is, he can’t quite confess that to her. As we all know, Boss is a proud and stubborn man, even apologizing to Waralee required some…
Do you ever wonder if your lover, son, nephew or competitor is gay? Worry no more, because with the right amount of money, you can hire a team of spies who will find the proof for you and avoid any confrontation. Nangfah (Patricia Good) knows all too well what it’s like to be tricked by a gay man, after all, she has dated them since grade school and was fooled in every relationship. The last one was the straw that broke the camel’s back; she discovered that her then boyfriend was having an affair with her male boss at a gay bar. After the altercation at the gay bar, Nangfah gets fired and blacklisted at all advertising agencies in the city. Desperate for work,…
Tagged: Boy Pakorn, Patricia Good, Sai Lub Jub Abb
As the Cupid Series come to a close, with its light and sweet taste of love to celebrate another one of Channel 3’s milestones, we will be greeted with a stronger dose of savory love in the latter half of 2017- and the lakorn lineup has gotten me so excited, I can barely contain myself. The channel hosted Perd Gong Wic 3 ‘Move Forward Three Gether’ and released some of the highly anticipated lakorn teasers. I am happy to say that my anticipated lakorns have made it on the list!
The ‘does-not-like-men’ lakorn trope is one that I really love watching. I am a sucker for these and if someone were to tell me that a show has a heroine who is a man-hater, I would more often than not check it out. I am curious not only to see how the backstory is constructed, but how the heroine’s thought process is changed throughout the show. For the sake of the age-old man-hating argument: all men are bad- can the show prove to our heroine that not all men are bad? It may seem like such a simple obstacle, in that she would just need to meet a man who changes her mind, and that may be true, but Hidden Love, Part Five of…
James Ma is back on screen since his portrayal of Dr. Sattawat in When a Man Loves a Woman– which made me want to pull my hair out no less – but I was still excited to see his face. Arkom (Magic) is a story about James Ma’s character that comes back to life after a deliberate bomb that hits the airplane containing his whole family. A mysterious sorcerer not only gives him a second chance in life but also teaches him magic in order to seek retribution on a group of rich men who are complicit in the murder of both their families. It’s very much similar to a superhero type storyline where the hero has another identity and hopes that friends and…
Tagged: Alex Rendell, Arkom, James Ma, Margie Rasri
Oh this is cute. The pairing of Tono and Nychaa is really working for me. I took notice of Tono since the Star 6 competition but never followed his work on OneHD. The sixth story of the Cupid Series, Tricky Love, is his first foray with Channel 3 and I’m glad he took on the rugged but kindhearted dentist named Saran, even though at times, it seems like he’s in a different lakorn entirely. While everyone is in a romantic comedy, Saran seems to be in a melodrama. Cue very sad music. We can blame the poor editing on the director I suppose, because the tone of the show can seem all over the place, and the writing is rather weak, but Tono brings…
Kammathep Hunsa is the first story among an eight part series from Channel 3 called The Cupids Series by Broadcast Thai Production Company. The series as a whole centers on an unsuccessful matchmaking company called “Cupid Hut” run by Khun Phim (Ken Theeradeth) who is the son of a wealthy hospital chairman, but he prefers to treat people’s heart in a non-medical way. He deems that every single person is missing someone special in their lives, and his firm would be the company that will find the missing other half. Unfortunately after being in business for 4 years now, Khun Phim and his eight employees could not turn the company around. His mother, the stakeholder had bargained that Khun Phim has 5 years to…
Tagged: Boy Pakorn, Kammathep Hunsa, The Cupids Series, Toey Jarinporn
They could not find a dreamier Khun Ramet in James Jirayu, with relaxed hair that brushes below his ears, body clad in tailored but effortless suit, lips that wield into an easy smile, with sharp eyes that don’t miss a beat. He epitomizes the relaxed and down to earth feel that is Chiang Rai, a city in which he builds his hotel conglomerate. He expands his work throughout this large city through ethical means and truly cares about the livelihood of its inhabitants along with the preservation of its natural resources. In other words, he’s a dream developer to local citizens, much to the chagrin of the greedy developers who want to turn a quick profit. Right off the bat he has conflict with…
Tagged: Buang Hong, James Jirayu, Kimberly Voltemas
After a long wait, the premiere for Kluen Cheewit is finally here. It’s not the kind of show to watch lying down, nor is it one of rainbows and butterflies. This show, if anything, is a story about a girl against the world. I can see different sides to this story that will get people heated and argue over what’s right and what’s wrong, and what’s the truth. One thing is for sure, our girl isn’t perfect, but she can make you empathize with her plight. Drinking is a frowned upon hobby in this show, but with a life like that, what else could you do to make the world a little more livable? Pass the bottle please, but hide the car keys.
Tagged: Kluen Cheewit, Mark Prin, Yaya Urassaya
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