Silamanee
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Silamanee is a Thai costume drama Lakorn
, remade from a 1994 lakorn of the same name which originally was based on a novel. The lakorn stars Suvanant Kongying
and Paul Pattarapon in the main roles.
The "Silamanee" is a sacred thing, which belongs to the republic of Chaingrath. It's the marriage gift that the ruler will use. It traditionally was passed down.
In The Republic of Chaingrath, the north of Thailand, a little princess Seangfarng was abandoned by her mother aim the big argument for her nationalism. With only the caring from her father, The King of Chaingrath, Seangfarng was left Chaingrath with the trip to Bangkok for the need of study as well as began to know her own mum, who now has a new family. Her commitment had made to her mom that Seangfarng never ever see her mom again.
10 years later, Seangfarng, the beauty of Chaingrath, now become a beautiful high school girl with another identity, Ngam Sanluang, so as to hide her real identity from her mom who is now trying to seek her. Unfortunately her father's death gave her a news about Chaingrath's most precious thing called "Silamanee" which now isn't in Chaingrath, illustrated her father old promise with his closest friend, Khun Ruj in order to find a best betrothed for his daughter who to be Khun Ruj's eldest son including his giving "Silamanee" set to commence their agreement. However, Silamanee can return to Chaingrath if the arrangement faces problems. Nothing is more important to Ngam or Seangfarng than to bring back the "Silamanee". Ngam comes back to Bangkok and receives the address of her betroth's house. Her plan is just only take back what rightfully belongs to her country. With the help of her friend and who also have a crush on her, Chalee, the youngest son of Rachasena. Ngam, now, can easily visit the house and meet Parote whom she realized is the second son of the family but it clearly reminds her of her accidental encounters with Parote several times before and she knows him well in spite of his not recognizing her as she now is Ngam Saenluang.
Parote is working in Thailand politics but also studying. He is the first son of family in truth. He finds Ngam's behavior is just that of a regular girl with a sassy manner. He knows nothing about the Princess’ identity. He also blames her with a quiet argue word and makes his hating appear to Ngam. However, One day, he arrives at a silk shop which sells silks from Chiang Rai, which belongs to a beautiful shopkeeper named Mae Liang who truly is Seangfarng but with more womanly behaviour and now charming Parote. This is her second plan to transform into three identity person which ones can be the best way to deceives Parote into the trip for return back their Silamanee which Khun Ying Samerjai Rachasena is a little too obsessed with as well as it belonging to her without any evidence shows that it is the Chaingrath's thing. At her birthday party, Khun Ying Samerjai Rachasena thought she was safe to show the "Silamanee" so she wears it, but Ngam realized and tells the legend of "Silamanee". However, Khun Ying Samerjai simply says she is crazy and telling fairytales.
However, Ngam's plan to deceive Parote is dying. Instead, he is truly in love with her and knows the true identity of Silamanee, belonging to Chaingrath for long time ago. He wanted to marry Nagam as he already know her Princess Identity but it's too late that both of them are begin engaging to another betroths. Fortunately, their betroths know SeangFarng and Parote's true love and bravely cancel their wedding plan. With the help of Chalee, who now married Ngam's stepsister Si, Parote's adoptive brother and his girlfriend, Ngam's cousin's family, Ngam's main servant and her own mother whom she now knows truly loves her and tried to help her every problem, Parote Rachasena and Ngam Sanluang married in Chaingrath and starts their happiness. However, Khun Ying Samerjai is becoming more psycho of her too much demand on Silamanee and her too much hateful for SeangFarng which returns the new lovers to Bangkok. Khun Ying Samerjai knows Searng Farng gratefulness and agree for her son's wedding with returning Silamanee" for Ngam.
The soap opera ends with their happy reunion on the peaceful country of Chaingrath for the new lovers, Ngam Sanluang and Parote Rachasena as King and Queen of Chaingrath.
Not only Thailand, Silamanee made a well selling in Cambodia
which sold out just for a morning for the first two episode coming on VCD and plans to release into DVD and VCD in America
.
Until now, the lakorn considered the highest rate lakorn of remake genre.
, Pachrapa Chaichua
and Woranut Wongsawan
were considered as well, in the end Suvanant Kongying
was cast as Searng Fang. The reunion with Paul Pattarapon after their first meet in Sapai Tornado.
After losing the Searng Fang role, Khemanit Jamikorn was suggested by the director to play a minor role in the lakorn and unsurely that she appeared in. However, until now, she was truly absent in the lakorn.
Unlike another lakorn brought the not so expensive jewellery in working of the lakorn, The Silamanee illustrated as the original according rak dara reporting during the opening ceremony. With the agreement with the director. A Thai famous jeweller, Kun Chuchai had designed the Necklace with using the version from the Victorian Period, which was in his collection. Silamanee is worth over 100 million Bath, approximately around 3.4 million USD. The necklace had once belonged to the Romanov Family, which believed is the last royal bloodline of Russia.
city within the celebration of Loy Krathong
festival showed out according to the scene of The King Launched Khom Fai, a Kind of balloon in the festival. It clearly illustrated Chaingrath is a northest country at Thailand While Chiang Mai
is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand
. Meanwhile, Chaingrath is more relating to Lanna
, an ancient kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city of Chiang Mai.
Nine Entertain Awards 2009
Lakorn
Lakorn , while usually meaning play in the Thai language, is also the term for dramatic television serials . Lakorns are usually shown every night at primetime on Thai television channels and start at 20:30. An episode of a prime-time drama is usually two hours long...
, remade from a 1994 lakorn of the same name which originally was based on a novel. The lakorn stars Suvanant Kongying
Suvanant Kongying
Suvanant Kongying is a Thai actress. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. She has appeared in several lakorns , including Dao pra sook with Sornram Teppitak, in which she played Dao, the main character. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many...
and Paul Pattarapon in the main roles.
Summary
The love test of a royal princess and a proud man.The "Silamanee" is a sacred thing, which belongs to the republic of Chaingrath. It's the marriage gift that the ruler will use. It traditionally was passed down.
In The Republic of Chaingrath, the north of Thailand, a little princess Seangfarng was abandoned by her mother aim the big argument for her nationalism. With only the caring from her father, The King of Chaingrath, Seangfarng was left Chaingrath with the trip to Bangkok for the need of study as well as began to know her own mum, who now has a new family. Her commitment had made to her mom that Seangfarng never ever see her mom again.
10 years later, Seangfarng, the beauty of Chaingrath, now become a beautiful high school girl with another identity, Ngam Sanluang, so as to hide her real identity from her mom who is now trying to seek her. Unfortunately her father's death gave her a news about Chaingrath's most precious thing called "Silamanee" which now isn't in Chaingrath, illustrated her father old promise with his closest friend, Khun Ruj in order to find a best betrothed for his daughter who to be Khun Ruj's eldest son including his giving "Silamanee" set to commence their agreement. However, Silamanee can return to Chaingrath if the arrangement faces problems. Nothing is more important to Ngam or Seangfarng than to bring back the "Silamanee". Ngam comes back to Bangkok and receives the address of her betroth's house. Her plan is just only take back what rightfully belongs to her country. With the help of her friend and who also have a crush on her, Chalee, the youngest son of Rachasena. Ngam, now, can easily visit the house and meet Parote whom she realized is the second son of the family but it clearly reminds her of her accidental encounters with Parote several times before and she knows him well in spite of his not recognizing her as she now is Ngam Saenluang.
Parote is working in Thailand politics but also studying. He is the first son of family in truth. He finds Ngam's behavior is just that of a regular girl with a sassy manner. He knows nothing about the Princess’ identity. He also blames her with a quiet argue word and makes his hating appear to Ngam. However, One day, he arrives at a silk shop which sells silks from Chiang Rai, which belongs to a beautiful shopkeeper named Mae Liang who truly is Seangfarng but with more womanly behaviour and now charming Parote. This is her second plan to transform into three identity person which ones can be the best way to deceives Parote into the trip for return back their Silamanee which Khun Ying Samerjai Rachasena is a little too obsessed with as well as it belonging to her without any evidence shows that it is the Chaingrath's thing. At her birthday party, Khun Ying Samerjai Rachasena thought she was safe to show the "Silamanee" so she wears it, but Ngam realized and tells the legend of "Silamanee". However, Khun Ying Samerjai simply says she is crazy and telling fairytales.
However, Ngam's plan to deceive Parote is dying. Instead, he is truly in love with her and knows the true identity of Silamanee, belonging to Chaingrath for long time ago. He wanted to marry Nagam as he already know her Princess Identity but it's too late that both of them are begin engaging to another betroths. Fortunately, their betroths know SeangFarng and Parote's true love and bravely cancel their wedding plan. With the help of Chalee, who now married Ngam's stepsister Si, Parote's adoptive brother and his girlfriend, Ngam's cousin's family, Ngam's main servant and her own mother whom she now knows truly loves her and tried to help her every problem, Parote Rachasena and Ngam Sanluang married in Chaingrath and starts their happiness. However, Khun Ying Samerjai is becoming more psycho of her too much demand on Silamanee and her too much hateful for SeangFarng which returns the new lovers to Bangkok. Khun Ying Samerjai knows Searng Farng gratefulness and agree for her son's wedding with returning Silamanee" for Ngam.
The soap opera ends with their happy reunion on the peaceful country of Chaingrath for the new lovers, Ngam Sanluang and Parote Rachasena as King and Queen of Chaingrath.
Reception
Silamanee received extremely positive from the viewer despite of becoming the remake film. With just one episode, “Silamanee (Precious Stone)” is a hit among Thai viewers. In its Second week of airing, the lakorn received 11–12 rating from the millions viewer ranked number #2 behind another longer airing lakorn for the week in Thailand. Silamanee Finally received a hit as rating of 16 in its last episode ranked number one for just only one final day between three day release lakorn. Silamanee also become the one of all lakorn to be translated and subbed in, English by the fans. However, the subbing project still incomplete as well as the lakorn still showing on television.Not only Thailand, Silamanee made a well selling in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
which sold out just for a morning for the first two episode coming on VCD and plans to release into DVD and VCD in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Until now, the lakorn considered the highest rate lakorn of remake genre.
Characters
- Suvanant KongyingSuvanant KongyingSuvanant Kongying is a Thai actress. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. She has appeared in several lakorns , including Dao pra sook with Sornram Teppitak, in which she played Dao, the main character. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many...
(Kob) as Princess Saengfarng/Ngam Saenluang/Mae Liang. The princess of Chiangrath. The only daughter of King Saenluang. Sweet and beautiful as the traditional Lanna style, but at the same time she has a splendid gracefulness and pride within her. Including beauty and brains. Actually, deep within she is lonely and wanting love from her mother that she had never received. She has a duty of taking care of Chiangrath Province and to find the Silamanee, the national treasure gem stone, back to the country. Because of this responsibility, she must go undercover as Ngam Saenluang. A student in the Political Science that no one knows of her background. They only know that she comes from the north. And another face of her is young beautiful Mae Liang that has a silk business in Bangkok and the Northern Provinces. The tougher duty is for her to prove true love with the guy that she is betrothed to. By her having to prove it with dignity and love.
- Pattarapon Sinlapajan (Paul) as Parote Rachasena. A good looking man that have everything including an old blueblood (hi-so) family, with his father as a General, he has a diploma in diplomatics. He works in the Foreign Affairs Commission between countries. Has a friendly personality, very outgoing. A charming man, intelligent, has leadership skills, loves his siblings. Princess Saengfarng tests him in many ways without him knowing it.
- Pulpat Attapanyapol as Chalee Rachasena. A young artist, an Art student. Very moody. Worships and praises love more than anything. Hates the idea of looking down on people. Even though he comes from a rich family, he likes the ordinary life. He spends his life differently from his older brother, Parote. Chalee falls in love with Ngam at first sight. He immediately knows that Ngam has something more than it seems. The love that he gives to Ngam is true love that is pure.
- Premsinee Rattanasopha (Cream) as Sasi Buranayothin. The precious daughter of General Jomnarong. The stepdaughter of Madam Athiti. She is radiant, cheerful, and optimistic. At the same time, she gives the most important, to love.
- Noppol Pitaklopanich (Glom) as Jao Saibordee. Princess Saengfarng’s cousin. He is a Chiangrath native. Good-looking, nice/friendly. His manners are proper as a member of the royal family that rules the country of Chiangrath. He loves Princess Saengfarng, but he can be no more than an older brother to her, as they are closely related. Jao Saibordee knows how Saengfarng feels and whom she actually loves. He is the one to point out the way for her to decrease her pride in order to find the true wanting of her heart.
- Jaturawit Kochanuam (Uthen) as Lieutenant Colonel Atisak. A young soldier with a good future ahead of him. He is fun and amusing. Parote’s friend. One of the guys that is associated with Mae Liang (another character of Princess Seangfarng when she is undercover, the owner of a fabric company). He is the one that convinces Parote to meet Mae Liang.
- Sompope Benjatikul as King Saenluang Na Chiangrath. The Great King of Chaingrath as well as the perfect father of Searngfarng who begin looked after her alone without the wife. He finally died by his old illness and just gave a letter about silamanee to his only daughter.
- Papassara Teychapaiboon as Madam Athiti Buranayothin. A wife of General Jomnarong Buranayothin and the mother of Searng Farng which abandoned her for long times but then tried to found her. However, she always abused by Searng/Ngam but she still began loved by her again in the conclusion.
- Thapakorn Dissayanant as General Jomnarong Buranayothin.
- Pairoj Jaisingh as Praya Petcharayoot Rachasena/Luang Rathchanurak.
- Sitiporn Niyom as Prince Gawin of Rathshaan.
- Apiradee Pawaputanont as Madam Samerjai Rachasena.
Casting
During the planning of the lakorn, a number of actresses had reportedly been under consideration for the role of Searng Fang. The 2004 Thailand Supermodel Contest winner, Khemanit Jamikorn, was approached to take the role but had passed on it with some appearance problems While Ann ThongprasomAnn Thongprasom
Ann Thongprasom is a Thai film and television actress, hostess and a producer. She was the lead actress in many Thai series in the 2000s, and had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama, The Letter: Jod Mai Rak....
, Pachrapa Chaichua
Pachrapa Chaichua
Patchrapa Chaichua , or nicknamed Aum , , is a Thai actress. She entered the entertainment industry in 1997 after she won a beauty and talent contest called HACKS....
and Woranut Wongsawan
Woranut Wongsawan
Woranut Bhirombhakdi , née Woranut Wongsawan , or usually known by her nickname Noon , , is a Thai actress in Thai soap operas and films. Her First lakorn role is Pob Pee Fa which is the scariest role of all her lakorn. She made her feature-film debut in the 2005 Thai film Choem , or Midnight My...
were considered as well, in the end Suvanant Kongying
Suvanant Kongying
Suvanant Kongying is a Thai actress. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. She has appeared in several lakorns , including Dao pra sook with Sornram Teppitak, in which she played Dao, the main character. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many...
was cast as Searng Fang. The reunion with Paul Pattarapon after their first meet in Sapai Tornado.
After losing the Searng Fang role, Khemanit Jamikorn was suggested by the director to play a minor role in the lakorn and unsurely that she appeared in. However, until now, she was truly absent in the lakorn.
Silamanee (Jewellery)
The remake Silamanee received the different style toward the original. The necklace in the old version contains a large bold circle with three droplet shape emeralds dangling down while the new one, has two rectangle, two square, and one droplet shape emerald dangling down. However, both prefer a green appearance colour.Unlike another lakorn brought the not so expensive jewellery in working of the lakorn, The Silamanee illustrated as the original according rak dara reporting during the opening ceremony. With the agreement with the director. A Thai famous jeweller, Kun Chuchai had designed the Necklace with using the version from the Victorian Period, which was in his collection. Silamanee is worth over 100 million Bath, approximately around 3.4 million USD. The necklace had once belonged to the Romanov Family, which believed is the last royal bloodline of Russia.
Chaingrath
Chaingrath country is truly a make up country for working the drama. However, the culture and tradition, which appeared on lakorn, found out the basing of Chiang MaiChiang Mai
Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is...
city within the celebration of Loy Krathong
Loy Krathong
Loi Krathong is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos and Burma .-Overview:...
festival showed out according to the scene of The King Launched Khom Fai, a Kind of balloon in the festival. It clearly illustrated Chaingrath is a northest country at Thailand While Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is...
is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. Meanwhile, Chaingrath is more relating to Lanna
Lanna
The Kingdom of Lanna was a kingdom centered in present-day northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries. The cultural development of the people of Lanna, the Tai Yuan people, had begun long before as successive Tai Yuan kingdoms preceded Lanna...
, an ancient kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city of Chiang Mai.
Trivia
- Apiradee Pawaputanont return the cast in remake with act as Madam Samerjai Rachasena while the original casting of Papassara Teychapaiboon was replaced by Madam Athiti Buranayothin.
- The Actor and Actress mostly prefer the traditional clothes, likely similar to Burma old clothes while on Chaingrath scene.
Awards Nomination
Top Award 2008- "Top Drama"
- "Top Actress (Lakorn)"
- "Best Director"
- "Best rising star actor (Lakorn)""
Nine Entertain Awards 2009
- "Best Actress Of The Year"