| Impostora | |
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What is the true face of love? |
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| Format | Drama, Romance |
| Created by | R.J. Nuevas |
| Directed by | Maryo J. de los Reyes |
| Starring | Sunshine Dizon Iza Calzado Jennica Garcia Mart Escudero Jean Garcia Chanda Romero Luis Alandy Alfred Vargas Mark Anthony Fernandez Jenny Miller |
| Theme music composer | Tata Betita |
| Opening theme | Aicelle Santos |
| Ending theme | Faith Cuneta |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
| No. of episodes | 80 episodes |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wilma Galvante Winnie Hollis-Reyes |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | June 4, 2007 – September 21, 2007 |
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Impostora or The Impostor (International title) is a Philippine drama aired on GMA Network. It is directed by renowned director Maryo J. de los Reyes starring Sunshine Dizon and Iza Calzado.
The series is the first of GMA Network’s grand 57th anniversary offering, it began airing on June 4, and concluded on September 21. The series was successfully aired internationally, with a three-week delay, from June 20, 2007 until October 9, 2007 on GMA Pinoy TV. It was shown in Malaysia.
On September 23, 2011, it began re-airing on GMA Life TV dubbed in English and renamed as The Impostor.
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There were many speculations what would be Sunshine Dizon's new project after her first solo project, Bakekang was a success.[1] Many people wanted her to play a good-evil person, similar to her role in Encantadia and Bakekang, as the title suggest.
Jean Garcia, a famous Philippine drama antagonist, was included to the cast, and then people realized that this series will be a classic soap opera. The name of Iza Calzado was also added.[2] The said show also relaunched the career of Mark Anthony Fernandez.
An intriguing story of love, greed and deception. The story starts out with the birth of the conjoined twins Lara and Sara Carreon (Iza Calzado). Their parents wanted them to live a normal life, so at the right age, they were separated through an operation. This separation proved to be more of a curse than a blessing because of their half-uncle Delfin's (Gary Estrada) hatred towards their father (Romnick Sarmenta) and the greed of their aunt Betty (Jean Garcia). Their lives will turn to a living hell, leaving their mother (Gelli De Belen) no choice but to separate them and give them for adoption. Lara experienced first hand the cruelty of her aunt Betty and her diabolical cousin Vanessa Cayetano (Sunshine Dizon). She escaped and was taken care of by a good samaritan who treated her like his own daughter. She grew up to become a beautiful, head-strong woman with the desire to find her sister and to extract revenge on the people who made their lives a living hell. Meanwhile, Sara was adopted by a family who never wanted her. Due to a freak accident, her face was burned and grew up to become a deformed, weak woman. This changed when she meets Dr. Leandro Meneses (Luis Alandy). Because of the problem with a local gangster and the desire to be normal again, she agrees for plastic surgery. When she looks at her reflection, she sees another face. She then realizes that this is all just an elaborate plot of another woman, her forgotten cousin, Vanessa. While she is away with her lover Leandro in some far away paradise spending the stolen money from her husband, Nicolas (Mark Anthony Fernandez), Sara will become her "double" and experience all the punishment that is due for her and to fool everyone as if she never left. At first, it was hell, all of the people thinking that they are extracting revenge on Vanessa. But because of her good heart, she manages to make everyone love "the new Nessa" and starts to love the family the real Vanessa never appreciated. The secret was discovered first by Nicolas' mother, Donya Anatella (Chanda Romero) who confronted Sara, but surprisingly she said that she prefers Sara over the real Vanessa. The secret was also discovered by Nicolas' younger brother, Yago (Mart Escudero), who also was in favor of the situation. Suddenly the real Vanessa comes back to claim her rightful place. This time with a plan to steal a larger amount of money from Nicolas and his family's fortune. Is this the end of the life she always dreamt of? How about Lara? Will she figure out that the woman she's planning to kill is in fact her own sister.
The secret Sara is trying to keep is now out in the open when Vanessa showed up in public to humiliate her after she refused to leave the mansion. Much to their surprise, Nicolas chose Sara. He is now in love with the impostor and told them that he knows the truth even before Vanessa showed up. Nicolas wants an annulment for him to marry Sara. That is bad news for Vanessa and her mom, Betty since they're bankrupt and direly needs Nicolas's money. Vanessa and Betty tried to kill her but luckily a miracle happened. Lara thought Sara was Vanessa and tried to resume her thwarted plan but because of the scar and the memories that they both have, it was enough proof and finally they found each other. Now Sara has Lara to back her up. Betty and Vanessa tried to blow the twins up with a bomb but her plan backfired and lost both her legs. Everyone thought Vanessa is already dead with the explosion but ironically she became the impostor when she kidnapped the real Sara and went to the wedding ceremony. She almost succeeded but because of Lara, her plan failed. Sara came in time to convince everyone that the woman in the altar is a fake. Vanessa left in anger and in shame but this is also the day she receives her karma. Her lover Leandro is now, literally insanely in love with her. She told him that he is stupid because she only used him to get Nicolas's money and she doesn't need him anymore. This made him so angry that he spilled acid on her face and destroyed the beauty she uses to deceive eveyone. Meanwhile, Betty died in a horrible car crash. Finally the twins are re-united and the twins are living the life they always dreamt of.
Sara ended up in Nicolas' arms as his wife and stepmother to his children, while Lara accepted Carlos' proposal to marry him.
The original cast included Paulo Avelino in the role of Mart Escudero, Stef Prescott in Charee Pineda's role and Jewel Mische in the role of Jennica Garcia.
When the younger cast were altered Charee Pineda replaced Rich Asuncion in the role originally meant for Stef Prescott.
Dingdong Dantes was replaced by Alfred Vargas. Dingdong then was tapped to portray the role of Sergio Santibanez in the hit TV Series Marimar
The four main cast members of this series (Iza Calzado, Sunshine Dizon, Alfred Vargas and Mark Anthony Fernandez will all reunite in the soap All About Eve.
The theme song entitled Mapagkunwari (lit. Deceitful) is sung by Faith Cuneta, under the composition of Bakekang composer Tata Betita.[5] In addition, Betita composed all musical scores and sound design for the series.
The love theme song for the series, entitled Maghihintay (lit. Waiting), is sung by Aicelle Santos and is also composed by Tata Betita. Also, a separate love theme for the characters Yago and Karen is sung by Jennylyn Mercado.
Worldwide Exportation after the success of Impostora in The Philippines, the series was also. It earned good reviews from the watchers.