Nang Tard

Nang Tard
Thai official poster
Format	Bangkok Broadcasting & TV Co., Ltd
Opening theme	" Tard Guam "
Country of origin	Thailand
No. of episodes	19
Production
Running time	approx. 90 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBTV Channel 7
Original run	10, March 2008 – 12, May 2008

Nang Tard (Thai: นางทาส, RTGS: Nang That, IPA: [naːŋ tʰâːt] -means The Slave Girl but international title The Slave) is an award-winning Thai period drama lakorn, remade from a 1993 lakorn of the same name.^[1] The lakorn stars Suvanant Kongying and Vee Veerapat in the main roles with several talented actresses such as Pok Piyatida in the role of Khun Ying Yaem and May Bunthita as Boonmee. This lakorn is set in a time when slavery was still legal in Thailand.

Summary

A poor girl, Yen, who was sold to Khun Ying by her father who had gambling debts into one of the richest families of the whole province. Fortunately, Yen became Khun Ying Yam slave but to Khun Ying Yam she was more than that. When Salee, the second wife heard about Yen, was furious because Yen is beautiful and still young. But because she was pretty and young the handsome landowner Praya Sihayotin, began to develop feelings for Yen. This made Salee very jealous and the beginning of her wrath. Praya Sihayotin at the time had three wives who could not give him a child. One day Praya Sihayotin asked Ying Yaem if he can take Yen to be his 4th wife. Ying Yaem agreed and Yen became Praya Sihayotin fourth wife.

Yen didn't want to marry Praya Sihayotin because she only thought of herself as a slave and was scared too. After having Khun Ying Yaem and Fah talk to her she agreed to marry Praya Sihayotin and be his fourth wife. Shortly after the marriage, Yen became pregnant with Praya Sihayotin first child. When Fah told Ying Yaem that Yen was pregnant, Ying Yaem was excited and couldn't wait to tell Praya Sihayotin. When Salee heard that Yen was pregnant, as mad as she was, she tried to make Yen have a miscarriage because she couldn't get pregnant. When Praya came home Salee came to talk to him and tried to convince him to sleep with her that night but little did she know that when he went into Ying Yaem house he would not visit her that night. Ying Yaem told Praya that Yen is pregnant and in her room. Praya was so speechless he went to Yen house with a smile on his face with excitements as Ying Yaem with a smile on her face.

Two months later, Ying Yaem became pregnant also which made Praya even more happy because now not only he has one child on the way he having two. As time went by, Salee tried and tried over several periods of time to kill Yen's child but with no success. Before Ying Yaem and Yen gave birth, Praya had told both of them that he is leaving for work in another city and will not be present at Yen's birth but probably be at Ying Yaem birth. After he left, Yen and Ying Yaem went to labor at the same time but Ying Yaem was a little early. Ying Yaem gave birth to a stillborn infant son while Yen gave birth to a strong, healthy baby girl. With everyone devastated that Ying Yaem's baby did not survive, Fah had asked Yen if she still willing to give up her baby to Ying Yam. Heart broken and sad Yen gave up her baby girl and asked to keep this secret from Praya.

The secret was well hidden only between the people who present at the births. When Praya returned home, he went straight to Yen's house to see her and the baby. Yen tells Praya that she gave birth to a boy but he had died right after birth. With Praya sadden by the news he tells her that it is OK and there is still plenty of time to have another. He then leaves to go to Ying Yaem to find her holding their baby girl. Praya is still happy even though Ying Yaem "had" a baby girl. Yen was very sad and heart broken that she could not enter Ying Yaem's house but later on Ying Yaem told Yen that if she ever wanted to hold the baby or just to see the baby then just come to house anytime. This made Yen very happy.

As time went by bad things started happened to Yen. Accused of committing adultery by Boonmee, Praya was heart broken and sad that made him strip Yen status back to a slave is never to come near Khun Ying Yaem house to see the child again. Over the years Yen dealt with the pain of being tortured by her husband, Boonmee, and the worst from Salee.

Ten years later, Yen's daughter grew up unaware of her birth mother's identity. She was a little spoiled, but very kind, and fell in love with a young man in her house, but she soon found he was in love with a slave girl, La Orn, who worked alongside Yen. This was a family problem as La Orn was about to become another wife for Praya Sihayotin, but she befriended Tun. To make their dream come true, Praya Sihayotin married them and took another girl to wife named Chan, just to take care of his wife. One night Salee had lure Nu Dang out to meet a guy who was supposedly to hurt her. Yen heard what was going to happen to Nu Dang and go after her tells her not to go but being a brat, she slaps Yen and runs back to the house. Not saying anything because she was still shaking, Yen was accused by Salee of trying to hurt Nu Dang. Yen was to be whip as a punishment which Praya later regrets while Salee smiles on. Nu Dang finally tells her father that Yen was not trying to hurt her she was trying to stop her from meeting some guy that Salee had set up. Furious and mad at Salee, he goes to her house and whips her until she passes out. She is then later stripped from her status and was forced to leave the property. Feeling bad, Nu Dang ask her mom to see Yen and to apologize to Yen. Yen was shocked to see Nu Dang at her place. Nu Dang apologizes to Yen and Yen tells her that it is OK and she is not mad at her at all.

Later on, Yen's older brother Yuen, comes back with their mother to buy Yen back. When Fah saw the boy she asked Yen's mother who was that man and she finally told Fah that the man there was Yen older brother. After hearing this, Fah takes them to go see Praya and to tell him the truth. With what they have to tell Praya, will it set Yen free from all the pain she endured after all these years?

Cast

• Veeraparb Soopappaiboon …Praya Sihayotin
• Suvanant Kongying …E-Yen
• Piyatida Woramoosik …Khun Ying Yaem
• Jiranan Manojaem …Salee
• Buntita Tanwiset …Boonmee
• Sarawut Maikhun …Kloy
• Benz Mananya …Jun-In
• Chanapol Suttaya …Tub
• Thansinee Promsoot …La-Or
• Tunchanok Rittinaka …Oun Reun
• Duangdao Jarujinda …Fuk
• Prab Yuthapichai …Praya Apaironarit
• Rachaya Rukasikorn …Khun Ying Yim

Reception

Nang Tard received a positive response from the viewers, although ratings weren’t as high as expected for this remake, because it was not like the original. However, it did garner enough to have an overall average rating of 12, estimated around 7,565,000 viewers.^[2] The Lakorn was almost considered the highest rated for a remake lakorn but was pushed out by Suvanant Kongying's lakorn Silamanee, which was a huge hit with viewers as it just came out for one episode.^[3]

Awards

Like the rate, the film made a success in several drama celebrations. In SiamDara Star Party 2008, Nang Tard, received two award out of four nomination including Best Actor and Best Actress by Suvanant Kongying. It won the best drama award and the Best Antagonist for Yui Jiranan of begin nasty for Salee character.^[4] The lakorn also nominated for Asian Television Awards in Best Drama Performance by an Actress with Pok Piyatida and Yui Jiranan as the nominees. Fortunately, Yui Jiranan won the award for the lakorn at the celebration which held in Singapore on December 11, 2008.^[5]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official Website