Aryana (TV series)

Aryana
Genre	Drama, Fantasy
Written by	Noreen Capili Joel Mercado
Directed by	Erick C. Salud Lino S. Cayetano Darnel Joy R. Villaflor
Starring	Ella Cruz Francis Magundayao Paul Salas Dominic Roque
Opening theme	Nasaan Ka Man by Amy Nobleza
Composer(s)	Jessie Lasaten
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	190
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rosselle Beegee-Soldao
Editor(s)	Godwin Lucena Aubrey Ner
Cinematography	Joey Mallari Genie Oyong
Running time	30 minutes Monday to Friday at 17:50 (PST)
Production company(s)	Dreamscape Entertainment TV
Broadcast
Original channel	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07) – January 25, 2013 (2013-01-25)

Aryana is a 2012 Philippine fantasy drama that aired on ABS-CBN. From May 7, 2012 to January 25, 2013, the series is composed of three seasons and one hundred ninety episodes in total. It starred teen star Ella Cruz in her first leading role. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Overview

Synopsis

Aryana narrates the journey of a girl as she struggles in the awkward but exciting adolescent stage while trying to escape her inevitable destiny as a mermaid on her fourteenth birthday.

Two mothers from entirely different worlds: Ofelia is a human, who struggles for the acceptance of her mother-in-law, hopes that with the birth of her daughter she will gain the happiness and acceptance of her husband's family. Neptuna, an adult mermaid with a bright orange-and-gold scaly fish tail and matching bra whose pure and strong motherly love for her daughter, Perlita, knows no bounds and will do anything to make sure she is safe and happy. While Perlita has a dream of living happily with humans often goes near the seashore to watch the humans and even once stole the mystical pearl that can transform a mermaid into a human and back at will. Unfortunately, when she went near the seashore to watch the humans who are now watching and playing the firecrackers, a drunken villager played with a dynamite and Victor, Ofelia's good husband confronts him and unknowingly throws the dynamite into the part where Perlita was hiding. Neptuna, who was about to warn her daughter, saw the death of her dearly beloved daughter and angrily promises to do everything she can to make Victor and Ofelia feel the intense pain and sorrow of losing their own beloved daughter. Ofelia and Victor's child, whom she named Aryana, is then born. As Ofelia was hoping for, she gained the acceptance of her mother-in-law.

During Aryana's baptismal celebration, Neptuna (as a human woman) steals newborn Ayrana and makes her her own daughter for a while until she discovered that she cannot make Aryana a complete mermaid unless her mother gives her to her willingly, and so Neptuna gave Aryana back to Ofelia with the agreement that on Aryana's fourteenth birthday she must give her back to her. Ofelia, with no intention of giving her daughter back runs away from their seaside village and goes to the urban city to forget about the mermaid curse on her daughter as Neptuna thought she would. Everyday, Ofelia gets a reminder that her daughter is and will belong to the sea when she turns fourteen. Aryana, who does not know that she is forever cursed to actually become a full-fledged mermaid on her fourteenth birthday. As she faces her destiny and fate of being a mermaid, Aryana is torn between choosing the sea where she belongs and the surface world of humans where her heart belongs.

Cast

Main cast

• Ella Cruz as Aryana Mendez^[8]
• Pokwang as Ofelia Capuyao-Mendez
• Francis Magundayao as Adrian "Ian" Alejandro^[9]
• Paul Salas as Marlon Salvador
• Dominic Roque as Hubert Francisco^[10][11]
• Michelle Vito as Megan Mendez
• Tonton Gutierrez as Victor Mendez
• Desiree del Valle as Neptuna

Supporting cast

• G. Toengi as Stella Cervantes
• Laurice Guillen as Elnora Mendez
• Bianca Manalo as Carlina Suarez^[12]
• Tetchie Agbayani as Reyna Yasmin
• Neil Coleta as Andoy Capuyao
• Rustica Carpio as Antonia Capuyao
• Lotlot De Leon as Rosita Salvador
• Louise Abuel as Miko Salvador
• David Chua as Melvin Abad
• Eunice Lagusad as Elizabeth "Bebet" Teves
• Mel Kimura as Sylvia "Ibiang" Francisco
• Andre Tiangco as Arron
• Celine Lim as Trisha Reyes
• Noemi Oineza as Chelsea Montes
• Vanjo Cuenca as Aries Ocampo
• Lander Vera Perez as Rick Alejandro
• Richard Quan as Jason Cervantes
• Michael Conan as Allan
• Boom Labrusca as Tilapio
• Chokoleit as Dikya
• Marvin Yap as Pla Pla
• Badjie Mortiz as Bisugo

Special participation

• Dexie Daulat as young Aryana
• Elijah Magundayao as young Adrian
• Kristoff Meneses as young Marlon
• Maliksi Morales as young Andoy
• Alyanna Angeles as young Megan
• Quintin Alianza as young Melvin
• Carlo Lacana as teen Andoy
• Yong An Chiu as teen Melvin
• Jane Oineza as Perlita
• Edgar Sandalo as Badong
• Kurt Del Rosario as Ruben

Production

In an interview on August 13, 2012, Ella Cruz announced the extension of the hit series until January 2013 due to its success on its timeslot.^[13] It was part of the 2012 primetime block which includes Princess and I, Walang Hanggan, Ina Kapatid Anak and Kahit Puso'y Masugatan. It airs at 5:50pm right before its nightly news program TV Patrol, and internationally on TFC.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
• List of shows previously aired by ABS-CBN
• List of dramas of ABS-CBN

References

External links

• Aryana on Facebook
• Aryana on Twitter
• Aryana at the Internet Movie Database