This is my favourite lakorn in 2011 and I would recommend everyone to watch this!! Hehehe.
Briefly
It's a 21 episode slapkiss and revenge lakorn aired in Thai Channel3 which ended on Dec 2011. The title Game Rai, Game Ruk literally means Evil Game, Love Game. There are 2 scenes; the island scenes and the city city scenes both separated by 3 years. It stars the uber popular on-screen couple Urassaya Sperbund as Fahlada/Nang Fah and Nadech Kugimiya as Saichon/Charles. They have 2 different names because they have 2 different character to play.
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Synopsis All started when the islander Saichon (played by Nadech) found a stranded unconscious lady on the beach. He nurtured her to life (possibly using Reiki powers) and some chanting. She regain consciousness only to find out that she doesn't remember anything and has a mind of a 8 year old. He named her Nang fah meaning angel. (She does look like an angel) Lots of funny sweet scenes in the island. Imagine a beautiful full grown woman who has lost all social conventions living with a man and creating havoc along the way. I think Yaya acted very well.
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Later on, she grew up and became a lady and they got married. They led a humble, very naive island life. The island is kinda backward i think, the only doctor they have is a witch and no police etc.
The realization
Up to now, it's Game Love. One day they got separated ruthlessly and Nang fah went back to her sister. She lost her memory again after an electric shock treatment. Saichon tried to look for Nang Fah in the city but to no avail.. Somehow he got a godfather and went to America.
3 years later, Saichon became CEO of godfather's airline company in 3 years time and is now known as Khun Charles. Here is where The Evil Game starts. He found his Nang Fah but she has forgotten him. She is now Fahlada. He transformed from a humble, naive, hot-tempered islander boy to a slick, conniving, sadistic, suave, still hot-tempered city man. He tried to make her stay with him by force and by manipulating her sister but it's a lose-lose game for all of them. I'm not giving out the ending.
The main characters Nadech and Yaya are both too hot. Their acting improved tremendously here and it was so believable. Charles was a meanie in this show but I still liked him. Have you ever been in a relationship with a very passionate man? He treats Fahlada like she's the only female on earth and would go to all means to have her with him. He is very mean when he is desperate (evil deeds includes insulting her, tying her up, kidnapping and all) but he goes all goey when she is hurt.
The verdict: 9/10 (i love this so much!!) -1 because Fahlada is too forgiving to the point that is considered dumb.
Okay, this is all purely my own opinion. Plus, I only started watching lakorn (thai dramas) this year so my opinion is based on the 4 lakorns that I have watched. :). Here are the list of dramas I have watched first:
Sood Sanae Ha (Love Recipe starring Ken and Ann)- The first lakorn that I fell in love with. Not my first lakorn, but the ones I saw before previously aired in the local TV was so bluek~ But, this, this totally changed my mind about thai lakorns. It's has a pretty modern and light story line. There's character development and a lot of meaningful thought provoking scenes. Most importantly, made me LOL like literally. So, this lakorn will forever have a place in my heart, for changing my preception of thai lakorns. :D brings back good feelings.
My fav scene
The next lakorn that I watched was Duang Jai Akkanee (Akkanee's sweetheart starring Nadech and yaya). It's a short 7 episode lakorn. The genre is romantic comedy too. I only watch dramas while eating dinner so nah, no action/investigative drama for me. I'm not risking choking on food or vomiting. yek~ Anyway, it's a classic Romeo-Juliet love story with a thai cowboy twist. The story started kinda slow with lots of bickering between the two main character. I stuck with it despite the slow beginning because of Yaya...My, oh, my...she's a beauty i tell you. She look like an angel!! She's sooo beautiful that I'm not even jealous. So they hate each other and there's no way in hell they would get together. One day, they had a huge misunderstanding. They woke in bed both kinda half naked with a red stain on Yaya's crotch and they thought they did it. This is where it gets exciting!! The hot tempered Nadech then decides to court Yaya because, he wants to be responsible. That's when I fell for Nadech.And then the drama begins.
Game rai Game ruk- My third drama of the year, staring nadech and yaya. Nadech is hotter looking here and both of their acting capabilities improved tremendously making the drama so believable. I bought the whole scenario they were selling no matter how ridiculous it is. They made me believe it!! (maybe some how deep down i needed the escape too). A-ni-waayy, the title in english means Evil Game, Love Game. All started when the islander dumb-dumb Saichon (played by Nadech) found a stranded unconscious lady on the beach. He nurtured her to life (possibly using Reiki powers) and some chanting. She regain consciousness only to find out that she doesn't remember anything. He named her Nang fah meaning angel. (She does look like an angel) Lots of funny sweet scenes later they fell in love and got married. They led a humble, very naive island life. The island is kinda backward i think, the only doctor they have is a witch and no police etc. Up to now, it's Game Love. A-ni-waay, one day they got separated ruthlessly and Nang fah went back to her sister. She lost her memory again after an electric shock treatment. Lots of twist of fate here. Somehow he got a godfather and went to America and became CEO of godfather's airline company in 3 years time and here is where The Evil Game starts. He found his Nang Fah but she has forgotten him. He transformed from a humble, naive, hot-tempered islander boy to a slick, conniving, sadistic, suave, still hot-tempered city man. The story probably doesn't really makes sense now and I would love to give the whole synopsis but I think I'd save it for a whole post on GRGR...muahaha!!
Forced date cdt: as tagged
Yaya confused with her bipolar partner cdt: as tagged
Sam Noom Neua Thong (3 golden guys) is my 4th drama. It is still airing in Thailand Channel 3. The story revolves around 3 couples and 3 different types of relationship. It's a modern take of love story. A boss secretly in love with his worker who's in a toxic relationship. A playboy falling in love with a dork, but a cute one at that. And an old relationship in which everything has turned sour. Okay, nuff said. Me not excited. I watched halfway and like..meh~ maybe will watch it again but not now.
I think it's quite clear which lakorn i think is the best.
Let me make this clear about my obsession. Never in my life had I arranged my schedule according to the airing date of this lakorn or any drama. Never in my life have I dedicated a day to laze around and watch episodes I have missed. I never lost sleep over a drama. Never! Never! Never say never. I know I sound like a loser after declaring all that. But ya, that was how I was during the last 6 episodes of the drama. Crazy. Need I note that I'm back to being a human being now. Yes, I am back to normal, people.
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Game Rai Game Ruk u got me Yadech fever alright.. cdt: as tagged (i can't read thai too :c)
Will there be any lakorn that gets me as excited ever..? again? 2012, you tell me!!
p/s: I'm adding the youtube video links of the lakorns from the awesome uploader and subber wishboniko on youtube that I have mentioned in this post! All credits to her!
1. Game Rai Game Ruk (eng sub) episode 1.1 - complete episodes!
Duang Jai Akkanee is the second installment of the 4 Hearts of the Mountains (4 Hua Jai Haeng Khun Khao) tetralogy based on the novels from the same name. The series revolves around a set of quadruplet namely : Nam (Water), Fai (meaning Fire played by Nadech Kigumiya), Lom and Din (earth/wind, I can't remember which).
Fai, Nam, their mom, Din, Lom: suma pun comel2!!
4 Hua Jai Haeng Khun Khao
Synopsis: Boy and girl hatess each other. In the end, falls in love with each other. Family hate each other. Boy and girl sad-sad. Boy and girl then goes through lotsa obstacles.Both family gave consent. Boy and girl get married (at a real young age). Along the way, do expect to laugh your ass off and be at awe at the beauty of the casts. For girls, be ready to melt to the cheesiness and corniness of the hero.
Yaya and Barry, such sweetness..a hot couple!! source: soompi
Both Yaya and Barry are newbies that shoot to international fame with this lakorn. A lot of fans are comparing their chemistry to those of Ann-Ken. I love their chemistry. Although, I must say that Yaya's acting is kinda stiff (she is new and young) so it's kinda unfair to compare her to Ann (who literally made me tear up in her lakorns). But during the first episode when I saw Yaya, I was like, is this how angels look like? How can anyone be so pretty?? She definitely made me queer for a moment..hehe...
Even a girl could have nosebleed!! *wipes own nose* source: soompi
The supporting cast made me laugh out loud alone so many times!! The way the brothers (hottie Lom and Din) teases Fai, the smart mouth farm worker,the flamboyant katoey P'NooTor and the blossoming love between two opposite characters Khun Preuk and Khun Milk. Pure comedy.
Seriously, when watching this lakorn, I fell further in love with thai lakorn. This is my 2nd lakorn after SootSanaeha and I was like...I can't believe it could get any better.. The story is a happy ending Romeo-Juliet story. It's a heart warming, tummy-tinggling, sure-to-make-you-giggle-like-a-lovesick-teenager lakorn It's dripping with cliches. Truth is, who care's if its all cliche?? I buy it. The only other downside about this lakorn would be that, it is too SHORT!!
complete eng sub lakorn:
Verdict: love it! 8.5/10 (lebih sikit from SootSanaeha)
