Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters.
The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.
Nok Sinjai takes on the role of Phanrawee, a woman trying to maintain her station in life. She is married to the wealthy Rangsee Soriyathit played by Pisan Akarasene (Aom’s biological father in real life and in this lakorn).
Rangsee and Phanrawee have no biological children together, they do have one adopted son Passakorn (Nat Tephassadin). Rangsee does have one biological child with another woman, Rangrong played by Aom Piyada. Rangsee did not know of her existence until she was grown. Rangrong is a feisty young woman out for revenge on Phanrawee the woman who harmed her mother and to claim what’s hers, which is Rangsee’s inheritance.
Song Shuang Xu was abandoned by her parents when she was 8 years old and was later adopted by the Shen family. She mistook her dependence on Shen Yu for love and was exiled overseas because her relationship was exposed. When she returned to China five years later, she accidentally provoked Shen Yu's friend, He Ting Zhou. At this time, Shen Yu began to look for a marriage partner to avoid suspicion, and Song Shuang Xu decided to give up on him.
Shen Yu's father suffered a setback, and Song Shuang Xu asked her friends for help but was rejected. Only He Ting Zhou asked for repayment, and she agreed but asked not to expose their love affair. While getting along, Song Shuang Xu realized that she was not really in love with Shen Yu, but He Ting Zhou had been plotting to get her for a long time.
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Nazaré is happy in her life with Duarte and their children, Alice and little Zé. But her world is suddenly turned upside down when police finds drugs inside the fish she’s transporting and counterfeit money in the cold storage at Geliré. Behind all this is Verónica, who was rescued at sea and is back to settle the score. Nazaré is certain that it was her husband’s aunt that framed her, who she sees in a car while she's being arrested. With Toni's help, Nazaré then turns into a fugitive.
By disguising herself and taking on a false identity, Nazaré is now Carla Isabel, at least until she manages to prove her innocence. While on the run, Nazaré gets in the High Note tour bus and is forced to leave Duarte and her children behind. As she manages to gain the trust of Mel, Leandro and Sandra, besides the label’s bus driver, she also lends a hand as a bodyguard for Romeu’s daughter.
In order to cover the hospital costs for her ill little brother, the clumsy but cute Lin Lu (Song Yi Ren) enters into a contract relationship with the childish overbearing CEO Shi Lian Sen (Yan Yu Hao). Lin Lu, who acts before thinking, unintentionally tests Lian Sen’s boundaries again and again.
King's Crossing is an American nighttime soap opera which aired on ABC from January 16, 1982 to February 27, 1982 on Saturday Night at 8:00pm for seven episodes.
Its roots can be found in the 1980 drama Secrets of Midland Heights, which aired on CBS for eight episodes. When that show was canceled, Lorimar Productions announced it would return in a retooled format; King's Crossing was a completely different show, but employed several actors who had also appeared in the earlier drama.
The show centered around the Hollister family relocating to King's Crossing, California. The father, Paul, was a recovering alcoholic who was hoping for a fresh start with his family and career as an English professor at the town's college. His long-suffering wife Nan was also trying to reestablish a connection with her cold and distant Aunt Louisa Beauchamp, who had never approved of Paul. Nan and Paul had two teenage daughters: Lauren, an aspiring pianist who fell into an affair with her piano teacher, symphony conductor Jonathan Ha
To secure the mansion, Tiwari pretends to marry Anita while Vibhuti pairs up with Angoori, but their ruse falls apart when Gayatri Devi recovers and Vidya Sister-in-law's ghost traps them in Ghunghatganj.
Phuwanai is a cop whose father owns a pig farm. He gets a leave from work and decides to help his father with the farm. Paipaya is a dancer who witnessed the mob killing someone, so she runs away from them and ends up hiding at Phuwanai's farm, pretending to be his nephew's tutor.
Rin is the illegitimate daughter and sole heir of a wealthy man. Akanee is the adopted son of Rin's father and his legal wife. One day, Rin's father brings her into the family and she clashes with her step mother while developing feelings for Akanee. But there's more secrets to unravel.
This series takes viewers on a journey in the 1930s, under the roof of the hotel, where the past and the present merge. The focus of the series is business of a prominent Banja Luka family, entangled in numerous intrigues.