Nandito Ako (TV series)

Nandito Ako (English: Here I Am) is a television mini-series in the Philippines. It was produced by TV5, and was broadcast from February 20, 2012 to March 23, 2012.[1][2][3][4][5]

TV5 Mini Serye:
Nandito Ako
Title card
GenreDrama
Created byTV5 Network (company)
Written byRenato Custodio, Jr.
Charlotte Dianco
Renei Dimla
Evie Macapugay
Directed byMac Alejandre
StarringDavid Archuleta
Jasmine Curtis
Eula Caballero
Theme music composerAaron Paul del Rosario
Opening theme"Nandito Ako" by David Archuleta
Country of originPhilippines
Original language(s)Filipino, English
No. of episodes25
Production
Running time30-45 minutes
Release
Original networkTV5
Picture formatNTSC 480i
Original releaseFebruary 20 (2012-02-20) –
March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)

The programme was the second Mini Serye by TV5, and like the first one, Sa Ngalan ng Ina (lit. In the Name of the Mother), it was also set to air for only a month.[6][7]

Synopsis

International singing star Josh Bradley is a Filipino-American who was born and raised in the Philippines. When he was six years old, he was separated from his mother, Cara, during a hotel fire, who was believed to have died. After the incident, Josh moved to the United States, beginning his musical career. Years later, Josh returns to the Philippines to find out what really happened to his mother and search for the little girl he encountered and befriended during the hotel fire.

Cast and characters

Main cast
CastCharacterCharacter Information
David ArchuletaJosh BradleyA Filipino-American who was born in the Philippines but grew up in the United States and became an international artist. He returns to the Philippines, later finding out and believing that his mother, Cara, had died in a fire when he was six years old. This all changed when his mother's friend, Mylene, informs him that his mother is still alive.

He understands Tagalog but has limited command of the language.

Jasmine Curtis-SmithEpifania "Anya" DionisioDaughter of Teresa Dionisio and later Josh Bradley's love interest. Anya at first rejected Josh's love, afraid that Holly will get mad at her. She first met Josh in the hotel fire in 1996, where he saved her life. She is revealed to have Josh's broken wristwatch.
Eula CaballeroHolly PosadasComing from a rich family, Holly wants to live up to the high expectations of her stepmother, Margareth, who seems ever displeased with her stepdaughter's actions. She and Anya had a rocky start, but eventually became friends because the latter helped her out through several unfortunate events. She is a fan of Josh Bradley whom she later met on a date. Holly is eventually diagnosed with brain cancer towards the end of the series and dies, leaving Josh and Anya to live happily ever after.
G. ToengiCara "Aguilar" BradleyJosh Bradley's mother whom he thought had perished in the 1996 hotel fire. Years later, her friend Mylene reveals to an older Josh that Cara had in fact survived the disaster.
Gelli de BelenTeresa DionisioAnya Dionisio's mother, who was a former "Guest Relations Officer" at Clark Air Base, where she met American officer Mark Watson and bore Anya. They were about to leave for the United States when they were caught in the hotel fire, causing Mark's death. Teresa has since returned to her former job while raising Anya.
Aiko MelendezMargareth PosadasHolly's wicked stepmother. She always treated Holly with disdain while exhibiting excessive pride in her eldest daughter, Audrey. She became very strict with Holly after her husband, Jaime, left them because she loved Holly more than him.

Extended cast
CastCharacterCharacter Information
Joseph BitangcolMando BatongbakalAnya's childhood friend, who secretly loves her.
Alwyn UytingcoBilly ParsonsJosh Bradley's best friend.
Ana CapriMyleneCara's best friend who told Josh that his mother is still alive.
Byron OrtileAladdin DionisioAnya's younger half-brother.
Mon ConfiadoPablitoJosh Bradley's driver
David BiancoSteve BradleyJosh's uncle. He was the one who told and made Josh believe that his mother died in the fire incident. He constantly tries to control Josh.
Ana FeleoChit EnriquezJosh Bradley's road manager
RS FranciscoVoltaTeresa's best friend and godmother to Anya. Owns a small hair salon.
Perla BautistaYaya RosaHousekeeper of the Posadas family.

Guest cast / special appearance
CastCharacterCharacter Information
Andrea BrillantesYoung AnyaShe played as young Anya.
Jay DuriasHimselfHe played the keys on Josh Bradley's concert in Manila.
Gio SalvadorMark WatsonAnya's father. He is an American soldier who left Anya and Teresa when Anya was still very young. A few years after he left Teresa's family, he returned to them and apologized for leaving, telling them that he would take them to the states and live there. However, it never happened because he died in the hotel fire tragedy.
Lucky Mark MercadoGeraldHolly and Anya's classmate. He has a bad character. Once, he, together with Holly's friends, framed her for possession of marijuana, which caused her trouble. He also tried to molest Anya by tricking her to tutor him and spiking her juice drink with sleeping powder. But before he even got to his attempt to harass Anya, Holly confronted him and took Anya away with her.
Mae "Juana Change" PanerAling TasingNeighbor of the Dionisios and is in conflict with them.
Jay AustriaLantoySon of Tasing.
Morissette AmonDeniseAnya's close friend.
Antonette GarciaAling BabyShe owns the house which the Dionisios rent.
JaimeMargareth's husband who left his family because he had an affair with Teresa.
Joe SummersHarold BradleyJosh's father and younger brother of Steve. Died in a bar fight trying to help Cara and her friends. He appears in episode 13 in Steve's flashback.
EmilCara's husband and Josh's stepfather, first appears in episode 16. He lived with Cara in Batangas and was the reason Cara didn't go to Manila to find Josh, since he was sick and she had to take care of him.

Trivia
  • The theme song of the mini-soap opera with the same title was originally performed by singer-songwriter Ogie Alcasid and later remade by Mexican diva, Thalia.
  • Gelli de Belen and Aiko Melendez both worked in the series. However, their husbands Ariel Rivera and Jomari Yllana (Aiko's ex-husband) recently worked in ABS-CBN's E-Boy respectively.
  • This is David Archuleta's first Filipino and only Asian TV project.
gollark: The HTTPd thing is just a MPD output feature.
gollark: Music Player Daemon, HTTP output, a web-based MPD client thing.
gollark: <@319753218592866315> OIR is literally just mpd with httpd output running on my music library, with ympd for management, and a simple HTML frontend connected to a simple API which accesses MPD.
gollark: It's just a bunch of off the shelf software glued together, plus the custom-written really simple frontend and API.
gollark: I didn't read the code for that, it's in *C*.

See also
  • List of programs broadcast by TV5 (Philippines)
  • List of shows previously aired by TV5

References
  1. David Archuleta gets baptism of fire as actor in TV5 series retrieved via www.interaksyon.com 01-18-2012
  2. David Archuleta looks forward to more fun in the Philippines retrieved via www.interaksyon.com 01-13-2012
  3. VIDEO: David Archuleta 'excited' to start shooting for TV5 series retrieved via www.interaksyon.com 01-12-2012
  4. David Archuleta receives warm welcome from Filipino fans on fourth visit retrieved via www.pep.ph 01-13-2012
  5. David Archuleta on why he's doing a mini-series with TV5 retrieved via www.pep.ph 01-14-2012
  6. TV5 achieves international goal for Nandito Ako retrieved via www.tv5.com.ph 03-08-2012
  7. Nandito Ako ng TV5, trending ang magandang kuwento worldwide retrieved via www.tv5.com.ph 02-28-2012
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