Gulong ng Palad
| Gulong ng Palad | |
|---|---|
| File:Logo-gulong.jpg Gulong ng Palad | |
| Starring | refer to 'cast of characters' |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | 88 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | January 9, 2006 – May 12, 2006 |
Gulong ng Palad (Wheel of Life) is a Philippine 50's radio drama series and 1980s soap opera hit. On January 9, 2006, the drama series came back in television under the direction of Eric Salud and Jerome Pobocan.
The television series can be watched regularly in Philippines' ABS-CBN from Monday to Friday after TV Patrol World. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel.
Cast of Characters:
Kristine Hermosa as Luisa Santos Medel
TJ Trinidad as Ricardo "Carding" Medel
Cherie Gil as Philomena "Menang" Medel
Rio Locsin as Caridad "Idad" Santos
Joel Torre as Tomas Santos
Luis Alandy as Diego
Andrea del Rosario as Mimi Sandoval
Joross Gamboa as Totoy Santos
Roxanne Guinoo as Josefina "Jojo"
Hazel Ann Mendoza as Nene Santos
Nash Aguas as Peping Santos
Mhyco Aquino as Mark
Tuesday Vargas as Saling
Racquel Villavicencio as Carmen Sandoval
Lito Pimentel as David
Ahron Villena as Japoy
Amy Perez as Lorraine
Rico Barrera as Alex Trinidad
Denise Joaquin as Wendy
Mishella Angela Maravilla as Chelsea "Chelsie/Chelsy" (depending on the variation of spelling)
Mosang as Belen
Emma Villanueva as Tekla
Gigi Locsin as Doray
Benjie Felipe as Banjo
Gian Carlo Terry as Butch
Jeremiah Rosales as Makoy
Khaycee Aboloc as Gwen
Juan Rodrigo as Juancho
Kathryn Bernardo
Neophytos Kyriacoli
Alexis Ramos
Louissa "Issa" Pressman as Luisa about age 5
Yasmin "Yassi" Pressman as Luisa about age 12
Story
Even as children, Luisa and Carding where not allowed to be friends because of their different social classes. With Carding's family being a prominant wealthy memeber in their town and Luisa's mother a laundrywoman. So when Carding's father dies his mom, Menang Medel, decides to take him away to the U.S. Although they promised to write to each other, Carding doesn't fulfill his promise, leading Luisa to distrust him and become determined to stay away from him when he returned ten years later.
Manang Medel does not approve of Luisa because of her social class and is always encouraging Carding to date Mimi, the rich daughter of her friend Dona Carmen, who if they married would help her gain the mayor candidacy and her wealth. Yet when Carding gets into an accident, Luisa can no longer deny the love she feels for him but with her family encouraging her to stay away from Carding, they decide to keep their relationship a secret. While they try to keep their relationship hidden Luisa's brother, Totoy, tries to keep his love hidden from tomboy Jojo, because of his family obligations, which will get even harder as Tomas, their father, his secret about his heart condition comes out.
When both families find out about the relationship, Luisa gets pressured into breaking it off with Carding. Although Idad, Luisa's mom, doesn't approve she stands up for her daughter when Menang Medel demeans Luisa. Then when Luisa finally breaks it off with Carding they get caught in a storm and have to seek refuge in a cave while everyone believes they have eloped. When they try to explain, Idad doesn't want to hear it and tells Luisa to leave, while Menang is also furious yet must ask Carding to marry her in the hopes of saving the family's reputation for the mayor position.
After they marry life becomes even harder for Luisa. Her mother has not forgiven her, Carding goes off to Manila for school leaving Luisa in the evil hands of Menang Medel, and when she finally stands up for herself Carding sees, only for his mother to say that Luisa has been the cruel one. Carding becomes stuck between the two most important women in his life and doesn't know whom to believe and turns to Mimi who uses his vulnerability to her advantage.
Carding feels guilty about sleeping with Mimi and avoids going home to face Luisa, whom his mother is saying is having an affair Diego, Jojo's brother. To make matters worse Menang has Tomas fired, the worry of what will happen to his family causes him to have a heartattack and die. This causes Luisa to reunite with her family and to blame Menang for her father's heartache.
History
Gulong ng Palad first aired on radio in 1949 and ended in 1956. For seven years, Carolina Flores (also known as Lina Flor) had to provide the script for the daily 15-minute show while her sister Loida Virinia provided the voice of the lead character.
After a successful airing on radio, the radio drama series was made into movie starring Jose Padilla and Arsenia Francisco. In 1977, Gulong ng Palad rolled over to television via Radio Philippines Network. The Philippine TV's first telenovela made household names out of Luisa (Marianne de la Riva), Carding (Ronald Corveau), Aling Idad (Caridad Sanchez), Peping (Romnick Sarmenta), Mimi (Beth Bautista). 'Gulong ng Palad' on TV ended in 1985.
Now, after almost six decades since it was first heard on radio, ABS-CBN revives the soap under the same title. The new 'Gulong ng Palad', has been modernized, although the basic plotline remains the same. The story still revolves around Luisa and Carding, who come from different worlds but whose great love defies all odds.
The new theme song was sung by Jerome Sala while beautiful new additions of love theme songs entitled, "Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka" by Sheryn Regis and "Dahil Mahal na Mahal Kita" by Rachelle Ann Go were also added.
Gulong ng Palad ran from January 9 to May 12, 2006.
Its Pilot Ratings was 29.8% versus Extra Challenge's 27.3% in Mega Manila and consistently beated out Estra Challenge.
It's highest rating was 35.1%, the lowest was 26.7%, while the average was 29.4%