📺 Thai Dramas 2010

Ramil is an extremely handsome, highly sought-after young man and fabulously wealthy thanks to the inheritance left by his parents, who have both passed away. The only family he has left is Mae Kaew, or Khun Kaew Angkab, his kind and loving stepmother, who is actually his maternal aunt. Ramil lives the full playboy life, dating only beautiful, high-class women. His rule with every woman is the same: they can be together only as long as it pleases him, with no commitment and no intrusion into each other’s personal lives. His latest regular companion is Atcharawadee, a glamorous, fiery model and actress who is determined to catch him for good.

Then one day, Ramil is nearly driven mad when Mae Kaew tells him that before his father Rames died, he had agreed to betroth Ramil to the daughter of his close friend Phakinai. That fiancée is Phakramai, nicknamed Mudmai, the little girl Ramil had only seen once in childhood and never again. But he remembers perfectly well how naughty, wild, and wickedly mischievous she was. She used to torment him with all kinds of pranks until he came to dread and dislike her so much that he nicknamed her “the little demon.” What makes it worse is that Ramil likes beautiful women—but the young Mudmai he remembers was plain-looking, wore thick glasses, and was skinny as a telephone pole. The other thing he remembers is that her family had an estate called Montra Farm, with horse stables, and that Mudmai loved horses.

Ramil protests to Mae Kaew that he will never marry Mudmai, but he is stunned when Mae Kaew reveals the condition their fathers set: once Ramil and Mudmai are informed of the engagement, they must marry within three months. If Ramil refuses to marry Mudmai—or if they marry but fail to stay together for at least a year—he must hand over all of his cash assets to her. The same condition applies to Mudmai. Ramil wants to die on the spot when Mae Kaew adds that Mudmai has already agreed to marry him. He vows that he will never marry her, and he certainly will not lose all his money to her. Instead, he decides to make her reject him.

When Ramil goes to find Mudmai, the first sight that greets him leaves him speechless: a tall, flawless beauty riding a horse with elegance and grace. She is in fact Phakramai / Mudmai, but she already has a plan to toy with him. So she tells him that she is not Mudmai, his fiancée, but just another woman coincidentally also named Mudmai—only she is a servant of his actual fiancée. Looking at her complexion, her beautiful face, and her expensive imported clothes, Ramil can hardly believe someone like her could be a servant. Yet for some reason, he does believe her.

This “Mudmai” is also very sharp-tongued and refuses to yield to him. From the moment they meet, she verbally tears into him before he can even collect himself. She is a “high-born servant” indeed, bold enough to snap at her mistress’s fiancé. Ramil is puzzled by how much she seems to know about him and his fiancée, almost as if she were Phakramai herself—but Mudmai cleverly talks her way out of suspicion. Ramil goes home frustrated, while Mudmai doubles over laughing with Tim, the real maid. Tim does not want Mudmai to tease Ramil, but Mudmai says a flirtatious, reckless man like him deserves to be taught a painful lesson. Otherwise, he will keep thinking that everything—especially women—comes too easily.

Ramil goes to vent to his best friend Dhanuphan, who laughs and says Ramil has been outmaneuvered by his late father. But Dhanuphan has romantic troubles of his own. He is courting Natasha, Ramil’s younger sister, but Natasha still has not accepted his love. To make matters worse, Pimmada keeps pursuing him, making Natasha suspicious that he is a womanizer like Ramil. Meanwhile, Natasha is being pursued by Apichart, the owner of a leading magazine for which she works as a photographer, and Dhanuphan is driven almost mad with jealousy.

Natasha is Mudmai’s close friend and just as mischievous as she is. Mudmai has only recently returned from France, where she lived for many years and became a famous model in Paris, even gracing the covers of top international fashion magazines. There, she used the name Matty. Natasha asks Mudmai to model for her magazine and appear on the cover, and Mudmai agrees—but only on the condition that she can wear strange, fancy, fantasy-style makeup and clothes.

Ramil gathers his resolve and goes back to see Mudmai again. He hires “Mudmai the servant” to pretend to be his girlfriend for three months. He hopes to kill two birds with one stone: to get rid of the fiancée he hates and to cut off Atcharawadee, who has begun to invade his life and seems determined to trap him into a serious relationship. Since he assumes this Mudmai is merely a servant, he offers to pay her 10,000 baht, but Mudmai demands one million. Ramil has no choice but to agree, and she demands 500,000 baht up front. He takes her to a dinner date to spread the news that she is his new girlfriend. He deliberately brings her to the restaurant owned by Ploypailin, Atcharawadee’s close friend, hoping Ploypailin will clearly see he has a new woman. Also, reporters often come there looking for gossip. Mudmai dresses in an evening gown so stunning that Ramil is amazed. Once there, Ploypailin taunts and needles her, but Mudmai tells Ramil that Ploypailin actually likes him and is only being nasty out of jealousy. Ramil does not believe her. Ploypailin calls Atcharawadee to complain, and the next morning Atcharawadee goes straight to Ramil’s company. Ramil remains indifferent to her. Filled with hatred, Atcharawadee vows to make him suffer so badly he will never forget it.

Ramil later takes Mudmai to a gala dinner. On the day he comes to pick her up, he sees a woman with the same figure as Mudmai standing with her back turned, giving orders. He calls to her, but she does not turn until Akkhanee, the head worker, speaks to her. When she finally faces him, Ramil is horrified—her face is horribly scarred, almost ghost-like. As they talk, he realizes that she is Phakramai, his fiancée. He forgets all his hatred and feels deeply sorry for her. When “Phakramai” acts humble and says that he is unlucky to be engaged to a woman with a face like hers, Ramil is even more moved and can barely speak. He speaks gently, sympathizes with her, refers to himself as “older brother,” and calls her “younger sister,” just as they did in childhood. Once “ghost-faced Mudmai” goes back inside, she laughs nearly to death with Tim, saying that Ramil has eyes but no insight—he believes everything he is told. Tim pities him and begs Mudmai to stop joking and tell him the truth, but Mudmai says she is still having fun.

Mudmai removes the ghost-face disguise and goes out again to greet Ramil as “Mudmai the servant.” Atcharawadee keeps pursuing Ramil relentlessly. One day she runs into Mudmai and Natasha when they take Ramil to the studio of Yangzon, also known as YC, a new Thai designer who has become very famous overseas—and Atcharawadee desperately wants to model for YC. Later, Ramil sees Mudmai at an Italian restaurant and thinks she is with another man. Without realizing it, jealousy flares across his face, and he grabs her. Mudmai has just finished a photo shoot and is still wearing blue contact lenses, so she pretends to be Matty, speaking Thai poorly. Ramil looks unconvinced, but Natasha comes out just in time to help cover for Mudmai. Then Atcharawadee arrives, and when she sees Mudmai she becomes thrilled that she has met the real international model and greets her as Matty. Only then does Ramil calm down, though he still is not fully convinced that Mudmai and Matty are two different people.

Atcharawadee says something rude to Natasha and gets scolded in return. Mudmai realizes that Ramil is bound to investigate the matter thoroughly, so she rushes home and has Tim put on the ghost-face mask to play Phakramai, pretending to be ill while Mudmai tends to her. Sure enough, Ramil comes to the house, and when he sees the fake Phakramai together with Mudmai, his suspicion finally fades. Once again he feels sorry for ghost-faced Phakramai. He tells Mudmai to tell Phakramai that next time they meet, she does not have to wear a hood to hide her scarred face. Mudmai begins to admire him a little.

Ramil takes Mudmai to pay respects to four elderly relatives: Mae Kaew, Khun Pitsamai (Grandma Noi), and the twin sisters Khun Umaporn and Khun Arunji, who can barely say one sentence without quarreling three times but love each other deeply. All four already know who Mudmai really is, so they do their utmost to tear her down and insult her, then all get up and leave before Mudmai can even properly pay her respects. Mudmai is deeply hurt, never realizing that this is part of a scheme within a scheme created by Natasha and Mae Kaew. By Ramil’s orders, she has to stay overnight at the garden house, where she continues to face contempt and bullying from his four elder relatives. Atcharawadee keeps chasing Ramil every day, never realizing that the four elders are using her as a tool to test the love between Ramil and Mudmai.

Mudmai dares not admit that every word she says and every gesture she shows toward Ramil is driven by jealousy. Ramil likewise refuses to admit that his daily irritation is caused by his love for this “servant” Mudmai. Because he loves her and does not want her to leave, he finally tells her that he may have to accept marrying a woman of proper status, as his elders wish—but if she does not despise him, he will take her away to live quietly somewhere far from everyone, and will love and care for her for the rest of her life. Mudmai is furious, because that means she would have to become his mistress. She slaps him across the face.

While Mudmai is packing to run away from the garden house, Atcharawadee arrives and deepens her pain, acting calm and friendly. Atcharawadee says that Ramil has already told her everything—that Mudmai was hired to be his girlfriend for a fee of one million baht. Since she believes Ramil is the one ending the agreement early, she says she has asked him to pay Mudmai the full amount so Mudmai can go invest in some business of her own and no longer have to work as a servant. This time Mudmai is genuinely angry with Ramil—not just briefly hurt or sulky, as before. She asks Atcharawadee for a ride back to the city, and Atcharawadee is delighted.

Ramil then decides to visit ghost-faced Mudmai, partly to grow closer to her, but secretly also hoping to see the servant Mudmai, the one who truly has his heart. Yet the whole time he is with ghost-faced Mudmai, he cannot focus. He keeps looking around for servant Mudmai. Ghost-faced Mudmai asks what is troubling him, but he does not say directly. Instead, he suggests she consult a doctor about her disfigured face. But Mudmai says too much time has already passed and she does not want to pursue it. Eventually, Ramil finally talks about servant Mudmai. Ghost-faced Mudmai tells him that she has resigned. Ramil’s heart sinks. He then asks her what reason people should marry for. Mudmai answers: for love. He asks about social suitability. She still insists on love, but adds that circumstances and personal necessity can vary from person to person. Ramil says he cannot think clearly anymore, because even the people he thought he knew are not what he believed; it is as if everyone nowadays wears masks. Mudmai is startled, because she really is wearing a mask. Ramil is so confused that he does not even realize when he leaves Mudmai’s house.

Dhanuphan concludes that Ramil is in love with servant Mudmai and tells him to go find her. But Ramil says that servant Mudmai has a chance to meet good men, whereas ghost-faced Phakramai has no one except him. He has made his decision: he will marry Phakramai. Dhanuphan then tells Natasha everything—how Ramil loves servant Mudmai, yet says he will marry Phakramai—without realizing Mudmai is there with Natasha as well. Natasha urges Mudmai to tell Ramil the truth before he finds out on his own. Mudmai believes Ramil is sincere in the case of ghost-faced Mudmai, but she still wants to test his sincerity toward servant Mudmai further. On the other hand, Ramil himself cannot understand why he seems to feel almost the same way about three different women.

As for Matty, he can at least explain that by the fact that she resembles servant Mudmai. He calls Matty to arrange a meal. When she again mentions servant Mudmai, Ramil decides to ask ghost-faced Mudmai where servant Mudmai is. He tries to search for her, and only realizes where he has ended up when his car arrives at the gates of Montra Farm, the place where he first met her. There, a beautiful woman is riding a horse. Ramil is overjoyed and calls out to her at the top of his lungs, but she does not hear him. He honks repeatedly, and Tawan Saad Saeng, the horse Mudmai is riding, is startled and throws her. Ramil catches and supports Mudmai. She is not seriously hurt, but sulks at him for making her fall, while Ramil sulks at her in return.

Then a handsome long-haired young man rides up on another horse. Mudmai calls him YC. Ramil instantly dislikes this YC, and becomes even more jealous when Mudmai pulls away from him and goes toward YC, seeming to trust that man more than him. In his jealousy, he accuses her of deliberately falling from the horse just to attract attention. Mudmai argues back, but then falls into his trap when he taunts her for being weak and dramatic. She ends up getting into his car before realizing she has been tricked by Ramil’s cunning. He deliberately provoked her to separate her from YC. Then Ramil confesses his love to Mudmai.

At last, Mudmai has to confess her entire plan—and confess that she loves him too. Ramil becomes happier than he has ever been in his life.

Follow the drama “The Illusionary Hero, the Disguised Heroine” every Friday–Sunday at 8:25 PM on Channel 7. The first episode aired on Saturday, September 25, 2010.

Sunset at Waning Moon:

Mr. Sawang, Karn’s father, is an arms dealer with many mistresses and second families. Phen, Karn’s mother, has a habit of turning small matters into big ones. Whenever the two face each other, they always end up arguing.

Karn absorbs every problem in the household deeply. No one outside knows that his life is lacking in so many ways. Since childhood, he has always thought about leaving home, but he has never been able to do it.

The one who never said much but managed to leave before him was Krai, his older brother. Krai dared to write a public criticism of Sawang, calling him a corrupt politician. This caused great damage and deep resentment in Sawang, so much so that he completely severed ties with his son. But Krai did not care — because ever since he was little, he had never once received love from his father.

Kawi (Trin Setthachok) and Boonrat (Panadda Woranyan) come from a family that has inherited the traditions of Thai massage and herbal cultivation since the time of their ancestors. Their children — Kankrao (Premsinee Rattanasopa), the eldest; Samet (Nuntasai Pisolyabut), the second; and Makongkaew, or Kaew (Morakot Kittisara), the youngest — have all studied these skills until they became highly proficient.

However, Kaew chooses a different path: she becomes a trader instead. This is because the villagers believe that descendants who continue the massage profession will turn into phi pob — malevolent spirit-possessors. As a result, Kaew has had problems since childhood with friends who mock her because of her family’s profession. On top of that, some male customers assume female masseuses are loose women and try to buy sexual favors after a massage. Her beauty also leads to unwanted harassment. All of these problems are the reasons Kaew does not want to follow the family tradition of massage.

After finishing Mathayom 3 (Grade 9), Kaew changes direction and becomes a vendor at the market together with her relative Matoom (Kritsadee Phuangprayong). Since her mother must take care of the massage shop, her father must tend the herbal garden, and Grandma Phiengjai (Panadda Komaratud) is responsible for mixing the medicines, there is no one left to take the produce, herbs, and herbal compress balls to market. Kaew rarely gives massages to anyone, except occasionally to friends or older people suffering from aches and pains.

Thanchayut (Siwat Chotchaicharin), by contrast, is a wealthy young man from an old noble family, descended from Luang Ratchaphisit and Than Phuying Pajeeratana (who is still alive in the present day). By the time of his parents, Jarutat and Phatrin, the family is still very rich and owns a great deal of land. The couple has three children: Nusamon (Jamie Bouher), the eldest; Itta, the middle child; and Thanchayut, the youngest.

Unlike his older siblings, Thanchayut is very down-to-earth. Not only does he choose to study at an open university, but he also dislikes mixing with high society. Instead, he prefers friends of ordinary means. Phatrin worries that her son will not amount to anything, so she keeps trying to force him into an engagement with Jareekorn (Parada Kongthong), the daughter of a powerful businessman. But Thanchayut dislikes snobbish women, and Jareekorn in turn dislikes his friends — especially Phuwadol (Phichayadon Phuengphan), who works as a document courier, because she looks down on him as beneath them.

Phuwadol often has to take leave from work to visit his father, who is partially paralyzed and lives in the provinces. Whenever Phuwadol is away, Thanchayut sometimes volunteers to deliver documents in his place. Eventually, unable to endure his family’s pressure over Jareekorn any longer, Thanchayut decides to run away and stay with Phuwadol at his flat. He must then adjust to his friend’s humble way of living, though he sometimes slips into spending money freely to treat his friends, even while Phuwadol keeps reminding him to live more frugally.

News then arrives from home that Phakphum, Phuwadol’s father, has become seriously ill and can no longer take care of himself. Phuwadol is deeply worried and decides to resign from his job to return home and care for his father. Amused and curious, Thanchayut asks to go with him.

Phakphum grows seasonal vegetables for sale, so Phuwadol’s duty is to drive the produce to the fresh market, always accompanied by Thanchayut. For the young rich man, the world of small-scale trading is a completely new experience. He enjoys becoming “Nai Yut” or “Jao Yut” to the local merchants. But because he has a habit of speaking without thinking and joking at the wrong moment, he initially gets into conflicts with the male vendors and motorcycle taxi drivers. Still, his good looks make him popular with many of the women vendors, especially Wantana (Parita Kosolsak), who sells fermented fish. Kaew, however, is very different — she cannot stand Yut’s loose mouth and irritating personality at all.

This is the life story of a boy who, at only 13 years old, is forced to leave school because of his family’s poverty. Hูยัน is an excellent student who has always ranked first in his class. But he decides not to continue into Grade 5, choosing instead to become an ice cream seller in order to help ease his father’s burden and allow his younger brother and sister to attend school.

His family is extremely poor. They do not even own a home and must live on temple land. No matter how poor they are, however, there is one thing his father has always taught him: to preserve his dignity and never beg from anyone. Because of this, Hูยัน must work very hard.

But when the school closes, he is able to sell much less ice cream. For that reason, he has to look for a new way forward. Mimpi, a former classmate who has also left school to help her mother sell goods, becomes the one who accidentally leads him out into the wider world. By chance, the two of them end up riding a train together all the way to a house near the border...

What will happen next? Follow the story in the drama Butterflies and Flowers (Phi Seua Lae Dokmai), airing every Monday–Tuesday at 8:20 PM, after the evening news on Thai TV. The first episode aired on January 18, 2010.

“Doctor Nguan… A Star of Faith” is a drama inspired by the real life of Dr. Songkhuan Nityarumpong, the man who helped drive the creation of Thailand’s universal health coverage policy. He did so out of the belief that there were still many poor and sick people whom the state had a duty to care for. His experience working as a doctor at Rasi Salai Hospital made him clearly see the inequality between the poor and the rich in access to medical services.

Award: Winner of the Outstanding Socially Creative Drama Award at the 25th Television Gold Awards.

Rak Lon Lon: 9 People, 4 Couples is a sitcom about the love stories of four couples and one single man, each with their own different personalities and relationship dynamics. A distinctive feature of this sitcom is that it uses speech markers shown as purple balloon symbols to represent the characters’ inner thoughts.

Baan Nee Tee Bang Rak is a crossover sitcom that combines the worlds of Bang Rak Soi 9 and Baan Nee Mee Rak.

One day, Rak arranges for Pik to be the host of an event, but Link also wants the job so he can compete with Pik. By coincidence, Pik bumps into the windshield of a car belonging to Oei, a client who has hired Rak’s company to organize the event, and who is also looking for a host. At first, Link is chosen as the emcee, but because he becomes hoarse, Pik ends up taking over instead. Pik gets so nervous that Oei suddenly kisses him on the lips to calm him down. After that, Pik and Oei begin talking more closely and eventually develop a deeper relationship, to the point that Pik invites Oei to stay overnight.

Meanwhile, one day Rin finds a woman’s earring hidden in Hank’s jacket pocket. When she asks Hank, he knows nothing about it, because Rak had borrowed the jacket. But when she asks Rak, he also has no idea, because he had lent it on to Jen. It later turns out that the earring actually belongs to Aunt Yao.

At another point, Paeng receives a message on her phone from a so-called “well-wishing woman,” claiming that Chadjen is cheating on her. Paeng becomes extremely upset, so Patch and Rin help her try to catch this mysterious informant, but they fail. Things get even worse when Paeng receives clear evidence from the same woman and, heartbroken, runs away to stay at Rak’s house. Chadjen goes after her, but Paeng asks for some distance. Rak and Jen then help investigate the identity of the so-called well-wisher. They eventually catch Ael, a suspicious young woman who has been secretly watching the Bang Rak household, and discover that she is actually Hank’s runaway niece.

When Aunt Yao learns that Pik has brought a girlfriend to stay overnight, she immediately wants him to break up with Oei and starts trying to pair him with Ael instead. Oei tries her best to win Aunt Yao over, but this only leads to more arguments between Aunt Yao and Pik. Aunt Yao cannot stand seeing Pik with an older woman, so she does everything possible to interfere with their relationship.

Later, the “well-wishing woman” sends Chadjen another message and photo, telling him to wait at a bus stop. Paeng catches this and angrily tells him to stop looking for that woman. Then Chadjen receives yet another message telling him to meet her at a hotel. Curious to finally discover who she is, Chadjen goes there. When Rin tells Paeng she saw Chadjen enter a hotel, Paeng becomes furious and drags Pik and Patch along to see for themselves whether Chadjen is cheating. But inside the hotel room, Chadjen finds Oei instead. Oei explains that she too received a message from the mysterious woman, claiming Pik had taken another woman to the hotel. When Pik arrives and sees Chadjen with Oei, the two men clear up the misunderstanding, and Pik quietly helps Chadjen leave before Paeng sees them.

Still, Pik begins to suspect that something may be going on between Chadjen and Oei. After all, Oei received the same anonymous messages and had met Chadjen at the hotel. The two of them then decide to work together to uncover the identity of the “well-wishing woman,” which leads them to spend more and more time together. Eventually, Oei helps Chadjen track the mystery down to a certain condominium. When they arrive, everyone is shocked to discover that the room is filled with photographs of Chadjen, along with a strange CD addressed directly to him.

When Chadjen watches the CD, he discovers that the woman behind it is Aim, an old fling whose heart he had broken in the past. Rak and Oei then help Chadjen explain the whole story so that everyone understands. Oei also asks a police friend to investigate Aim and learns that Aim had a close gay friend named Nueng. When Rak hears this, he immediately goes to question Nueng and even has to flirt with him to get answers. Nueng reveals that Aim died five years ago.

Oei and Chadjen return to Aim’s room, but then the truth comes out: Oei herself was the mastermind behind the whole “well-wishing woman” plot. She is actually Aim’s older sister and had planned everything as revenge against Chadjen for hurting Aim. Her scheme succeeds in making Paeng believe Chadjen has betrayed her, and Paeng even starts thinking about divorce. Rak and the others try to stop her, but she refuses to listen, while Aunt Yao actively encourages the breakup.

Eventually, Rak and Pik plead with Oei to tell Paeng the truth and apologize. Oei agrees. But before things can be fully resolved, everyone receives Chadjen’s farewell letter and fears that he has gone off to kill himself. They rush out to search for him. When Rak finally finds Chadjen and explains everything, the two hurry back home. But Rak carelessly forgets to bring Link back with him, and in the chaos, Paeng accidentally unleashes her “husband-eating destiny power” on Chadjen, causing a terrible car crash. Chadjen and another passenger are left severely injured and comatose.

When Oei realizes that Paeng has used this supernatural curse-like power on Chadjen, she understands that everything she did has failed. Yet she is also grimly satisfied that Chadjen is now close to death — and that she will not be arrested for murder.

Talat Mai Khad Rak (Love Never Leaves the Market) is the story of an intense rivalry between two market stall owners — once the best of friends, now bitter enemies because of love, as well as because of their completely opposite approaches to business: capitalism versus contentment. If two tigers cannot share the same cave, how can two rival vendors possibly survive in the same market?

Back when Saphan Khiao Market first opened, Ah Tong (Methanee Buranasiri) and Ah Chai (Warut Woratham) were inseparable best friends who had grown up together. They persuaded each other to rent stalls in the new market. Ah Tong opened a chicken stall, because it promised strong profits and a quick path to wealth. Ah Chai, on the other hand, opened a vegetable stall, because it was simple, less stressful, and brought a comfortable kind of happiness. The two old friends rented stalls directly opposite one another and carried on their businesses while always looking across at each other, helping and supporting one another.

Then love arrived — and the friendship that had seemed unbreakable began to crack.

Ah Phing (Chatchadaporn Thananta), a beautiful and kind-hearted young woman, came to rent a stall and open a grocery shop in the market. Both of the close friends took turns courting her, each trying to win as much of her affection as possible. As time passed, their relationship gradually changed. Without realizing it, the two best friends became rivals and then enemies.

In the end, Ah Phing ran away to marry another man. Ah Tong and Ah Chai were left heartbroken — and unable ever to return to being friends again.