Introduction to Thai Dramas!

Introduction

No matter how much Korean dramas are famous in Thailand; still a lot of people in the country are the audiences of Thai Dramas or Thai soap operas. They are called "Lakorn" in Thailand.  Just like movies and dramas from other countries, they have different genres; drama, comedy, action, horror, etc.

TWO OF MY FAVOURITE THAI DRAMAS

WANIDA & GAME RAI GAME RUK (WANIDA & EVIL GAME LOVE GAME)

Showing Time

There are three main channels that show Thai Dramas (although there are six channels on Thai Television); Channel 3, Channel 7 and Channel 5. The dramas mostly are started to show at 8:20 pm in the evening. For Channel 3 and 7, they show three dramas a week; one on Monday and Tuesday, one on Wednesday and Thursday; and one on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For these two Channels, each episode of the dramas finishes at 10:20 pm. For Channel 5, there was only one drama showing from Monday to Thursday and each episode finishes at 9:20 pm. However, starting from 2013, the channel show two dramas a week; one on Monday and Tuesday, and one on Wednesday and Thursday with each episode finishing at 10:00 pm.  There are also some minor Lakorns showing in the early evening at about 6:30 pm on weekends for some channels and weekdays on some channels. Another Thai channel, Channel 9 sometimes also show lakorns.

Negative Points!

There are some lakorns which are long without reasons. It seems that they just add episodes to get more ads, and then the ending is rushed. A lot of lakorns have very similar scripts. In present days, they use or promote new actors and actresses in the leading roles, and some of the actors and actresses cannot act well.

Positive Points!

There are a lot of good points of watching Thai dramas. One of the reason why I love watching lakorns is that they are quite different from series from Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Dramas from those countries have a lot of similarities. Lakorns are a bit different from those series in style and scripts probably because the culture in Thailand. So, it keeps me interesting to watch lakorns. Besides, most lakorns have happy endings.

Favourite Lakorns and Podcast

My Favourite Lakorns

Although, there are a lot of dramatic serious lakorns, I tend to like the lighter ones more. There are only a few on list but I will keep updating!

4 Heart of the Mountain (4 Huajai Hang Khukao) (With English Sub)

Information On
http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/4_Huajai_Haeng_Koon_Kao

(See The Series)
Tara Himalaya (First Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2JIzuyB3P4&list=PLD31C20331D5CE3E8

Duangjai Akkanee/ Akkanee's Sweetheart (Second Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jElqJzYOb6Y&list=PL1039DDF6182290B3

Pathapee Leh Ruk/Pathapee's Love Trick (Third Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJnyyFdZ_c&list=PL0779CE54642D44E8

Wayupak Montra/Wayupak's Enchantment (Fourth Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8s4FakNJIc&list=PLE61BE631395D74AB

Evil Game Love Game (Game Rai Game Ruk) With(English Sub)

Information On

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Game_Rai_Phaai_Game_Ruk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmLQZd7DEGk (See The Series)

Garland for Three Men (Malai Sarm Chai)

Information On

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Malai_Sarm_Chai_(2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpuJYCLnyKw(See The Series)

Wanida (With English Sub)

Information On

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Wanida_2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SAsgxgy9Mk&list=PL83FC9FD64E5036D5 (See The Series)

Love Flowers at the Edge of the Road (Dok Ruk Rim Tang) (With English Sub)

Information On

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Dok_Ruk_Rim_Tang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-J-vj_sGE(See The Series)

Desert Girl (Mae Kha Khanom Wan) (With English Sub)

Information On 

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Mae_Ka_Khanom_Wan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0bnks1X9Tg&list=PLFD2443C0731E576A(See The Series)

Scent of Orange Jasmine (Klin Kaew Klang Jai) (With English Sub)

Information On

http://wiki.asianfuse.net/index.php/Klin_Kaew_Klang_Jai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaVoMJF1Bfo&list=PL451A04775D1F2F35 (See The Series)

The Podcast for 4 Hearts of the Mountain Review

 http://winpa2010.podomatic.com/entry/2013-07-17T20_08_59-07_00

This is from sojo4two channel from youtube. It is 14 minutes long but I cut it to be 2:32 minutes long.

You can see the original video on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmZlmgjlas

If you are living in Thailand, and if you have watch any lakorn yet, should start watching one. But please don't serious just watch it for fun. ENJOY!

Other Types of lakorns

There are also another type of Thai lakorn. They are called "Thai Boran Lakorns". These lakorns are about f Thai folk tales or fairy tales.

Two of the Boran Lakorns

The image of the lakorn air in 2008 at Thai TV Channel 7

The cover of the Original Story

Thep Sarm Rudoo (Gods of Three Seasons)

A boran lakorn on Channel 7 on 2005

Sites for Lakorns

Sarnworld (Forum for lakorns and series)

http://asianfuse.net/discuzz/

Introduction Lyn's Lakorn Blog (For news)
http://iheartlakorns.com/

Spicy Forum (Another Forum)
http://www.spicyforum.net/forum/6-lakorns-tv-series/

My email

winpa2010@gmail.com