Amaya Marian Rivera Pictures From The Lunch Break Blogger

Amaya is the first ever epic series (epicserye) in the country’s television history.  GMA-7’s most expensive epicserye was plotted in the year 1500s where Datu’s and Raha’s reign.  It was directed by a veteran director Mr.  Mac C. Alejandre who was also the man behind the TV Series – Marimar, Majika, Darna and etc. Amaya reflects the story of our natural heritage and life during the 1500s which almost has been forgotten today.  Portrayed by Marian Rivera, Amaya is a story of a girl, born as princess who will soon became a slave, because of her step mother and at the end will be destined to be the most powerful woman of her time.

Aside from Marian Rivera’s character Amaya, the story also involves her father in the story Raymond Bagatsing as “Datu Bugna” who fell in love with her mother who was a slave named “Dal’lang” which portrayed by a veteran actress and a congresswoman Hon. Lani Mercado. The veteran and very versatile actress Ms. Gina Alajar portrays “Dian Lamitan”, the first royal wife of “Datu Bugna”. Who later enslaved Amaya in the story. “Rajah Mangubat” was a fearless and cruel leader during that time, in which the character was rendered by Mr. Gardo Versoza. Glaiza de Castro also starred as the character “Binayaan” the youngest daughter of Datu Bugna and Dian Lamitan. Furthermore, Amaya also tells about the story of her romance between “Bagani” portrayed by Sid Lucero who’s the heir to Rajah Mangubat’s throne and  “Lumad” portrayed by Mikael Daez (a model-turned actor).  Who also fell in-love with Amaya which added spices to the story.

Last night May 27, 2011, I was one of the fortunate bloggers who watched the first pilot episode of Amaya which was held at Cinema 2 of  SM The Block in Quezon City. A lot of Marian fans came (I think that’s includes me…) and we were all very excited (who wouldn’t be) to view the exclusive screening of the much awaited Amaya with the country’s primetime queen Marian Rivera.

Being with the VIPs such as: Glaiza de Castro, Roxanne Barcelo, Rochelle Pangilinan, Mikael Daez, Buboy Villar, Ms. Lani Mercado, Ms. Gina Alajar, Mon Confiado, Ayen Munji-Laurel, AJ Dee, Raymund Bagatsing, and Ana Feleo gave me goose bumps all throughout the event. Aside from them, Director Mac C. Alejandre, and head writer Suzette Doctolero was also there supporting Marian Rivira’s teleserye Amaya in which will be on television starting on Monday, May 30 right after Captain Barbell.

After Luanne Dy (Unang Hirit’s  Showbiz and Lifestyle Anchor) introduced  the cast of Amaya, the crowd applauded when she signaled for the start of the special screening.  The karakoa – a multi million peso worth custom-made  boats opened the epicserye introducing Rajah Mangubat’s banwa or fleets.  The first episode defined the characters of Rajah Mangubat which tells how powerful and cruel he is. It also introduced the romantic affair of Datu Bugna and Dal’Lang. It also talks about the prophecy about a girl born with ‘kambal-ahas’ will soon dethrone Rajah Mangubat and his banwa (territory) to fall.

From: http://www.thelunchbreakblogger.com/reviews/amaya-gma-7s-world-class-epicserye/