Maging Sino Ka Man
(ABS-CBN) |
Channel: ABS-CBN
Genre: Drama
Started: October 6, 2006
Status: Running
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What if all your life you’ve been true to
yourself and the whole world, but when you fall
in love you unwittingly build your love on a lie?
Can that love survive?
A soap that tackles intricate filial relationships
among the elite and the poor and how the social
economic classes respond to each longing for love
and justice, Maging Sino Ka Man revolves
around the lives of four main characters (Eli, Jackie,
Celine, and JB) who each are searching for purpose,
freedom, and happiness.
Recurring subplots include a father's masochistic
attitude as a result of his hatred toward his deceased
mom, an infidel wife who redeems herself as a mother,
a business tycoon who gives importance more to power
and creating a "perfect son," a son's
submission to his overpowering mother,a young woman's
struggles to move on from her pain, a brother's
guilt over a crime and a man's vengeful transformation
due to the death of his foster father.
Eli is Mr. Nice Guy of Tondo. Though he was cared
for by a family not his own, he grew up on a rich
diet of principle and love -- love that he received
from his adoptive father, Dadoods, his older brother,
Pong, and until 5 years ago, his strict but loving
mother, Eloisa. He loved them above everything else
in this world. He would do anything humanly possible
to protect them from harm. Thus, when he learns
that his Kuya Pong agrees to be the get-away driver
in a kidnapping, he does all he can to save his
brother from disaster. But, too late. When he gets
to the scene of the crime, he finds his brother
badly hurt from the failed kidnapping attempt, entrusting
to him the care of the unconscious kidnap victim
– Jackie. Against his better judgment, Eli
heeds his brother’s plea.
Jackie, it turns out, is the sole heiress to a
banking empire, the golden girl of high society.
Jackie is the kind of person who finds happiness
in making other people happy. She is also the fiancée
of JB, a successful general manager of the family-owned
shipping company. Like Jackie, he is the pride of
high society and the joy of his mother, Corazon.
But JB finds solace in Celine’s arms during
Jackie’s disappearance.
Celine is Jackie’s first cousin and her
exact anti-thesis. Considered the shame of her family.
Celine, who, in spite of her happiness at Jackie’s
return, feels extreme sadness because during her
cousin’s absence, she and JB had grown close.
Close enough for her to hope that JB would love
her back. JB, whom she has loved all her life.
Like Celine, Eli, too, is brokenhearted. Now that
she is back with her family and back in the arms
of JB, the rightful owner of her heart, she is lost
to him forever. But, he relents to fate, thinking
that the most beautiful chapter in his life has
ended. That is until he crosses paths with Jackie
again.
Maging Sino Ka Man is
a primetime teleserye where each one will be able
to find a piece of themselves in the characters
who are all on a quest to find ultimate happiness
in loving.
Four lives. Four hearts. All will learn to love
and hope in a complicated world while searching
for truth. Everyone is ready to gamble everything,
everyone hoping for happiness, freedom and love.
(source: ABS-CBN
Interactive)
[ CAST
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John Lloyd Cruz - Eli Davide
Bea Alonzo - Jackie Madrigal
Anne Curtis - Celine Magsaysay
Sam Milby - JB Berenguer
Christopher de Leon - Fidel Madrigal (father of
Jackie)
Chin-chin Gutierrez - Corazon Vda. De Berenguer
(JB’s mother)
Irma Adlawan - Imelda Magsaysay (Fidel's younger
step sister and Celine's mother)
Bing Pimentel - Monique Madrigal. (Fidel's former
wife and Jackie's estranged mother)
Glenda Garcia - Mamu G. (Corazon's sister).
Dick Ysrael - Dadoods, (Eli's adoptive father)
Smokey Manaloto - Pong (Eli's older brother)
The show also stars:
Ramon Zamora as Mang Simo - the barrio "abularyo"
Malou de Guzman as Aling Bebeng - Mang Simo's wife
who befriends Eli and Jackie
Keanna Reeves as Guada - one of the barrio neighbors
who befriends Jackie
Ricci Chan as Gio - Celine's best friend
Joey Paras as Mama Siony - Monique's best friend,
a beautician
Marissa Delgado as Eloisa - Eli's adoptive mother
Debraliz Valasote as Miriam - Fidel's house secretary
Izza Ignacio as Heidi - Jackie's yaya
Soliman Cruz as Mang Oca - Eli's boss at the rock
quarry, and the bridge to Eli's lost past.
Mario Magalona as Big Boy - the person who was in
charge of kidnapping Jackie.
Denise Laurel as Kalayaan ("Kalay") -
Eli's engineering classmate and friend
Baron Geisler as Kevin Romero - Owner of a large
corporate client of the Roxas Shipping line, who
takes interest in Celine.
Ryan Eigenmann as Brian Antonio - JB's friend and
later Celine's suitor. Owner of rehab center The
Haven
Michelle Madrigal as Yvette Ramos
Bembol Roco as Tomas Arroyo
[ SYNOPSES
]
Part 1: Bucolic Place
The first six weeks of the series spans a period
of roughly three months.
Jackie has lost her memory and can only rely on
Eli, whom she only knows as her husband, and whom
she grows to eventually love. Eli is constantly
plagued by the lies he has told Jackie. They lead
a quiet and simple life, hidden away in a small
provincial town, with many nosy but caring neighbors
to help them adjust to their new life.
While in the province, Eli gets a job working at
a quarry, where he meets the foreman, a man named
Oca. Mang Oca recognizes the jade pendant that Eli
wears around his neck and takes an immediate interest
in Eli, but does not reveal the reason why.
With Jackie now believed to be dead, the Madrigal,
Berenguer, and Magsaysay families mourn their loss.
Celine, who for many years has concealed a secret
love for JB, spends time with him and in the process
the two eventually develop a budding romance. Their
relationship is complicated by the arrival of Kevin
Romero (Baron Geisler), a client who makes no secret
of his interest in Celine. With JB's support, Celine
stands up to Kevin's blackmail attempt and gains
confidence in herself. But before Celine and JB's
relationship can grow further, Jackie hits her head
in a fall and wakes up remembering who she is.
Eli, Jackie, Celine, and JB.
Part 2: Jackie's Resurrection
Maging Sino Ka Man Main
Characters: Eli, Jackie, Celine, JB
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Weeks 7 to 10 of the series explore the aftermath
of Jackie's sudden return.
Eli resorts to stalking Jackie, only to realize
in a chance encounter that she no longer remembers
him or the three months they spent together. Eli
eventually finds the strength to move on, and with
Mang Oca's help, he returns to school to complete
his engineering degree.
JB finds himself torn between two loves, and does
not know how to choose between Jackie and Celine.
Celine is unable to deal with JB's indecision and
finally realizes that she has once again lost JB
to Jackie. Grieving with the loss of JB, Celine
recklessly uses her charms to land a lucrative account
for the company, but her actions are caught on security
cameras. JB is hurt and rejects Celine completely,
causing her to go on a self-destructive drinking
and partying spree.
Jackie returns to her old life bringing new preferences,
new convictions, and new habits. The subtle changes
at first puzzle but later infuriate JB and her father.
But Jackie learns to stand up for herself.
This part of the series also delves more into the
lives of several secondary characters, particularly
Jackie's estranged parents, Fidel (Christopher de
Leon) and Monique (Bing Pimentel). Their troubled
marital past is revealed in bits and pieces -- in
her loneliness, Monique had given into the temptation
of an extra-marital affair because her husband was
emotionally distant. When he learned of the affair,
Fidel threw her out of his home and cut her off
without a single cent. Monique has been living with
a gay beautician friend since then.
Also in this part of the series, Eli and JB meet
for the first time when Eli comes to JB's rescue
during a carnapping attempt on JB's car. In the
scuffle, Eli is stabbed and JB rushes him to the
hospital. Eli earns JB's respect by refusing to
take money as a reward, and when the two men part
ways, JB asks Eli not to hesitate to contact him
if he should need anything.
All throughout, Mang Oca continues to keep in touch
with Eli, and even steps in to help with Eli's tuition
fees and his hospital bills after the stabbing incident.
Part 3: Six Months Later
Celine's mother, Imelda (Irma Adlawan), finally
steps in and drags her daughter to a rehabilitation
center called The Haven. With time, Celine manages
to complete the program and in the process meets
Brian Antonio (Ryan Eigenmann), the Haven's founder,
who falls in love with her even though Celine is
still not completely over JB.
Fidel decides to take Jackie to the US for further
check-ups ostensibly because he is disturbed by
her memory loss. When they return to Manila, Jackie
is determined to start a business and eventually
opens a landscaping and gardening firm called Jade
Gardens. Her continued quest for independence and
her insistence on seeing her mother confuse and
infuriate JB, but he forces himself to adjust and
accept because he is determined to make their relationship
work.
At a wedding, JB and Celine cross paths for the
first time since their bitter argument months earlier.
Their passion for one another is still there, but
they are forced by circumstances to keep their feelings
buried.
Part 4: The Plot Thickens
Jackie's memory seems to be returning, as she
has discovered the province where she and Eli stayed
during her memory loss. However, recollections remain
vague and she does not remember Eli's involvement.
Meanwhile, she and Eli become closer, much to the
dismay of her father.
JB finally professes his undying love for Celine,
but gives in to Corazon's emotional blackmail after
her suicide attempt, and asks Jackie to marry him.
A heartbroken Celine parties the nights away, until
Brian comes for her.
Jackie is dismayed when Eli decides to quit his
job at Jade Gardens, out of fear that Jackie's memory
will soon return. His impending departure spurs
Jackie to confess her love for him. She later returns
her engagement ring to JB. When JB rushes to Celine,
however, he is too late; she has already married
Brian.
Fidel begins a tentative reconciliation with his
estranged wife, Monique, and eventually asks her
to move back into the Madrigal mansion, much to
Jackie's delight and Corazon's dismay. But their
reconciliation is short-lived as Corazon sabotages
their relationship with some well-placed photographs
of Monique with another man. Fidel throws Monique
out of the house.
Part 5: Payback Time
Eli and Jackie elope but Fidel and JB catch up
and assault Eli before bringing Jackie back home.
With Celine's help, Jackie finally escapes her father
and fiance. Fidel sends men to get information from
Dadoods and Pong, who are beaten for staying silent.
Eli and Jackie are back in the barrio when Jackie
finally remembers everything... and feels betrayed.
She promises to keep Eli's secrets, but leaves him
despite his pleas for her to stay.
Jackie's driver finally awakens and tells Fidel
that Jackie had been lost during a kidnapping attempt.
Eli and JB get into a fight and Eli lands in jail.
Pong turns to Celine for help, and she bails Eli
out. Eli returns to the hospital to find that Dadoods
has died of his injuries while he was in jail.
Imelda finds Jackie at Celine's home and calls
Fidel.
Pong is arrested after one of the kidnapping accomplices
turn him in. Eli is enraged and frustrated when
he finds Pong badly beaten in jail.
Eli pleads with Fidel for Pong's life but Fidel
pushes him away and spits on him.
Mang Oca finally tells Eli about his lost past.
Finding Eli's jade pendant necklace in her backyard
and realizing it was the one the Roxas Patriach
(Don Roxas, father of Dona Corazon and Mamu G) was
wearing in the photo at the Roxas ancestral house,
Celine went to Corazon. She finds a sense of triumph
in seeing Corazon beg as to who is the owner of
the necklace. The possibility that Corazon might
be Eli's real mother, and that she (Corazon) is
also cheap, a point Corazon never fails to emphasize
to her (Celine) whenever they are together, was
enough irony.
Corazon and Celine go to see Eli and tells him
he might be a Roxas, but Eli laughs at her and reveals
that he already knows before throwing them out of
his home.
Corazon is in anguish as she remembers giving baby
Eli to Fidel many years ago.
Part 6: The Lost Truth
Maging Sino Ka Man Main
Characters: Eli, Jackie, Celine, JB
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Corazon makes a DNA test, and sees that Eli is
a Roxas. Corazon then reveals to JB that Eli is
his cousin. The scene changes, Eli walks into the
room where Mamu G is. Mamu G stares at Eli and sees
the pendant. There was a long flashback, suddenly,
Mamu G remembered everything, and she recovered
from her extreme depression. She hugs Eli, and was
completely overjoyed.
Corazon approaches Mamu G, but instead gets slapped
at the face. Corazon wonders why, because she has
taken care of Mamu G for a long time, and she didn't
even thank her for her care and assistance. Meanwhile,
JB said to Corazon maybe Mamu G was still recovering
from her state, and maybe they should have a check-up
first to see if she has completely recovered.
Indeed, she has recovered, and Corazon went to
talk to Mamu G. She asked her why she was angry,
and Mamu G angrily told her why. Corazon tried to
explain, but Mamu G did not listen. She was totally
infuriated, and asked Corazon how she could kill.
Corazon was surprised, and tried to argue that she
only want the baby to be taken away, not to be killed.
Mamu G tells Corazon that was what Eli told her,
and that was what Fidel has ordered.
Corazon went to visit Fidel and was angry because
of his betrayal. She asked him how he could have
done that, and told him that she had trusted him
for all this years. Even her relationship with her
sister was destroyed because of him. Fidel told
her that he had to do that and told Corazon that
it was Mamu G's fault. Meanwhile, Eli is reunited
with his mother, and JB is jealous of this. JB confronts
Eli that it was just the money that Eli wanted from
Mamu G. Eli gets angry and says that JB does not
know him well, so he does not have the right to
tell him that. Eli joins the RSL, and wants JB's
position in the company. Corazon quite reluctantly
agrees to this, because she has done a very big
sin to Mamu G. Mamu G discovers what happens, and
comforts JB. She tells that she loves Eli, but she
loves JB too. Later on JB comes with Jackie to a
dinner where Mamu G lives. This means that Eli will
be there too, so Jackie wanted to leave straight
away, but JB did not let her. On the dinner, it
appears that Jackie has not given Eli their wedding
invitation yet. JB kept telling Mamu G and Eli about
their wedding, apparently, to make Eli jealous.
Part 7: The New, Rich Eli
Eli is now rich, and full of power. The part where
his Dadoods is killed because of Fidel and JB, and
the part here his brother is in jail, and his life
was totally in hell when his relationship with Jackie
was destroyed. His anger with Fidel and JB are growing.He
wanted to take revenge,which lead him into making
a still unknown plan. He then decides to leave RSL
and take all his shares from the company. Corazon
was infuriated and tells him that she can't do that,
or their business will colapse. Eli soon convinces
her, and Corazon's company was losing a lot of money.
People are getting angry with Corazon and JB. Eli
later on wanted to get his money from Fidel's bank,
but it appears that they did not have enough money
to be able to change the cheque into cash. Eli gets
angry. He complains to Fidel about his company,
and even threatens Fidel that he will destroy his
reputation. Fidel gets enraged.
Part 8: Close to the end
While the series is about to finish, Fidel is
showing signs of pity towards Jackie. The other
day, he overhears Jackie talking to Celine, saying
how sometimes she doesn't want to open her eyes
anymore. Se also says that everyday her life is
being manipulated that she feels she is already
dead. Fidel sees that Jackie is depressed and sad,
sometimes not even eating. He totally manipulated
her life, and he realises how he has been evil to
her. One morning, Jackie wakes up and sees Fidel
serve her some breakfast. She asks why, and he replies
that it isn't bad to give her breakfast once in
a while, because she hasn't been eating very much
for some time. Jackie quietly thanks him, and Fidel
smiles.
Later on, Jackie sees Fidel really tired and stressed
out with work. She gets a bit worried, and serves
breakfast to Fidel the next morning. Surprised,
he cries. "The best coffee...For the best dad,"
was the line Jackie used to say. Fidel was overjoyed,
saying he thought he will never hear that again.
He says that he was sorry for all that he has done,
and saying it was unfair for him to throw Monique
out of the house just like that. Jackie was so happy,
and they both hug.
Part 9: The Big Twist
Oca is still manipulating the mind of Eli. With
Eli's plans to bankrupt Fidel's company, Jackie
was forced to meet Eli and ask him to stop, Eli
said yes to her demands but in return Jackie would
have to marry him. Jackie ran away from his house,
crying, not before saying a big fat NO to him.
The next day was JB and Jackie's wedding. JB promises
to himself to be a good husband to Jackie. The guests
and the groom have arrived and are waiting for Jackie.
Jackie steps inside the her wedding car with a determined
look on her face. The maids are riding infront of
the wedding car when they notice jackie's car swayed
the other way. The maids call fidel about what happened
which prompted JB to get into his car and drive
after. This is where the long car chasing scene
is, where JB drives after the wedding car. When
he finally catches up to it, he finds the car was
empty which drove him to have a fit.
Later on, you will see Eli and Jackie signing the
marriage contract. They got married instead! But
not out of love. Eli married Jackie for his final
revenge on Fidel, while Jackie married Eli to save
her father's company. Jackie refused to let Eli
kiss her on their wedding day.
JB returned to his drinking ways and shot Eli on
the shoulder after returning from the bar. Oca told
JB that if Eli will sue him, he will rot in jail.
But Eli didn't file a case against JB.
Celine sees a scrapbook of her tangible memories
of JB. She burned it.
Oca ordered the beating of Pong in prison. Pong
later suffers a traumatic breakdown. Eli blames
Don Fidel for this and refused to hear what he is
saying.
Don Fidel later saw Oca, and they argue. Oca shoots
Jackie's father, who later falls in the stairs.
Don Fidel is later rushed to the hospital, and Jackie
is crying. Jackie sees her father because of her
love for him, but Dona Corazon (JB's mother) visits
him because of ill will and told him that he deserves
everything. Monique later takes care of Fidel, who
tells her he is sorry for everything. Mamu G told
Eli to let Fidel go.
But the story doesn't end there yet. How about
Eli's father? Who is he? Will Jackie still marry
JB even we know that the one she truly loves is
Eli? How about Celine? Will she forever be with
Brian when we know that JB has been the only person
she has ever loved? How about JB? When will JB realize
that the only person for him is Celine? "Maging
Sino Ka Man" is still airing, and a very much
anticipated show, and we all are craving for its
ending.
[ THEME
SONG ]
The series theme song is also entitled Maging Sino
Ka Man. The song was previously recorded by both
Sharon Cuneta and Rey Valera, and was also used
as the movie theme for two-part movies starring
Sharon Cuneta and Robin Padilla under VIVA Films.
The remake that is used as the TV series theme
is performed by Erik Santos.
One of the actors from the soap, Sam Milby, also
recorded the song, Maging Sino Ka Man as a part
of his limited edition album.
[ TRIVIA
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The names of the characters were adopted from past
and present Philippine politicians, such as:
Manuel
"Eli" Davide - Manuel Quezon
Jacqueline
"Jackie" Madrigal - Jackie Ejercito Estrada
(daughter of former President Joseph Estrada)
Celine
Magsaysay - Ramon Magsaysay
Don
Fidel Madrigal - Fidel Ramos
Corazon
Roxas Vda. De Berenguer - Corazon Aquino
Imelda
Magsaysay - Imelda Marcos
Gloria
"Mamu G." Roxas - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Diosdado
"Dadoods" Davide - Diosdado Macapagal
Apolinario
"Pong" Davide - Apolinario Mabini
Last names:
Davide
- Hilario Davide
Madrigal
- Jamby Madrigal
Roxas
- Manuel Roxas
The pilot episode of Maging Sino Ka Man aired as
a 1.5 hour special, taking the October 6, 2006 timeslot
of Maalaala Mo Kaya.
Maging Sino Ka Man won as the Best Drama-Mini Series
in the 2007 USTv Students' Choice Awards on Television
by the University of Sto. Tomas.
John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo also won as Best
Drama Actors in Mini Series.
Famous Quotes from the series:
JB to Celine: "I never said that I love you..."
Celine to JB: "Yes I am a slut, but I am the
best slut in town."
Sam Milby's line as JB Berenguer, "I never
said that I love you," became one of the recurring
pop culture references from the show.
In the superhero series, Super Inggo, Super Islaw
(played by Zanjoe Marudo), calmed his super girlfriend
who was jealous of another woman by saying "I
never said that I loved her," an allegory to
Sam Milby's famous quote. Another show that spoofed
the famous line was Aalog-Alog, where Zanjoe was
also the one who said it, and Let's Go!, another
ABS-CBN show.
The longtime TV love team partners, John Lloyd Cruz
and Bea Alonzo had their first love scene in a soap
in this series.
There was another series with the same name "Maging
Sino Ka Man", which was aired over rival network
GMA-7 as "Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man"
starring Iza Calzado and Segundo Cernadas. Its theme
song is also the same as ABS-CBN's Maging Sino Ka
Man except it was sung by Nyoy Volante and Arnee
Hidalgo.
