Obra (TV series)

Obra
Format	Melodrama
Created by	GMA Entertainment TV Group
Developed by	Jun Lana
Directed by	various
Starring	various
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino, Tagalog, English
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	Wilma Galvante
Location(s)	Metro Manila, Philippines
Running time	45-60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	GMA Network
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Original run	August 14, 2008 – November 27, 2008
Chronology
Followed by	SRO Cinemaserye
Related shows	Magpakailanman SRO Cinemaserye
External links
Website

Obra, also known as Masterpiece in English, was a weekly anthology on GMA Network. Each month, the show featured a different star. The pilot episode aired on August 14, 2008.^[1]

Premise

Obra is a weekly primetime drama series featuring GMA-7 stars in four stories about life, love and sacrifice. Each series had own set of production teams.^[2]

Season one

Katrina Halili

• Katrina Halili was the first star.^[3]

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Co-starring	Original airdate
1	"Misteryosa"	Jun Lana[4]	Jun Lana	Ian Veneracion Antonio Aquintania Deobrah Sun	August 14, 2008
2	"Bayaran"	Kit Villanueva-Langit	Maryo J. de los Reyes	Richard Gomez Gary Estrada Carmen Soriano	August 21, 2008
3	"For Love or Money"	Denoy Navarro-Punio	Bibeth Orteza	Eddie Garcia Eugene Domingo Polo Ravales John Lapus	August 28, 2008
4	"Taong Grasa"	Dode Cruz	Joel Lamangan	Paolo Contis Raquel Villavicencio	September 4, 2008

JC de Vera

JC de Vera was the second star.^[5]

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Co-starring	Original airdate
5	"Pretty Boy"	Jun Lana	Jun Lana	Gina Alajar Chanda Romero	September 11, 2008
6	"Rehas"	Dode Cruz	Mac Alejandre	Tirso Cruz III Lovi Poe Joko Diaz Shyr Valdez	September 18, 2008
7	"Daddy Dearest"	Denoy Navarro-Punio	Joel Lamangan	Gardo Versoza Michelle Madrigal Bernadette Alyson John Feir	September 25, 2008
Ryan—a young man who is about to get married discovers that his father and uncle are gay.
8	"Sintoy"	R.J. Nuevas	Maryo J. de los Reyes	Rhian Ramos Carmi Martin Baron Geisler	October 2, 2008
Sintoy —blind, mute and deaf lives in a world where he is treated as dirt as an illegitimate child. He finds love with a woman who is willing to give love in-return.

Sunshine Dizon

Sunshine Dizon was the third star.^[6]

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Co-starring	Original airdate
9	"Butch"	Dode Cruz	Joel Lamangan	Chynna Ortaleza Robert Villar	October 9, 2008 (Re-Aired; April 1, 2010)
10	"Drama Queen"	R.J. Nuevas	Maryo J. de los Reyes	Yul Servo Liza Lorena Marky Cielo Paolo Paraiso	October 16, 2008
The story tells of Mira Bella, a great actress who is ravaged by vices while still pining for a lost love.
11 / 12	"Rosa Negra"	Jun Lana	Jun Lana	Jay Manalo Maureen Larrazabal Dexter Doria	October 23, 2008 (Part 1) October 30, 2008 (Part 2)
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Iza Calzado^[7]

#	Title	Writer(s)	Director	Co-starring	Original airdate
13	"Sanib"	Denoy Navarro-Punio	Topel Lee	Ian de Leon Rommel Padilla Isabel Granada Spanky Manikan Sandy Talag	November 6, 2008
Melissa is possessed by an evil spirit. While on vacation with her husband they become victims of supernatural elements.
14	"Beauty Queer"	Senedy Que	Dominic Zapata	Melanie Marquez Carlene Aguilar Marco Alcaraz Miriam Quiambao	November 13, 2008
15	"Boksingera"	Roy C. Iglesias	Mark Reyes	Dingdong Dantes Pen Medina Shirley Fuentes	November 20, 2008
16	"Stella .45"	Elmer L. Gatchalian	Rico Gutierrez	Ian Veneracion Bobby Andrews Neil Ryan Sese	November 27, 2008

Season two

Main article: SRO Cinemaserye

After a three-month hiatus, the series will return with a different format. Originally, it was supposed to return for its second season on January 2009 with Jennylyn Mercado as its featured-artist. It will air its second season as SRO Cinema Serye starting on April 2 as an 8-part mini-series which is entitled Ganti ng Puso,^[8] starring Geoff Eigenmann, Bianca King, Maxene Magalona, Sheryl Cruz and Marvin Agustin.^[9]

Awards and nominations

• On September 5, 2009, the series was awarded Best Drama Anthology by the 1st MTRCB TV Awards, besting heavy contender Maalaala Mo Kaya - which later won the same category in the 5th USTv Students' Choice Award.
• The series was nominated for Best Drama Anthology against Maynila and Maalaala Mo Kaya on the 23rd PMPC Star Awards for TV.
  • Richard Gomez and JC de Vera was nominated Best Single Performance by an Actor for the Bayaran and Pretty Boy episodes, respectively.
  • Gina Alajar was nominated for Best Single Performance by an Actress for the Pretty Boy episode. Sunshine Dizon is also nominated in the same category for her performance in the Butch episode.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by GMA Network

References

1. ^ Aktres, magpapatapyas ng boobs! abante.com.ph
2. ^ About Obra igma.tv
3. ^ GMA7 TRUSTS KATRINA journal.com.ph
4. ^ Mga Kapamilya hanga kay Regine Velasquez journal.com.ph
5. ^ JC De Vera is next to be featured on Obra after Katrina Halili pep.ph
6. ^ Sunshine Dizon makes screen comeback via Obra pep.ph
7. ^ Iza Calzado wants to be a gay icon pep.ph
8. ^ Geoff walang project sa Dos kaya balik-GMA journal.com.ph
9. ^ JC de Vera pinalitan ni Geoff Eigenmann sa Obra ng GMA-7 journal.com.ph

External links

• Obra at the Internet Movie Database