Ka Ina

Ka Ina (1995) was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 164 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.

ynopsis

Ka Ina tells the story of two women, dangerously linked by superstition, magic and the love of one man. Catalina Miranda and Maniña Yerichana are both beautiful and young. The first is an assertive and independent engineer educated in Europe; the second, the most powerful and feared woman in the jungle, a legendary priestess born to a Dutch gold digger and a Yanomami Indian Princess. Catalina and Maniña will become antagonists because of Ricardo Leon, a mysterious man from the capital city. But there is a fascinating element of magic that makes this rivalry especially interesting. Although they appear to be the same age, Maniña and Catalina are really mother and daughter, a fact that no one knows. A riveting fairy tale filled with ancient folklore and mysterious legends. Ka Ina is a unique and exotic novela that will sure captivate audiences all over the world.

Cast

*Jean Carlo Simancas as Ricardo Leon
*Viviana Gibelli as Catalina Miranda
*Hilda Abrahamz as Maniña Yerichana
*Julio Alcazar as Dagoberto
*Aroldo Betancourt as Cruz de Jesus/Padre Gamboa
*Juan Manuel Montesinos as Fernando
*Eva Moreno as Tibisay
*Jose Torres as Tacupay
*Alberto Marin as Medardo
*Marisela Buitriago as Lola
*Ramon Hinojosa as Garcia
*Umberto Buonocuore as Gaetano
*Yolanda Muñoz as Vicenta
*Geronimo Gomez as Abel
*Maria Eugenia Perera as Janet
*Isabel Herrera as Pauchi
*Elisa Escamez as Ingracia
*Elena Dinisio as Ingrid
*Zoe Bolivar as Josefa Restrepo
*Carmelo Lapira as Jairo Pastrana
*Lucas Atilano as Washington
*Sebastian Atilano as Jefferson
*Ledimar Sifuentes as Luz Clarita

Theme song

The theme song to Ka Ina is "Ojos Malignos", performed by Soledad Bravo.

Trivia

This was the only Hispanic telenovela dubbed in English & Cebuano version in the Philippines, played by Citynet Television & GMA Cebu and Davao. In Citynet, it was dubbed in English through the trends of playing Japanese sci-fi TV series dubbed in English (in Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation). After Ka Ina ended in Citynet as the first English-dubbed Hispanic telenovela in the said country, Citynet never borrowed any telenovela to be dubbed in English.

ee also

*List of famous telenovelas
*List of programs broadcast by Venevision

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368513/ Ka Ina] at the Internet Movie Database