Daldalita

Daldalita
Genre
Created by Denoy Navarro Punio
Directed by Don Michael Perez
Starring Jillian Ward
Opening theme "Daldalita" by Ogie Alcasid and Jillian Ward
Ending theme "Someone's Waiting for You" by Ogie Alcasid
Composer(s) Ogie Alcasid
Country of origin Philippines
Original language(s) Tagalog
No. of episodes 80
Production
Executive producer(s) Leilani Feliciano Sandoval
Production location(s) Philippines
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 30-45 minutes
Production company(s) GMA Entertainment TV
Release
Original network GMA Network
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17) – February 3, 2012 (2012-02-03)

Daldalita is a Philippine television musical drama fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Jillian Ward in the title role. It premiered on October 17, 2011 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Futbolilits.[1] The series concluded on February 3, 2012 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by Alice Bungisngis and her Wonder Walis in its timeslot.

Premise

Mateo and Carmela live a simple and happy life in the province. But their happy marriage ends when Carmela dies after giving birth to their child Lolita. Adding to Mateo's misfortune is the unusual condition of Lolita whom he thinks is mute. But despite that, Mateo devotes his unconditional love and attention to his child. Katrina, Carmela's older sister, helps his brother-in-law fulfill his parental duties. Even though, most of the time, they clash, in the end they realize that they have an unlikely affection for each other.

One day, Katrina brings Lolita in a "miracle" doctor hoping that it would help cure her unusual condition. This angers Mateo and makes him say hurtful words to Katrina. Devastated, Katrina packs her bags and leaves him.

Having no one to turn to, Mateo seeks the help of his neighbor Tisay to help him take care of Lolita. Unknown to Mateo, Tisay brings the baby along to beg on the streets. But one day, police officers arrest all the street beggars and Tisay, afraid of being caught, flees and leaves Lolita in a basket inside a delivery truck. Lolita ends up in a duck farm owned by the kindhearted Lupe. She raises her as her own. But Lupe's daughter Susan despises and often mistreated Lolita. The animals in the farm empathize with Lolita, who is still unable to speak a single word. To cheer her up, they would talk and play with her. Lolita listens to the animals and Daisy, the mother duck, treats Lolita as her adopted duckling. One day Susan attempts to kill Daisy. Lolita stops her and says, "quack! quack! quack!" Lupe, after hearing the little girl can speak, teaches her how to talk like a human and gives her new name: Daldalita.

As days pass, Lupe become sickly and bedridden. Susan sees this as an opportunity to get rid of Daldalita and takes her to Manila. Daldalita, with her pets Daisy (duck) and Bobby (piglet), ventures around the city and start their new adventure in a different environment.

Cast and characters

Ogie Alcasid portrays Mateo Matia.
Main cast
  • Jillian Ward as Daldalita / Lolita Matias
  • Ogie Alcasid as Mateo Matia - Lolita / Daldalita's father. A veterinarian.
  • Manilyn Reynes[2] as Katrina de Leon - The older sister of Carmela and Marga and soon become the love interest of Mateo.
  • Donna Cruz[3] as Carmela de Leon-Matias - Mateo's loving wife. She dies after giving birth to Lolita.
  • Rufa Mae Quinto as Cherry - Mateo's wicked and obsessive girlfriend. She will do anything just to win Mateo's love and attention.
  • Julie Anne San Jose as Marga de Leon - Katrina and Carmela's younger sister and Gino's girlfriend.
  • Elmo Magalona as Gino Delgado - Mateo's apprentice and Marga's boyfriend.
  • Isabel Oli as teacher May - Daldalita's kindhearted teacher.
  • Marc Abaya as Sam - Head veterinarian and Katrina's eccentric boyfriend.
Extended cast
  • Luigi Revilla as Dado - Gino's best friend.
  • Timmy Cruz as Lupe - The kindhearted farm lady who will become Daldalita's guardian.
  • Spanky Manikan as Dr. Manny Manuel - Mateo's sympathetic boss.
  • Arnold Reyes as Arthur - Mateo's best friend.
  • Jinky Oda as Tisay - Mateo's neighbor and the cause of Lolita / Daldalita's disappearance.
  • Joey Paras as Chi-Chi - Sam's sidekick.
  • Eunice Lagunsad as Tessa - Lupe's wicked daughter and Daldalita's nemesis. She has a crush on Gino.
Voice cast
Guest cast

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Daldalita earned a 19.3% rating.[5] While the final episode scored a 17% rating.[6]

References

  1. ↑ DALDALITA brings inspiration and love on GMA Telababad - iGMA.tv
  2. ↑ Glen P. Sibonga (October 13, 2011). "Manilyn Reynes doesn't mind being second choice to Gelli de Belen for Daldalita role". PEP.ph. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Donna Cruz makes TV comeback via "Daldalita" | Videos". PEP.ph. October 8, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Emotional Harassment! | Showbiz
  5. ↑ Santiago, Erwin (October 18, 2011). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People & Household Ratings (Oct. 14-17): Eat Bulaga! remains unbeaten". Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Santiago, Erwin (February 7, 2012). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila People & Household Ratings (Feb. 3-6): Three new Kapuso shows debut strongly; Eat Bulaga! prevails over It's Showtime". Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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