Dhevaprom: Laorchan
May 19, 2024
“Do you remember watching the Khun Chai series back in 2013? Well, I have some good news. Their sons have all grown up and have their own love stories. Back in the day, Grandma On wanted her grandsons to marry the Dhevaprom girls, but they all fell in love with different girls, so she couldn’t accomplish her goals. In this series, her great-grandsons will be accomplishing her goals.”
“The first installment starts with ‘Dhevaprom: Laorchan’, starring Gina Yeena Salas. You’ll recognize her from the lakorn with James Ji in ‘The Deadly Affair’. It also stars Gulf Kanawut Traipipattanapong, whom I’m not familiar with. This is the first time I’ve watched his work.”
“So, the plot is about Laorchan, who is a Dhevaprom, but she doesn’t know it yet. She returns from France and starts working for ‘Phu’ Phuthanet Juthathep. Her aim is to steal the necklace (Atchanajakkra), which has a blue sapphire, in order to clear her family name.”
Please keep in mind that there is not much romance in this lakorn. Basically, I found it boring. I didn’t really enjoy Gulf’s acting, although Gina has improved her acting, she still has a long way to go. Also, the parents from the original series are replaced with actors who are more age-appropriate to be the parents of 20-30 year old offsprings.
and here is the trailer for the Dhevaprom: Dujapsorn
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"Laorchan starts working as a secretary for the extremely punctual, perfectionist, and strict ‘Phu’ Phuthanet Juthathep. She begins her job with Phu with the intention of stealing the Atchanajakkra (Blue Sapphire necklace).
This lakorn mostly takes place in the forest, and the forest scenes are lengthy. There was zero chemistry between the couple. However, I was more interested in the romance of the other couples, such as Satarassamee Phukhamwong / ‘Jao’ (Prince) & Veena Mahannop / Veena Wongsawan (bodyguard of Prince), and ‘Kan’ Kanthika Juthathep (Laorchan’s sister) and Wachira Wongsawan [Major] (Kan’s boyfriend / fiancé). If there were different leads, the lakorn would have had a lot of potential..
Time-wise, the lakorn is set in the 80s. There are a few things that need mentioning, particularly the wardrobe department. Yes, Phu’s outfits match the fashion of the 80s (well, I was just a child in the 80s so I don’t remember much, but luckily we have search engines), but they also remind me of those baggy suits from the 70s. Women’s outfits are more in line with the 80s, apart from Gina’s high heels with red bottoms. Those shoes were not even a thing in the 80s."
You can directly skip this part and move into ‘Dhevaprom: Kwanruetai’, which is the second installment of the series. It’s the story of a military doctor, who is the son of Khun Chai Phutthiphat (James Ji). He falls in love with a country girl who dresses up as a tomboy because her mother puts pressure on her.
She earns her money by selling food to the doctors and nurses in the hospital. They even share an accidental first kiss at the end of Episode 1. The casting directors did a good job here, as the actor has a baby face. With the haircut and glasses, he resembles Khun Chai Phutthiphat (James Ji’s character in the prequel, his father’s story).
So far, we have completed ‘Dhevaprom: Laorchan’, ‘Dhevaprom: Kwanruetai’, and we have three episodes of ‘Dhevaprom: Jaipisut’. We also have two more installments, ‘Dhevaprom: Phon Cheewan’ and ‘Dhevaprom: Dujapsorn’. From the trailers, I can see that ‘Dhevaprom: Phon Cheewan’ is going to be nice. The plot is similar to ‘Rak Rae’. ‘Rak Rae’ was filmed in Austria, while ‘Dhevaprom: Phon Cheewan’ was filmed in Switzerland (apart from the secret pregnancy, control freak male lead, and crazy aunt).
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Denise Jelilcha Kapaun
Dhevaprom: Laorchan
Duang Jai Thewaphrom
Gina Yeena Salas
Gulf Kanawut Traipipattanapong
Smith Paswitch Boorananut
