From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy
From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy is a 2022 Thai-Burmese historical drama television series directed by Chatchai Katenut starring Thai actor Jirayu Thantrakul, Thai actress Tangtang Nattaruchi, Burmese actor Daung and Burmese actress Hnin Thway Yu Aung. It aired on Thai PBS 3, from January 1 to February 6, 2022, on every Saturday and Sunday at 20:15.
The series is based on the Burmese-Thai historical background of Konbaung dynasty and post-Ayutthaya Kingdom. That was eighteen years after dissolution of Ayutthaya Kingdom, during the time of King Bodawpaya.
Synopsis
Nutchanat got a job as an assistant chef at a prestigious hotel in downtown Yangon and met her new friend, Zin Zin and the Executive Chef, Pakorn. One day, Nutchanat got a book Enaung from old bookshop and she dances like the one in the book, then she dreamed that she was in the Ava Palace over two hundred years in Burma, she met Princess Kunthon and Princess Mongkut, two princesses who were forcibly taken from Ayutthaya. She said her name was "Pin." Maung Sa, a leading artist in Burmese royal drama, took her for a dance.Cast
- as Pakorn / Bagong
- Tangtang Nutrugee Wisawanart as Nutchanat / Pin
- Daung as Maung Sa
- Hnin Thway Yu Aung as Zin Zin / Consort Mala
- as Shwedaung Min
- Penpak Sirikul as Princess Kunthon
- Duangjai Hiransri as Princess Mongkut
- Kowit Wattanakul as U Htay Shwe / King Bodawpaya
- Sumontha Suanpholaat as Chut