| "Kalapati" | |||
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| Episodeno. | Season 18 Episode 20 | ||
| Directed by | Jeffrey Jeturian[1] | ||
| Written by | Joan Habana[1] | ||
| Original air date | January 23, 2010 (2010-01-23) | ||
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"Kalapati" (lit. 'Dove') is the 20th episode of the18th season of the Filipino dramaanthology seriesMaalaala Mo Kaya (MMK), and is the first of two parts of "The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Story".[5] Written by Joan Habana and directed by filmmakerJeffrey Jeturian, it first aired onABS-CBN in the Philippines on January 23, 2010.[5] ABS-CBN teamed withSwatch and collaborated withJaime Zobel de Ayala and the Ninoy & Cory Aquino Foundation to bring the project to fruition.[3]
Ninoy Aquino andCory Cojuangco met each other at a party in 1950. After marrying each other in 1954, Cory expected to live a simple life with her husband and family, only for Ninoy to enter politics, as mayor and later assenator. By 1972, upon thedeclaration ofmartial law in the Philippines by PresidentFerdinand Marcos, Ninoy was arrested under the Marcos regime, and their family lives were thus upended.
On December 10, 2009,Piolo Pascual confirmed during a press conference for his albumDecades that he has been cast to playBenigno Aquino Jr. forMaalaala Mo Kaya; he had been the preferred choice of the Aquinos' daughters to play their father.[6] Pascual also revealed that shooting would begin a week later.[6] On January 7, 2010,Bea Alonzo was confirmed to have been cast asCorazon Aquino, though she had then yet to discuss with the Aquino family regarding the project.[7]
"Kalapati" first aired onABS-CBN in the Philippines on January 23, 2010.
Althea Lauren Ricardo ofThe Freeman gave "Kalapati" a negative review, stating that "whatever great love Ninoy and Cory had for each other, it was nowhere to be seen in Part I of the MMK special." She criticized Alonzo's continuously serious acting and felt that Pascual's performance was too self-conscious, with the latter's role being a potentially better fit forJohn Lloyd Cruz.[8]
Be inspired by the eternal love of Ninoy and Cory in a special two-part episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya.
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