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Mara Clara was a Philippine family primetime television drama which aired on ABS-CBN. This 2010 remake is based on the 1992 original television series of the same name. Kathryn Bernardo was cast in the role of Mara, with Julia Montes as Clara. Mara Clara was nominated at the 2011 BANFF World TV Awards, also known as “The Rockies”.

Overview

Adaptation

Mara Clara is a remake of the 1992 television series, Mara Clara an adapted novel and serial of Emil Cruz Jr. produced by ABS-CBN. In 1996, the original TV series was adapted into a film where the whole cast reprised their role except for Eruel Tongco's character Gary Davis who was played by William Martinez in the movie due to Tongco's death. In August 2010, ABS-CBN announced that they have decided to remake the television series with Kathryn Bernardo slated for the role of Mara opposite Julia Montes as Clara.

Synopsis

The story began with Alvira and Gary being former lovers. Alvira received a scholarship which required her to study in the States, this put a strain to her relationship with Gary which caused them to end the relationship. Gary was very heart broken. While Alvira was in the States, Gary spent majority of his time with his childhood friend, Susan. Years later when Alvira finished her studies, she returned to the Philippines. Gary was very excited to see Alvira again but to his dismay, she is already engaged to be married to a wealthy businessman Amante del Valle. Gary was furious about this news and drank his sorrows which led him to spend a night of passion with his childhood friend Susan. Later on Susan became pregnant by Gary which cause Lupe (Gary's mother), to blame her. When Alvira and Susan born their child, Gary started his plan, to take revenge at Amante for stealing her love one, he wants to kidnap Alvira's child, but he was jailed because he was caught selling drugs, because of this, Karlo, his younger brother, continued the plan as Gary ordered. He switched Susan and Alvira's babies. Alvira's baby, was brought up to Susan and Gary while Susan's baby, was brought up to Alvira and Amante. Alvira's baby, was named Mara by Susan while Susan's baby, was named Clara by Amante and Alvira. All these events were recorded in Karlo's diary.

Plot

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Chapter 1

Fifteen years passed, Mara grew into an intelligent, beautiful, kind, and down-to-earth person (despite being poor), Gary and Lupe blame her. Lupe blames her because she thought since she was born, bad luck came to them but Karlo and Susan were very kind to her. While in the other side, Clara was rich and intelligent. But she grew spoiled due to the lack of time her parents spent with her since they were always so busy. Mara had a chance to enter the same private school Clara was attending as well. She became a scholar at that school. When the school started, Mara and Clara became enemies because Clara thought Mara was stealing her spotlight in the class as the smartest girl. Unknown to Mara, Clara was the most popular in the campus. When a school competition was held, Mara and Clara won. This caused their firm friendship but their friends disapprove of their friendship. Desiree (Clara's friend) tells her that Mara only uses her to take her spotlight, which is not true. When an election for being president was held, Mara and Clara were candidates. Mara won and this caused again Clara to become angry with her. On the other side, Gary worked in a syndicate which whose leader is Lover Boy and his fiancée, Nenita. Gary worked there because he will receive a big salary, Karlo knew about this and reported to the police, it was later revealed that Karlo had reported them as Lover Boy's personnel told and Gary was also caught talking to Karlo so Lover Boy's gang went after them both. During the chase, Karlo got run over by a random car, and this caused his hospitalization. Mara visited him and Karlo tried to tell her the truth but he was starting having attacks, which cause his death, once again, Gary blames her for Karlo's death, to take justice to his death, Gary also reported the gang and tell the police where the gang's hiding exactly which cause Lover Boy's death and his personnel were left in the hand of Nenita. And then, after few days, Mara was battered by Gary because he saw her and Christian together during Amante's party as Clara reported. Also Christian had given her a necklace. This event was caused by Clara's jealousy. Mara and Susan needed to live far away from Gary, so they lived only temporarily at the Del Valle's. This made Clara even angrier with Mara, so she made Mara her servant. Once, there was a father-daughter camping trip held by the school. Amante and Clara were supposed to join but Amante also included Mara, and this made Clara angry again. During camp, surprisingly, Gary came, to also camp with Mara. During a game, Amante had to find sticks and Clara was left behind. A snake falls on her, so she started shouting. On the other side, Gary and Mara lost their map and compass so when Gary heard Clara shouting, he rushed to her and left Mara. She didn't know the way back, so she got lost as well. During a rainfall that night, they Gary and Amante went looking for the girls. Clara went to them and she saw Mara, near the end of a cliff and just holding on a branch of a tree but she didn't help her. After that, she went away and Amante saw her. And then, when they were about to go home, Mara saw Clara's raincoat and it looked exactly like the one she saw when she was about to fall. She got angry with Clara. On the other side, Lupe wouldn't stop gambling so her cancer of the heart worsened, so she was asked to take more rest. At the Del Valle's, Gary wouldn't stop harassing Clara, telling she is the real David and not the real del Valle, so she took a DNA test with Erris (Christian's friend). The result was, her blood didn't match with Alvira and Amante's but she kept on hiding the truth even though Erris forces her to say the truth, and then, she lied to Gary that the result is that she's the real del Valle. On the other side, Karlo visits Lupe through her dreams because he wanted to correct Mara's misfortune, and then one day, she read Karlo's diary and knew the truth. So she went to school where Mara and Clara studies, to see her real granddaughter (Clara) cause in an accident. Clara lost plenty of blood here but when Alvira and Amante's blood didn't match so Gary came to donate, the accident cause Mara to be sent to jail by Alvira. And then, Amante saw Clara talking to Erris about a DNA so he went to her room to look for it and he saw it under her bed and he told Alvira the truth and Susan also reads Karlo's diary.

Chapter 2

After Clara's recovery, Alvira sets Mara free after realizing that had she jailed her own daughter. After which, their switch of fortunes was done in court. The judge decided to return them to their own families. Clara found it hard to live a new environment which causes her to envy Mara even more. During their sixteenth birthday party, Clara destroys Mara's party because she was jealous. Then Clara's New Family David Was Never Behaving to Her Real Parents, Mara's New Family Del Valle Was Caring to Her Real Parents, Mara Del Valle's Visited to Her Auntie Susan, Clara David Visited to Her Auntie Alvira and Uncle Amante (Later) Clara's Ready to School and Was Asking of Her Money and She was Laughter by the Street Children Was Angried by Gary and Mara's New Things Was Fabric Was Looking by Alvira After to their Happening of Mara and Christian Then Clara's Blooded to Mara and Was Angried by Alvira and Was Never Accepting to Clara's apology Then Clara Went to the Billiard was Fetching by Gary. (Later) Clara's apology this Alvira and Amante decided to move to the States. So before they left, they arranged a farewell party for their friends. This caused Gary and Cristina to team up, plan to stop Alvira and Amante from leaving them. So Gary decided to hire Lenita's personnel to kidnap Mara but his personnel also kidnapped Clara so she can't report them, they didn't know Clara was Gary's daughter. And when they beg for ransom, they were fooled because the money is incomplete, Gary decided to kill Mara by attaching a bomb to her. He ordered his men to secretly let Clara free but she refused to leave Mara and tried to remove the chains on her hands. However she was forced to leave when Gary arrived and pulled her away leaving Mara still attached to the bomb. So everybody mourned Mara's death but the truth is, Mara was alive through Lenita (Gary's right hand) who she saved because she didn't want to kill her. She freed Mara but she slipped while she was walking and she ran fast, but the bomb exploded and caused Lenita's death. Everybody thought the body they found was Mara's but it was actually Lenita's. Mara was adopted by Nanding and Barang, she pretended to have amnesia so she can hide from the kidnappers. But the truth is, she called Christian before she collapsed in the way so Christian brought her to Nanding and Barang (his dad's friend). Because his parents divorced, he was not allowed to go there, but secretly, he went on a vacation.

Chapter 3

One day, Barang heard Christian call the girl they adopted "Mara," revealing her true identity and situation. Upset, Barang forgave them but because of Mara's persistence to see her family, Christian and Mara went back to Manila. Christian offered for Mara to hide in the master bedroom of his home for the time being until he found a safer place. In her drunken stupor, Vanessa saw Mara but thought "Mara" was a spirit visiting her. She told Clara about Mara's appearance to her who then told Alvira. Alvira wondered why Mara visited Vanessa and not her. Clara investigated by visiting him while Christian moved Mara to an apartment, connected to the back of the owner's house, and paid the rent. One day, while Alvira was driving with Clara and Clara was talking to Alvira, she accidentally runs into a pineapple vendor. She was brought to the police station for an investigation and paid for the damages. They saw Lenita's mother, who held a photograph of Lenita and was distressed about her month-long disappearance. As Alvira and Clara looked on, Clara recognized Lenita as one of the kidnappers. With Lenita gone missing for the same length of time that Mara had "died", Amante and Alvira doubted that Mara was the one who had indeed died in the explosion. Alvira recalled a moment when one of the nurses handed Mara's necklace; the situation did not feel right. They realized that the "Mara" in the hospital was not biologically identified; that everyone had assumed it was Mara without question. Amante and Alvira recovered "Mara's" body from the cemetery to test for DNA. The results revealed that Lenita died in the explosion. Alvira, Amante and Susan are happy and given hope that Mara is alive. Meanwhile, Christian updated Mara on what her families know: she's alive. Regardless, Mara visited Lupe to take care of her at times when Clara abandoned her. One day, Clara visited Christian and while Vanessa made snacks for them and Christian left to hide Mara, Clara secretly looked into Christian's camera and concluded that he was with Mara this whole time. Clara was overcome with jealousy. Amante continued his search for Mara with a ten-million peso reward, broadcasting it live on the media while Gary slowly got rid of the involved in the kidnapping. Gary tipped the police of where his men are meeting; all of the men are gunned down except for one. Amante visited the surviving kidnapper and asked him for the truth, who said he would in exchange for the reward money. Amante left to decide while the kidnapper informed Gary of Amante's move: if Gary did not pay the five million pesos soon to his family like they had agreed, he would tell Amante everything. But Gary outsmarted Amante as he sent a personnel, disguised as the kidnapper's wife's friend, to poison him so he couldn't talk. Meanwhile, Christina suffered under Gary's manipulation: the kidnapper dropped her name as the mastermind (as Gary ordered) and she was forced to rely on Gary for safety. Gary told her of his money problems and allowed him to take her money and jewelry hidden in her bedroom, which almost got him caught by the police. After days of hiding out, Christina called Amante to tell that she was not the one who planned the kidnapping and wanted to see him to tell him everything. She texted him the location and time to meet. Christina sensed that Gary was using her and would soon get rid of her. While Christina went to another room, Gary scrolled through her phone and found the text messages. Gary went to the meeting place and killed Christina just minutes before Amante arrived. Gary had called the police ahead of time. When they had arrived on the top of the building, they found Christina, dead and in Amante's arms. Amante was automatically the suspect and Gary thought he had succeeded.

Chapter 4

On the other side, Christian finally came to Susan, saying he needed help about Mara. They met at Mara's apartment and Mara and Susan were reunited. Susan planned to flee with Mara to a far place and live in peace until the situation ended. Christian wanted to come along. Mara, already indebted to Christian, found it too dangerous for him to stay with her, helping her all the time. Leaving, Mara wrote a note, apologizing for "hiding" without him or his aid and that she does this alone to keep him safe. After Christian had read it, he followed them to the bus station, still wanting to be with her. Meanwhile, Susan was about to leave the house when a drunk Gary came. She quickly hid her bag and pretended to look after Lupe. In his drunken state, Gary forced Susan to sleep with him. Once Gary had slept, she quickly fled but before Gary was drunk, Gary assigned two personnel to follow Susan because he was suspicious of Susan's recent behaviour. Susan sensed that someone was following her so she tried to lose them, leading them to the bus station. In the process, Mara and Susan lost their ways because Gary's personnel were following them into the bus. So, they hid in an empty, unscheduled bus and Gary's personnel were kicked out by the driver when they attempted to search the bus. The two men tried to search again but this time the conductor rejected them because they didn't have tickets.

Out in the province, the conductor inspects for tickets, which Mara and Susan did not have. Susan pleaded the conductor: to pay him on the spot for their tickets and to keep the change, just to keep them on board. They arrived at Lucena and soon went on a boat to an island (Isla Verde) with prospective success in tourism. On their way, the strong waves caused the boat to move sharply side to side, toppling Mara and Susan's luggage into the sea. Mara attempted to retrieve their belongings and drowned in the process; only to be saved by Derrick. They arrived at Isla Verde, penniless and homeless with Susan desperate for a job; one night, they slept outdoors. Mara met Derrick formally as the mayor's son who can swim and the next day, Mara and Susan wandered to Paraiso Inn's kitchen after overhearing that a woman had been hurt and couldn't cook. Susan asked for a job, even if it meant being paid with food. The woman accepted her offer and Susan cooked. The mayor (who also owned the Inn) tasted her pancit and hired her right away as the new cook and offered free housing arrangements for the two. Mara worked as a janitor. One day, she opened a bedroom to clean and saw a "burglar" then hit him with a mop. It turned out to be Derek. They met Carlotta and the obnoxious assistant manager, Babet. Meanwhile, Christian couldn't accept Mara's departure and descended into despair, which worried Vanessa and angered Clara. Alvira was determined to prove Gary as the real perpetrator, even if it meant to falsely lead him on and destroy her marriage. Alvira constantly wanted to be alone and away from Clara. Clara, feeling alone, turned her to her old friends and her biological father.

Chapter 5

Then the mayor found out that Susan and Mara made Isla Verde more popular and attracted more tourists through the reviews and raises Susan's salary. Clara, Desiree ,Abby and Kaye decided to go on a vacation. Desiree suggested to go to Isla Verde, little did they know that it was the same place Mara and Susan were working. They decided to go there but Clara was still deciding and Desiree sent an e-mail to Christian to join them. Christian received the e-mail and while browsing, saw a picture of Mara so he found out it was the place Mara was hiding. Christian then packed his stuff ,and went to Isla Verde and left a note to his mother. Vanessa then called Clara and cried because Christian left her. Clara searched in his room and found a paper saying Isla Verde and found out Mara was there and it was the place Christian would go since Christian was only worried about Mara. Desiree, Clara, Abby and Kaye then went to Isla Verde and stayed in another smaller inn. While Mara was busy buying something Clara noticed her and Mara ran with Clara running as well. Derrick saw Mara running so he ran to follow her and saw Clara about to be bumped by a truck so he saved her which caused an injury in his elbow.Then Mara is decided to be the Reyna Elena of the Santa Cruzan. Accidentally the inn keeper hits Clara who was holding the torch and it caused everyone to panic.Mara fell down and when she tried to get up people stepped on her eyes and body.So Mara sent to the hospital and Susan called Alvira to say what happened to Mara. Alvira packed her things before she left and when she almost left,Gary caught her and Alvira lied to Gary to go to the hospital to visit Mara. When Alvira arrived in Isla Verde, Clara saw her and got angry to Alvira because she (Alvira) lied to her and knew the location of Mara and Susan all along. Because of her anger, she called Gary to come to Isla Verde to catch Susan, Mara,and Alvira there. When Gary came to Isla Verde, Susan saw him and alarmed Alvira to go home quickly before Gary catches him. Gary came to the inn angrily, shouting. When Clara saw her father, she led him to Alvira's room. Finding nobody there, he got angry to Clara. Even though he did not see Alvira there, he found Susan and Mara there. Gary punched and kicked her. Susan said to Gary that she was pregnant. Fortunately, the mayor came and lied that the baby Susan is bearing is his. Gary gave a threat to them that he will come back. After the incident, Mara confronted Clara. Clara said she wanted to have revenge and she will not allow Mara to be happy. Because of that, Mara slapped Clara's face. Clara wanted to slap Mara's face but Mara was able to stop her. Mara slapped Clara's face again 3 times and this made Clara cry. After all of them found out that Clara was the one that caused trouble, they decided that she should be taken to a psychiatrist.

Until Susan and Mara decided to return to Manila even it's not safe and Derrick joined them, Derrick followed his father's willing to study college in Manila, Before they left, Christian went home first, leaving Mara alone, telling Mara, herself that she loves Christian. A case was hold in the Court about Gary's disturbance to the Del Valle's which cause Amanthe's near death but even there are witnesses to the Del Valle's, it was nearly proved that Gary has no sin to them, At last, Clara decided to witness about Alvira and Gary's fake relationship and Mara also witnessed. But, a unexpected event happened, Lupe who is Gary's mother, witnessed for the Del Valle and Gary saw her after her sudden lost. Lupe wants to cut Gary's evilness to the Del Valle to have peace. Gary Dies in the end when Susan Stabs him with a metal rod,and all of the cast lived happily in their lives.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Kathryn Bernardo as Mara David / del Valle
• Julia Montes as Clara del Valle / David

Supporting cast

• Mylene Dizon as Susan David
• Jhong Hilario as Gary David
• Dimples Romana as Alvira del Valle
• Bobby Andrews as Amanthe del Valle
• Ping Medina as Karlo David
• Gina Pareño as Lupe David
• Jamilla Obispo as Lenita Santos
• Desiree del Valle as Christina Borres
• Tia Pusit as Yaya Bonnel
• Albie Casiño as Christian Torralba
• John Manalo as Erris Reyes
• Diego Loyzaga as Derrick Gonzales
• Cherry Lou as Vanessa Torralba
• Renzo Cruz as Mayor Nathaniel Gonzales
• Helga Krapf as Carlotta Gonzales
• Kiray Celis as Desiree Francisco
• Aria Clemente as Christina Jin Jin Tiangha
• EJ Jallorina as Butch Mauricio
• Vangie Martelle as Abby Santos
• Arie Reyes as Kaye Cruz
• Solo Kiggins as Anthony Mercado
• Phytos Kyriacous as Miguel "Migs" Soriano
• Marion Gopez as Mickey Torres

Special participation

• Kimberly Fulgar as Young Mara
• Christine Joy de Guzman as Young Clara
• Jan Marini Alano as Barang
• Richard Quan as Nanding
• Paolo Serrano as Fidel
• Dido dela Paz as Lover Boy
• Arnel Carrion as Bossing
• Izzy Canillo as Young Karlo David
• Francis Magundayao as Young Gary David

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN

References

1. Mara Clara: Feature Article retrieved via www.abs-cbn.com 10-23-2010
2. Mara Clara aims to please new viewers and fans of the original series retrieved via www.abs-cbn.com 10-25-2010
3. http://pinoypower.net/2011/04/mara-clara-is-nominated-at-the-2011-banff-world-tv-awards/
4. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/08/27/10/abs-cbn-revives-hit-soap-mara-clara
5. Kathryn Bernardo and Julia Montes topbill ABS-CBN's remake of Mara Clara retrieved via www.pep.ph 09-29-2010

External links

• Official website

• ABS-CBN
• Philippine television series
• 2010 television series debuts