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 (THA) 20:15.
The series is based on the Burmese-Thai historical background of Konbaung dynasty and post-Ayutthaya KingdomAyutthaya Kingdom was overthrown in 1767 by King Hsinbyushin. .According to article of Myawaddy Mingyi U Sa, Maung Sa's wife Ma Aye died in 1785. Because Maung Sa said that his wife Ma Aye had died at the beginning of episode 2 of this series. That was eighteen years after dissolution of Ayutthaya Kingdom, during the time of King Bodawpaya.
Synopsis Nutchanat (Tangtang Nattaruchi) got a job as an assistant chef at a prestigious hotel in downtown Yangon and met her new friend, Zin Zin (Hnin Thway Yu Aung) and the Executive Chef, Pakorn (Jirayu Thantrakul). One day, Nutchanat got a book Enaung (the Panji tales in Burmese) 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 (Daung), 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
Episodes
Awards Year Award Category Nominee Result2023Nine Entertain Awards Best Creative Team of the Year Drama Information Team From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy Best TV Drama of the Year From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy
Notes
References