Mutya

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Genre	Drama Fantasy
Created by	ABS-CBN Studios Pablo S. Gomez
Written by	Kay Conlu-Brondial Arlene Tamayo Noreen Capili Rhoda Sulit
Directed by	Erick C. Salud Jojo A. Saguin
Starring	Mutya Orquia
Opening theme	"Sana" by Amy Nobleza
Ending theme	"Hanggang May Kailanman" by Mutya Orquia
Template:Pluralize from text of origin	Philippines
Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from text	Tagalog
No. of episodes	68
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Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from text	Roldeo T. Endrinal Carlina D. Dela Merced
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production Template:Pluralize from text	Dreamscape Entertainment
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Network	ABS-CBN
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Mutya is a 2011 Philippine television drama fantasy series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is based on Pablo S. Gomez's comic of the same name. Directed by Erick C. Salud and Jojo A. Saguin, it stars Mutya Orquia in the title role. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up and worldwide on TFC from January 31 to May 6, 2011, replacing Noah and was replaced by 100 Days to Heaven.

This series is streaming online on YouTube.

Overview

This show has been developed by Mga Anghel na Walang Langit, Princess Sarah, and May Bukas Pa due to genre of family, religious, and child-oriented drama series where Dreamscape Entertainment released these types of series since 2005. It was succeeded by 100 Days to Heaven also in 2011.

Year		Episodes	No. of episodes	No. of episodes (overall)	First aired	Last aired	First aired (overall)	Last aired (overall)
	2011	1–63	63	68	February 7, 2011	April 29, 2011	February 7, 2011	May 6, 2011
		64–68	5		May 2, 2011	May 6, 2011

Plot

Mutya (Mutya Orquia) a child mermaid, was the love child of Cordelia (Precious Lara Quigaman) a human, and Prinsipe Irvin (Alfred Vargas) the Prince of the seaworld kingdom. However, their relationship was forbidden as Irvin is set to be married with another royal mermaid, Nerissa (Niña Jose). Cordelia got pregnant at the time of their relationship, and was forced to give birth to the child. The child was born with an unknown disability, where her legs were attached to each other. Cordelia's mother, Delilah (Sandy Andolong), sees this, was horrified and she decided to abandon the child. She assigned Tonyo (Jayson Gainza) to take away the baby. However, Tonyo brought the child back to his home, treated her as their own and named her Mutya. As Mutya grows up, she was protected by her older brother Aries (Jairus Aquino), who has always been there for her. Mutya has still yet to realize that she is a mermaid. With her legs being attached to each other, it was mistaken as a disability although it was actually her mermaid tail slowly forming.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Cast	Character	Summary
Mutya Orquia	Mutya/Prinsesa Mutya/Mutya Sardenas	A beautiful little girl who was mistakenly believed to have a disability with her feet attached to each other. She is the missing daughter of Haring Irvin and Cordelia.
Lara Quigaman	Cordelia "Ella" Sardenas	Mutya's mother who often seeks her long-lost daughter whom they believed she was dead. After she went to the doctor and heard that her daughter has a disability, she stopped looking, believing that the doctor tells enough evidence that her daughter is dead or alive.
Alfred Vargas	Prinsipe/Haring Irvin	The prince of the sea. After his father's death, he was imprisoned by the black mermaids and is hypnotized by Narissa's potions that makes him forget everything. After he realized this, he tried to stop the black mermaids from ruling the entire ocean. He learns that Mutya was his real daughter, not Chabita. The kataw manages to fight the black mermaids. With the help of his daughter's singing, he got the trident from them and rules the ocean.
Jairus Aquino	Aries	He took care of Mutya as his own. He knows who is her real mother and father are after dreaming it. He manages to keep it a secret because he is afraid to lose her.

Supporting cast

Cast	Character	Summary
Malou Crisologo	Reyna Octopina	The queen of the Black mermaids, the mother of Nerissa and the grandmother of Chabita. She had killed many humans, just to find the black pearl. She is one of the main antagonists of the series, the other one is her daughter Nerissa.|-
Ahron Villena	Zale	Irvin's cousin, who loved Nerissa and betrayed him. He is the real father of Chabita.
Niña Jose	Prinsesa Nerissa	The princess of the black mermaids. She became a fool because of her love for Irvin, she would do anything for Irvin. She is the mother of Chabita, In the end, she saved Irvin from her mother who tried to kill him, and she slept for a long time but was healed by Mutya's voice. She is one of the main antagonists of the series.
Gary Lim	Lolo Sheldon	Haring Merrick and Irvin's hand. He always helped Irvin in his problems and helped him to remember everything when he had amnesia.
Sandy Andolong	Madam Delilah Sardenas	Mutya's grandmother who was the one who assigned Tonyo to take the child away. She has a big business and she uses Mutya's singing to have more catches.
Amy Nobleza	Chabita	The daughter of Nerissa and Zale.
Jayson Gainza	Tonyo	The one who was assigned to take Mutya away. After the child was sprinkled with water, it immediately made its first cry, encouraging Tonyo to keep it. He is Aries's father and he died when Octopina drowns him.
Tess Antonio	Ester	Aries's mother. She died when she was left in Octopina's island.
Ogie Diaz	Rommel
Yen Santos	Melinda
Venus Raj	Mikki
Cacai Bautista	Lagring
Michael Conan	Rudy
Lassy	Mameng
Paolo Serrano	Walter
Carlene Aguilar	Undin
Eda Nolan	Brigit

Special participation

• Pen Medina as Haring Merrick
• Izzy Canillo as Young Aries
• Carlo Lacana as Young Dennis
• April Sun as Sirena
• Justin Gonzales as Sireno
• Veyda Inoval as Jasmin: Mutya's bully in school. She was often scolded by her mom because her mom thinks she's lying about Mutya being a mermaid.
• Jovic Susim as Igat
• Joe Vargas as Lumot
• Jubail Andres as Eskale
• Allan de Paz as Tatang

Promotion

This series has been developed by Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit, Princess Sarah, May Bukas Pa, Agua Bendita, Momay, and Noah, due its genre of child-oriented, fantasy and religious drama series that produced by Dreamscape Entertainment since 2005 and it was succeeded by 100 Days to Heaven.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
• List of ABS-CBN Studios original drama series

External links

• Official website