THE most popular young stars today—Seth Fedelin, Kyle Echarri, Francine Diaz and Andrea Brillantes, collectively known as The Gold Squad—are back on television. This time they occupy a prime-time slot in the new series that promises to give hope to viewers and comfort troubled hearts, Huwag Kang Mangamba.
It is similar to the previous blockbuster teleseryes of ABS-CBN, namely, May Bukas Pa, 100 Days to Heaven and Starla. Like those shows, the series aims to show how God’s miraculous love is found in the simplest of things and to remind people that they are never alone in going through life’s trials.
In Huwag Kang Mangamba, Andrea plays Mira, a blind orphan whose faith and trust in God gives her a positive outlook in life. Despite her situation, Mira travels to the town of Hermoso to search for her mother. Joy (Francine), on the other hand, is a rebellious daughter who has completely lost faith in God due to her personal pains and longing for her family’s love.
The two cross paths when Joy accidentally runs over Mira after running away from her family. Both of them escape death and are immediately brought back to life by a miracle caused by God in order for them to fulfill His mission of rebuilding the church in Hermoso.
As Mira and Joy try to settle their differences and work together, they will also have to restore the people’s faith in God since they refuse to believe in Him after experiencing endless hardships in their town. At the same time, Joy’s aunt Deborah (Eula Valdes), who is a prominent faith healer with a cult following, will add to the delusions and false hopes in Hermoso by claiming that she is the one who miraculously healed Joy.
Will Mira and Joy be able to settle their differences in order to fulfill God’s mission? How will they make people believe in God when one of them refuses to believe in miracles?
Besides The Gold Squad, the cast also includes Sylvia Sanchez, Nonie Buencamino, Mylene Dizon, RK Bagatsing, Dominic Ochoa, Diether Ocampo, Enchong Dee, Angeline Quinto (who also sang the theme song penned by Fr. Manoling Francisco), Matet de Leon, Soliman Cruz, Mercedes Cabral, Paolo Gumabao, and Alyanna Angeles.
Huwag Kang Mangamba was created by Rondel Lindayag and Danica Domingo, under the direction of Emmanuel Q. Palo, Jerry Lopez Sineneng, and Darnel Villaflor.
Viewers will be able to catch the pilot episode on March 20 on the iWantTFC app and web site, and on March 22 at 8:40 pm after FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano on TV5 and the A2Z channel on free TV and via digital TV boxes like ABS-CBN TVplus. Digital TV box users can scan and look for A2Z channel in Metro Manila and in some parts of Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan and Pampanga.
Viewers can also catch the show weekdays on cable and satellite TV via the Kapamilya Channel, the Kapamilya Online Live on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, and on The Filipino Channel on cable and IPTV.