Ikaw Na Sana

   

    Synopsis

Ever since the first time Rafael saw Blanca in his favorite motorcycle track, he knew she was different. It was love at first sight for the both of them. They shared sweet nothings until it grew to even more. They both live a fairy tale life but these will soon change due to dark forces too powerful to comprehend.

Barbara- Blanca's aunt, never forgave Blanca's father- Gardo, for choosing her sister and for marrying her. For years she secretly harbored a grudge to the couple. She married another man just to have money and a daughter- Angela. Angela, also harbors feelings for Rafael and is jealous of all the attention Blanca is getting. Barbara made a plan a long time ago. She plans to hurt the couple by hurting their would-be child.

Before Blanca was born, Barbara met a black witch named Isidra. She befriended her and they became close allies. They took hair from the baby Blanca and with it planted a seed. They will wait until it becomes a tree and when it bears its first blossom, whatever shall happen to it shall happen to Blanca.

Many weird things start to happen in their household and this frightened Blanca's mother. A close friend of Blanca's mother who knew about divination, felt that the child and the family is cursed and gave advice to the couple. On the night of Blanca's 18th birthday, the tree blossomed. Blanca's mother said a prayer while Barbara set the tree on fire. Blanca's face mysteriously caught on fire and this disfigured her. Also by this time, Rafael was involved in a motocross accident that blinded him.

Blanca's mother was turned by Barbara into a dove in front of Gardo's eyes. Barbara took Gardo to the mental asylum claiming he killed his wife and he is insane. Blanca is left to the harsh treatment of Barbara and Angela. Angela forces Rafael to like her but unknown to her, Rafael and Blanca still secretly share moments together. An operation was set for Rafael. Rafael's sight is restored but he is horrified to see Blanca's distorted face.
Because of Rafael's disgust and the discovery of what her aunt can do, she left without anything. The only one to back her up is her friend, Emil. A rich man named Benz took Blanca in his wing and renamed her Susan. Emil tried to break the tree curse which made Blanca's operation a success.

Years pass, Blanca and Benz are now engaged. She now works at an advertising company as an executive. Rafael turns out to be their client. He is now also engaged with Angela. She plans to make his life miserable but ended up loving him even more. Even if they tried to hide what they feel, it is still too obvious. Blanca sees how dangerous Benz is with his fits of rage due to extreme jealousy and decided to elope with Rafael in a very far place to get married. It was a success but Angela tracked them a week before their wedding day.
Angela's and Blanca's faces were switched because of a spell. Angela will go to the wedding as Blanca. Meanwhile, Gardo manages to be released after all those years and proved he was not insane. He broke the dove spell and Blanca's mother burned the hut along with the witch inside.

Blanca (w/ Angela's face) tried to stop Rafael from going but to no avail. In the middle of the ceremony, Benz came and shot what he thought was Blanca. He was arrested. Rafael saw how their faces changed and believed everything that Blanca has been through.

Barbara became crazy and ended up in a mental asylum. Blanca rebuilt everything her aunt destroyed and ended up in the arms of the man she truly loves.

Ikaw na Sana (lit. It Should Have Been You) was a Philippine drama series produced by Viva Television and distributed by GMA Network. This love story was later turned into a movie of the same title.

Storyline

19 years ago... Barbara Rosales (Carmi Martin) arrived at their enormous villa to find her stepsister Corazon Rosales (Cherrie Pie Picache) with her ex-boyfriend Edgardo Perez (Julio Diaz) talking to Corazon's father and Barbara's stepfather as he gave them his blessings regarding their relationship. Barbara was furious after Gardo chose her stepsister over her and begged him to rekindle their romance in exchanged of her, changing her old ways for him. But Gardo refused, and expressed he loved Corazon because she knew how to love unlike Barbara who only loved herself.

Bound to get her revenge, Barbara resorted in a series of schemes against her stepsister Corazon. But the secret won't be kept for long when her stepfather learned what she was doing to his only daughter that's why he threw her out from the house.

Barbrara met Julio Juico, her landlord. Widow, with a young son Rafael Juico (Bobby Andrews) who was later be revealed that wasn't his real son but a son of his demised friends, he was easily succumbed to Barbara's charms and gave in.

Now rich because of her new husband's money, she came across Impong Isidra, an old woman who was desperate of help because Julio will soon reclaim his land where her house was. Barbara used her charm to persuade Julio to let Isidra's debts go. Unknown to her, Isidra was a witch and well-trained with black magic.

Upon knowing that Corazon was about to give birth already, Impong Isidra planted a tree, serving as Corazon's daughter's twin. What they will do to the tree, the baby will experience as well, such as when the baby who was named Blanca (Angelu de Leon) was a few months old, they watered the tree with a boiling water, the baby suffered a high fever which was eventually gone after quite sometime, when she was about 10 years old, they cut the tree in one part of it then Blanca suddenly was cut by a knife, and just a few months before her 18th birthday, they stabbed the tree, resulting a nosebleed to Blanca.

Blanca grew up filled with love and wealth from her parents (after her grandfather died from a spell before she was born). Blessed with beauty, brains, wealth and good heart she was the envy of anyone but especially loved secretly by her childhood best friend Emil (Jake Roxas).

Cast and characters

Main cast

Angelu de Leon as Blanca Rosales Perez / Susan Margarita de Saavedra

Bobby Andrews as Rafael Juico

Gladys Reyes as Angela Rosales

Extended cast

Carmi Martin as Barbara Rosales Juico

Cherry Pie Picache as Corazon Rosales Perez

Jake Roxas as Emil

Isabel Granada as Lucila Rosales Juico

Jeffrey Santos as Miguel de Saavedra

Aura Mijares as Impong Isidra

Julio Diaz as Edgardo Perez (TV Version)

Noni Buencamino as Edgardo (TV and Movie Version)

Chubi del Rosario as Billy

Blue de Leon as Benjamin de Saavedra (TV Version)

Lee Robin Salazar as Benjamin de Saavedra (Movie Version)

Anne Curtis as Jasmine

Mumay Santiago as Nina

Movie Version

In 1998, a movie was produced after the success of the television series. Changes were made due to a limited hour for a movie.