You’re My Destiny is a 2017 Thai drama remake of the Taiwanese drama with the same name. Or the alternative version of the Taiwanese drama you’ll want to see.
Genre: Romance, drama (they say it’s comedy too, but there are only a few funny parts).
Episodes: 17
Summary
Wanida and Pawut accidentally end up sleeping together after a situation set up by Pawut’s enemies. From that point on their destinies are intertwined. Together, they go through many joyful and difficult times which makes their love for each other stronger.
Review
If you haven’t read the review of the Taiwanese version of this drama, then I’ll tell you now: I love the Taiwanese version. I was excited when I discovered that there is a Thai version of the same drama. And I happen to like this one as well. While the Taiwanese version is silly and questionable in many things (which I ignore, but also love), this version is more logical and realistic. I call this “the grown up” version. It’s a drama my mom would probably enjoy watching.
Characters
- Wanida (Esther Supreleela): She’s a pushover sticky note girl who tries to please everyone until she learns to love herself. Then she starts doing more things for herself. She is creative, sweet, and sacrificing.
- Pawut (Wisetkaew Sukrit): He’s the president of his family’s company. He marries Nid after his family discovers that she is pregnant. He is mature, serious, hardworking and caring.
- Kaekai (Weckx Lanlalin): Pawut’s girlfriend and then ex-girlfriend. She’s a ballet dancer that has to choose between her career and her love.
- Taya (Tre Porapat Srikajorn): He searches for his lost sister. He is also Mr. Reliable for Nid and Kaekai. I think he’s cuter than male lead, but sadly he suffer from second lead syndrome. Poor guy!
Story
To review this, I can’t help but compare it to the original Taiwanese drama. This drama cleaned up any issues that someone may have found with the original drama as far as the story goes. Every situation is much more toned down and depending on who you are, you may like that. I like how the male lead is nicer. I also like how they gave him good reasons for him to feel the way that he feels. I understood nearly every choice that he made. Other things I like from this story:
- Wanida has a best friend. Girls need someone else to talk to that isn’t just family (or so I believe).
- I feel that Wanida and Pawut have similar hearts. Both of them just wanted to be with the person they loved (in the beginning episodes), but their significant others failed them.
- They did a good job at introducing the characters and their story at the beginning.
Production/acting
I felt like the acting was in a little flat in the beginning. I think it gets better later on in the drama. As far as production, this drama has some shots that I really enjoyed seeing.
I like how they portrayed this texting scene. They did this a couple times.
And can we talk about how nicely the product placement is. I nearly book myself a Caribbean cruise already.
Music
It took some getting used to the language before I was able to truly enjoy the music. None of the songs really jump out at me, but I did get used to the intro song. There was one instrumental song that I thought was too intense for the situations that they played it in. If you’ve seen the drama you might agree with me.
Favorite Scenes
I like this part when Taya calls out Pawut for not taking care of his wife.
When granny tells Wanida how she feels about her.
Bad picture, I admit. But I like this scene where Wanida confronts Pawut. As you can tell, not the best translation, but you get the point she’s trying to make.
This scene is cute. Pawut meets his son.
Quotes
As we all are.
Questions
- Why did they make him run a toilet company?
Afterthoughts/Reccomendations
This may not be my version favorite of this drama (I love the Taiwanese one. I’ve probably said that enough, right?), the Thai version is still a really nice presentation of the same story.
Other dramas you might like:
- Thai Remakes: Kiss Me, Full House
- Other Adaptations: You’re My Destiny (Taiwanese), Fated to You (Korean)
Drama-to-Life Connection
Green Chicken Curry
Culture
Nid’s Style
Bua Loy
Watch it Now
Here are some places to find the drama (make sure you have good virus protector on your device, just in case. I find these website filled with bugs. Proceed at your own risk):
There are probably more places, but these were the main spots where I found the drama.
Which of the You’re My Destiny Dramas are your Favorite?
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