| Ka Ina | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | César Miguel Rondón |
| Written by | César Miguel Rondón Ricardo García Henry Herrera Abigaíl Truchess Luis Zelkowicz |
| Directed by | Carlos Izquierdo |
| Starring | Viviana Gibelli Jean Carlo Simancas Hilda Abrahamz |
| Theme music composer | Juan Pichardo |
| Opening theme | "Ojos Malignos" (slower version) by Soledad Bravo |
| Ending theme | "Ojos Malignos" by Soledad Bravo |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 164 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Henry Ramos |
| Producer | Consuelo Delgado |
| Camera setup | Multicamera |
| Running time | 41-44 minutes |
| Production company | Venevisión |
| Original release | |
| Network | Venevisión |
| Release | January 18 – August 15, 1995 |
Ka Ina is a Venezuelan telenovela written by César Miguel Rondón and produced by Venevisión in 1995.[1] This telenovela lasted 164 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.[2] And was hit, becoming broadcast in countries such as the Philippines, United States, Argentina, Spain, among others.
Viviana Gibelli and Jean Carlo Simancas starred as the main protagonists[3] with Hilda Abrahamz as the antagonist.[4] The series is the reunion of Viviana Gibelli & Jean Carlo Simancas after they worked in Por Amarte Tanto in 1993.
Ka Ina means: the whole earth, the earth itself.
Ka Ina tells the story of two women, dangerously linked by superstition, magic and the love of one man. Catalina Miranda and Maniña Yerichana are both beautiful and young. The first is an assertive and independent engineer educated in Europe; the second, the most powerful and feared woman in the jungle, a legendary priestess born to a Dutch gold digger and a Yanomami Indian Princess. Catalina and Maniña will become antagonists because of Ricardo Leon, a mysterious man from the capital city. But there is a fascinating element of magic that makes this rivalry especially interesting. Although they appear to be the same age, Maniña and Catalina are really mother and daughter, a fact that no one knows. A riveting fairy tale filled with ancient folklore and mysterious legends.[5][6]
This was the only Hispanic telenovela dubbed in English & Cebuano version in the Philippines, broadcast by Citynet Television (now named GTV) & GMA Cebu and Davao. In Citynet, it was dubbed in English through the trends of playing Japanese sci-fi TV series dubbed in English. After Ka Ina ended in Citynet as the first English-dubbed Hispanic telenovela in the said country, Citynet never borrowed any telenovela to be dubbed in English.
