Devotion (TV series)

Devotion (阿娣)
Genre	Historical period drama
Directed by	Loo Yin Kam
Starring	Zoe Tay Chen Hanwei Zhou Ying Cynthia Wang Zhang Zhenhuan Kate Pang Adeline Lim
Opening theme	Hold On 倔强 by Kit Chan
Ending theme	满足 by Wang Fang 兄妹 by Kit Chan 原乡情浓 by Wang Fang
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Release
Original network	MediaCorp Channel 8
Original release	28 June – 1 August 2011
Chronology
Preceded by	C.L.I.F.
Followed by	On the Fringe 2011
External links
Website

Devotion (simplified Chinese: 阿娣) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 28 June 2011 and ended its run on 1 August 2011. This drama serial consists of 25 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9.00 pm.

The storyline spans 40 years, and is also dubbed the mid-year blockbuster-cum-47th anniversary drama.

Liu Zhao Di (Zoe Tay), better known as Ah Di, is born in the 60s amidst sand quarries during the heyday of sand quarrying. Zhao Di, the fourth daughter in the family and whose name means "brings a younger brother", is given away to an uncle after her mother finally gives birth to a boy. He mistreats Ah Di like a maid. When she was little, Ah Di falls into a quarry pond and was saved by Huang Dake (Chen Hanwei). Love blossoms between them after they are reunited in adulthood but Ah Di is forced by her foster father, Liu Huoyan (Ye Shipin) to marry Xu Zhongzheng (Huang Wenyong), the boss of a garment factory.

Ah Di was also kidnapped trying to save three girls, Yuanfang (Zhou Ying), Shanshan (Cynthia Wang) and Siwen (Kate Pang). They were later being saved.

Not long after Ah Di marries Zhongzheng, he was manslaughtered by two subordinates, (Brandon Wong and Lin Meijiao). After Zhongzheng died, Ah Di works in a soy sauce factory. She becomes the object of love of Hong Keqin (San Yow), the boss of a soy sauce factory. However, she rejects his overtures because of her deep love for Dake whom she thinks is dead.

A sequence of events lead to Ah Di adopting five children from different families - Wang Yuanfang, Fu Shuangjie (Zhang Zhenhuan), Xu Siwen, Lin Shanshan and Wu Feng (Adeline Lim) and raising them while working at Keqin's factory, "Home Flavour". Raising five children has been a bittersweet experience for Ah Di who never once entertained the thought of giving them up even in life's most difficult moments...

Devotion won a string of nominations at the awards ceremony, including a record three for the Young Talent Award and two for the Best Newcomer Award.The other dramas are nominated for Best Theme songs are Secrets of Sale, A Song to Remember, Kampong Ties & The Oath.

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