Rubi (Philippine TV series)
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| Genre | Drama, Romance, Telenovela |
| Created by | Yolanda Vargas Dulché |
| Directed by | Erick C. Salud Don M. Cuaresma Manny Q. Palo Darnel Joy R. Villaflor |
| Starring |
Angelica Panganiban Jake Cuenca Shaina Magdayao Diether Ocampo Cherry Pie Picache Cherie Gil Gardo Versoza Alan Paule Kaye Abad Susan Africa Wowie De Guzman Coney Reyes Juan Rodrigo Dante Rivero Bing Loyzaga Rey "PJ" Abellana Megan Young Mel Martinez |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | Filipino (Tagalog) |
| No. of episodes | 127 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Eileen Angela Garcia |
| Production company(s) | Dreamscape Entertainment TV (Philippines) Televisa (Mexico) |
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| Original network | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | NTSC 480i |
| Original release | February 15 – August 13, 2010 |
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| Related shows | Rubí |
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Rubi is a Filipino telenovela or locally known as teleserye, that is an adaptation of Televisa's Rubí and produced by ABS-CBN which premiered February 15, 2010 and ended on August 13, 2010. The main difference of this teleserye to others is that the lead character, Rubi, is an anti-hero dubbed as "Ang Bidang-Kontrabida" (The Villainous Protagonist). She is vain, scheming and manipulative but still has heart, but chose not to listen to her conscience to reach her high ambitions.
Vivian (Cherry Pie Picache) gives birth to her daughter while she’s still in prison because of fraud charges, thus, leaving her no other choice but to put her newly born daughter for adoption. Immediately after her release, she goes in search for the child. And to her surprise, she learns that her daughter is actually under the care of the child's biological father, Arturo (Gardo Versoza) and his new wife Sylvanna (Cherie Gil). Insistent to get her daughter back, Vivian relentlessly kidnaps her. And in line with her plan of starting a new life, she brings her daughter far away to the city and she changes their names. Vivian is now Rosanna and her daughter's is named Rubi (Xyriel Manabat). Vivian's possessive lover Danilo (Alan Paule) located them. She conned him while inside prison to help her with her parole. After getting her parole, she escapes from him, leaving him looking like an idiot. He now wants to take revenge on Rosanna and her family. Rubi (Khaycee Aboloc) escapes but became lost in the city. In order to survive, she knocks on car windows to ask for alms. For months, she spent time alone in the busy streets. But fortunately, her time alone is immediately cut short by her unexpected reunion with her mother who has been searching for her all those times. On the other hand, since Sylvanna is still longing for their lost daughter, which is now Rubi, she then decides to adopt a child named Maribel (Shaina Magdayao). But unfortunately for the poor child, she encounters a terrible car accident while driving with her foster father, thus, marking a permanent damage on her left leg.
Though they lack the cash, Rubi (Angelica Panganiban) all grown up continuously lives in luxury. Apparently, her mother insistently spoils her with extravagance to make up for their uncalled for separation before. Rubi grew up to become a sexy young woman and she is not afraid to flaunt her looks. She has an ambition of marrying a wealthy man to get out of the slums that they live in and for her to finally afford all her luxuries. Even though she knows that she couldn’t practically afford it, Rosanna strives hard to send Rubi in a prestigious private school. On their way to inquire about admissions, Rubi accidentally comes across Maribel. She learns that Maribel has an inferiority complex because of her disability and upon realizing that the young lady is filthy rich, Rubi instantly decides to befriend the disabled young lady. Maribel invites Rubi over to her house so that she could meet her parents. And immediately, the charming young lady gains the couple’s favor. And since she had finally earned Maribel’s trust, Rubi gets a peep in her new friend’s life. Maribel gladly introduces Hector (Diether Ocampo), her long-time chat-mate, to her. Aside from that, the young lady also discloses the fact that she is in fact an adopted daughter. Through Maribel and her family, Rubi gets a taste of the good life. Maribel showers her with nice clothes, shoes, gadgets in exchange for Rubi's "friendship". Little does Maribel know that deep within the warm smiles of Rubi, her best friend harbors deep envy of her social status. Her envy went deeper when she discovered that she is the real daughter of Arturo and not Maribel. She thinks that Maribel's life should have been hers.
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