Bopha Pailin Explained

Network:Cambodian Television Network
Country:Cambodia
Genre:Soap opera
Creator:Mao Ayuth
Executive Producer:Mao Ayuth
Runtime:22 minutes
Alt Name:Kolap Pailin
Num Episodes:12

Bopha Pailin is a 1998 Khmer Boran soap opera. It is the first of its kind, being a boran TV opera followed by the second boran TV opera also starring Chan Leakennam, the 2009 Peus Snae. The opera was based on the 1951 Khmer novel Kolap Pailin which was once a film in 1962 and starred Chea Yuthon and Dy Saveth.

History

The opera did not last very long but is an exception for its time. It is considered Chan Leakenna's 1st TV opera, she was 18 then.