From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy explained

Native Name:
Genre:	Historical drama
Screenplay:	Chatchai Katenut Pimpanida Phanmai Wanida Mongkolwit Kanchanit Pantulee May Myo Han
Story:	Chatchai Katenut
Director:	Chatchai Katenut
Starring:	Jirayu Thantrakul Tangtang Nutrugee Wisawanart Daung Hnin Thway Yu Aung
Composer:	Jetsada Hongcharoen Numpark Sribanditmongkol Chawin Temsittichok
Country:	Thailand Myanmar
Language:	Thai Burmese English Shan
Num Episodes:	12
Producer:	Kanokporn Dibakomuda Varaporn Pibumrung
Editor:	Surasak Panklin Max Tersch Chartchai Ketnust
Cinematography:	Teerawat Rujinatham
Runtime:	50 minutes
Company:	Magenta Media Creation
Channel:	Thai PBS 3

From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy (Thai: จากเจ้าพระยาสู่อิรวดี; Burmese: ကျောက်ဖရားမှဧရာဝတီသို့) is a 2022 Thai-Burmese historical drama television series directed by Chatchai Katenut starring Thai actor Jirayu Thantrakul, Thai actress Tangtang Nattaruchi, Burmese actor Daung^[1] and Burmese actress Hnin Thway Yu Aung.^[2] It aired on Thai PBS 3, from January 1 to February 6, 2022, on every Saturday and Sunday at (THA) 20:15.^{[3] [4] [5]}

The series is based on the Burmese-Thai historical background of Konbaung dynasty and post-Ayutthaya Kingdom^[6] .^[7] That was eighteen years after dissolution of Ayutthaya Kingdom, during the time of King Bodawpaya.

Synopsis

Nutchanat (Tangtang Nattaruchi) got a job as an assistant chef at a prestigious hotel in downtown Yangon and met her new friend, Zin Zin (Hnin Thway Yu Aung) and the Executive Chef, Pakorn (Jirayu Thantrakul). One day, Nutchanat got a book Enaung (the Panji tales in Burmese) from old bookshop and she dances like the one in the book, then she dreamed that she was in the Ava Palace over two hundred years in Burma, she met Princess Kunthon and Princess Mongkut, two princesses who were forcibly taken from Ayutthaya. She said her name was "Pin." Maung Sa (Daung), a leading artist in Burmese royal drama, took her for a dance.

Cast

• as Pakorn / Bagong
• Tangtang Nutrugee Wisawanart as Nutchanat / Pin
• Daung as Maung Sa
• Hnin Thway Yu Aung as Zin Zin / Consort Mala
• as Shwedaung Min
• Penpak Sirikul as Princess Kunthon
• Duangjai Hiransri as Princess Mongkut
• Kowit Wattanakul as U Htay Shwe / King Bodawpaya
• Sumontha Suanpholaat as Chut

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2023	Nine Entertain Awards	Best Creative Team of the Year	Drama Information Team From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy
		Best TV Drama of the Year	From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy

Notes and References

1. News: သရုပ်ဆောင် ဒေါင်း ပါဝင်သရုပ်ဆောင်ထားတဲ့ "ကျောက်ဖရားမှဧရာဝတီသို့"ဇာတ်လမ်းတွဲ ကို ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံမှာ ထုတ်လွှင့်ပြသတော့မည် . ShwengweGames . 24 November 2021 . 5 January 2022 . 9 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609135850/https://www.shwengwegames.com/archives/27660 . dead .
2. News: From Chao Phraya to Irrawaddy .
3. News: PBS . Thai . ละคร จากเจ้าพระยาสู่อิรวดี - จากเจ้าพระยาสู่อิรวดี : ตอนที่ 2 . Thai PBS Program.
4. News: PBS . Thai . ละคร จากเจ้าพระยาสู่อิรวดี . 16 December 2021.
5. News: จากเจ้าพระยาสู่อิรวดี Ep.1 วันที่ 1 ม.ค. 65 ย้อนหลัง ตอนที่ 1 . www.baannoi.com . 2022-01-05 . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170627/https://www.baannoi.com/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5/2217-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5ep-1.html . dead .
6. Ayutthaya Kingdom was overthrown in 1767 by King Hsinbyushin.
7. According to article of Myawaddy Mingyi U Sa, Maung Sa's wife Ma Aye died in 1785. Because Maung Sa said that his wife Ma Aye had died at the beginning of episode 2 of this series.