''Oh, Mando!'' is a Philippine

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series starring

Kokoy de Santos Ronald Marquez de Santos Jr. (born May 15, 1998), known professionally as Kokoy de Santos, is a Filipino actor, singer, dancer, and commercial model. His movie ''Fuccbois'' was an official entry to 15th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film F ...

, Alex Diaz and

Barbie Imperial Barbara Concina Imperial (; born August 1, 1998) is a Filipino actress and model from Daraga, Albay. She is best known for her lead role in ''Araw Gabi''. Career In 2015, Imperial joined the '' Pinoy Big Brother: 737'' and was dubbed as ''"The ...

. Directed by Eduardo Roy Jr. and produced by

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together with Found Films. It premiered on

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on November 5, 2020.

Plot

Charming but timid college student Mando, a typical hopeless romantic meets Barry, an out-and-proud basketball star who is practically a prince from a fairytale. The only thing spoiling Mando's happy ending is the fact that Barry already has a boyfriend. To move on, Mando goes out with liberated architecture student Krisha and the two become lovers. One fateful day, Barry walks back into Mando's life. Now, he needs to choose - will it be mind over heart or heart over mind?

Cast and characters

Main

as Armando "Mando" Deputado Jr., a first year Mass Communication student who gets into a complicated situation when his romantic feelings to his schoolboy crush blossoms while he is in a relationship with his girlfriend. * Alex Diaz as Barry Cruz, Mando's schoolboy crush and Krisha's brother *

as Krisha Cruz, Mando's girlfriend and Barry's sister

Supporting

Dominic Ochoa Jose Madrigal Ochoa (; born August 4, 1974), better known as Dominic Ochoa, is a Filipino actor, comedian, model and member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic, as part of the batch 4. He is currently managed by Boy Abu ...

as Armando "Tatay Armando" Deputado Sr., Mando's father * Andrea del Rosario as Sandra Deputado, Mando's mother *

Dionne Monsanto Dionne Monsanto-Stalder (born December 5, 1985) is a former Filipina actress. Career Monsanto appeared on '' Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2'' as a contestant in 2007. Monsanto entered on ''Day 12'' of the series, and was evicted on ''Day 77''. In th ...

as Lucy, Sandra's girlfriend * Joel Saracho as Mr. Siwa, St. Henry's theatre advisor * Almira Muhlach as Pia, Barry and Krisha's mother * Pontri Bernardo as Lino, Barry and Krisha's father * Julian Roxas as Clark, Barry's boyfriend * Sam Cafranca as Gabo, Tatay Armando's tenant * Ronald del Rosario as Dado, Tatay Armando's friend * Z Mejia as Kim Bash, Vince's Korean boyfriend and Clark's sidekick * Ron Martin Angeles as St. Henry's varsity basketball player, Barry's teammate * Vandave Paragas as St. Henry's varsity basketball player, Barry's teammate * Miguel Villasis as St. Henry's varsity basketball player, Barry's teammate

Production

Directing the web series is Eduardo Roy Jr. who was also the director of several Filipino independent films such as "''Pamilya Ordinaryo''", "'' Lola Igna''", and "''Fuccbois''". It was teased around February 2020 but its production was hampered after four shooting days as an enhanced community quarantine was imposed due to the

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. Its production was later resumed in July when the quarantine restrictions were already eased.

Episodes

Soundtracks

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt13369912 *
Oh, Mando!
' on

IWantTFC original programming 2020 web series debuts Philippine LGBT-related web series Television series by Dreamscape Entertainment Television