''Oh, Mando!'' is a Philippine

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

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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, commercial model, and comedian. His movie ''Fuccbois'' was an official entry to the 15th Cinemalaya Philippine Ind ...

, Alex Diaz and

Barbie Imperial Barbie Concina Imperial (; born August 1, 1998) is a Filipinos, Filipino actress. 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 Doll along the Riles ...

. Directed by Eduardo Roy Jr. and produced by

Dreamscape Entertainment Dreamscape Entertainment is a Philippine television production and entertainment company of ABS-CBN Studios, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation, that supplies telenovelas for its namesake television network ABS-CBN, and sister channels and onlin ...

together with Found Films. It premiered on

iWantTFC iWantTFC (formerly known as iWant TV and iWant) is a Filipino over-the-top media service and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Digital Media, a division of ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formed in 2020 through the merger of two st ...

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) known professionally as Dominic Ochoa, is a Filipino actor. He was a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic, as part of the fourth batch. He is currently managed by Boy Ab ...

as Armando "Tatay Armando" Deputado Sr., Mando's father * Andrea del Rosario as Sandra Deputado, Mando's mother * Dionne Monsanto 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 ''Lola Igna'' () is a 2019 Philippine Dramedy film directed and written by Eduardo Roy Jr., and starring veteran actress Angie Ferro, and Yves Flores. It had a theatrical release in the Philippines on September 12, 2019, as one of the entrie ...

''", 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

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

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

Episodes

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References

External links

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