With Love from Korea
‘Mathaka Siththam’ newest Korean serial based on Korean serial drama ‘Saimdang, Memoir of Colors’ dubbed into Sinhala is now being telecast at 8.00 pm on weekdays on National Rupavahini channel.
Starring Lee Young-ae who was famed as ‘Changumi’ in the earlier series ‘Sujatha Dhiyani’ , the series is written by Park Eun-Ryeong and directed by Yun Sang-Ho.
The series marks Lee’s television comeback 14 years after her pan-Asia hit drama Dae Jang Geum (2003).
A Korean university art history lecturer (Lee Young-ae) discovers the long-lost diary of a historical figure, unraveling the secret behind a recently uncovered, mysterious ancient painting as well as a look into the extraordinary life led by Shin Saimdang (also played by Lee), a renowned poet-artist in the Joseon era.
SeoJi-yoon, a lecturer in art history at Hankuk University,[6] seems to have everything she wants. She is about to finish her PhD, supervised by renowned professor Min Jung-hak, which would ultimately lead to a faculty position at the university. She also has a good family life, with supportive husband Jung Min-seok, a wealthy businessman, and mother-in-law Kim Jung-hae. For her PhD thesis, she is assigned to research a recently discovered painting Geumgangsando by An Gyeon, scheduled to be displayed as national treasure under the auspices of Min Jung-hak. However, Ji-yoon’s discoveries seem to doubt the authenticity of the painting. At a conference, a student named Han Sang-hyun challenges her on that authenticity question, which Ji-yoon deflected, citing she needs time to ensure its authenticity.
Ji-yoon’s answer casts doubt on the art world, humiliating Min Jung-hak, who opts to quickly sabotage her career path in retaliation. At a conference in Bologna, Italy, Prof. Min devises a scheme to cite her for disciplinary action, terminating her position at the university. As bad as Ji-yoon’s situation is, her life continues to crumble, when her husband goes into hiding, amassing unpaid debts as a result of a competitor’s illegal business maneuvers in a desperate measure for his business to survive. Reeling from her personal and professional life crises, serendipity comes into play on the roads of Italy when Ji-yoon stumbles upon a diary mentioning the Geumgangsando painting, leading her to discover the painting of Shin Saimdang by accident. The diary also sheds light about Saimdang, who not only strongly resembles Ji-yoon but seems to be intricately linked to her. Ji-yoon starts to fight an uphill battle to clear her name and prove her prowess by finding the real Geumgangsando painting, while also struggling with financial hardship and continual pressure from Min Jung-hak to prevent her from succeeding.
According to writer Park Eun-ryung, the drama was inspired by the Joseon Dynasty book Memoirs of Lady Jo of Pungyang.
The drama was first announced in March 2015 with Lee Young-ae cast in the titular role of Saimdang marking her return to acting after a 10-year hiatus since the 2005 film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and her first television role since the 2003 hit Dae Jang Geum. Song Seung-heon was cast as Saimdang’s fictional love interest in July 2015.
The first script reading took place on August 4, 2015 at SBS Ilsan Production Center in Tanhyun, South Korea with filming beginning August 10, 2015 and finished June 4, 2016. It was originally scheduled to air simultaneously in South Korea and China in the later half of 2016, but was delayed to January 2017 due to conflict over the terminal high-altitude area defense (THAAD) system between the two countries.
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