Juanita Banana

*Juanita Banana*
Juanita Banana
	Title card
Genre	Comedy, Drama, Romance
Created by	Pablo S. Gomez
Directed by	Jeffrey R. Jeturian
Starring	Bianca Manalo
Opening theme	"Mucha Juanita" by Rico J. Puno
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	85
Production
Production location	Philippines
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production company	Star Creatives
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	October 25, 2010 –; February 18, 2011
External links
	Website

Juanita Banana is a Philippine comedy soap opera created by Pablo S. Gomez. It stars Binibining Pilipinas 2009-Universe, Bianca Manalo in the title role.^[1]^[2]^[3] It aired on ABS-CBN from October 25, 2010 to February 18, 2011 replacing Rosalka.

Overview[]

1968 film[]

Juanita Banana had a movie adaptation in 1968, starring Amparo Muñoz as Juanita, Pepito Rodriguez, the late Ricky Belmonte, German Moreno and Bella Flores which was produced by Pablo S. Gomez.^[4]

A young woman tries to catch a teardrop from a banana tree's heart believing that it gives her magical powers but she gets the fascination of a dwarf prince who uses his own magic to grant her every wish.

Cast and characters[]

Villa Family[]

Bianca Manalo as Juanita Villa
Lito Pimentel as Val Villa
Trina Legaspi as Daldit Villa
Aaron Junatas as Bubwit Villa
Isay Alvarez as Belen Villa

Buenaventura Family[]

Rodjun Cruz as Joaquin Buenaventura
Dulce as Donya Digna Buenaventura
Lauren Young as Sunny Rose Buenaventura
Liza Lorena as Donya Cristina
Roy Alvarez as Don Arnulfo Buenaventura

The Dwarfs[]

Matt Evans as Prinsipe Rikitik
Carlos Morales as Haring Bradpitik
Kalila Aguilos as Reyna Sirikit
Joma Labayen as Ngititik
as Walastik
Lui Villaruz as Pepetik

Supporting cast[]

Bern Josep "Bekimon" Persia as Mario Dimaguiba
Rey "PJ" Abellana as Boy Dimaguiba
Katya Santos as Margaux Mamaril
Bayani Casimiro Jr. as Benjo
Martin del Rosario as Chester
Raye Bacquirin as Thelma

Special participation[]

Miles Ocampo as Young Juanita Villa
CJ Navato as Young Joaquin Buenaventura
Yong An Chiu as Young Mario
Bea Basa as Young Daldit Villa

References[]

^ Juanita Banana: Feature Article Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.abs-cbn.com 10-23-2010
^ Bianca Manalo is excited to work with Matt Evans and Rodjun Cruz in Juanita Banana Archived 2010-10-27 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.push.com.ph 10-24-2010
^ Bianca Manalo on Juanita Banana: ‘Blessed lang po talaga ako’ Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.push.com.ph 10-16-2010
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343874/ Juanita Banana (1968) on IMDB

[1] Juanita Banana: Feature Article Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.abs-cbn.com 10-23-2010

[2] Bianca Manalo is excited to work with Matt Evans and Rodjun Cruz in Juanita Banana Archived 2010-10-27 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.push.com.ph 10-24-2010

[3] Bianca Manalo on Juanita Banana: ‘Blessed lang po talaga ako’ Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.push.com.ph 10-16-2010

[4] ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343874/ Juanita Banana (1968) on IMDB

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