Nang Tard

Nang Tard (Thai: นางทาส, RTGS: Nang That, IPA: [naːŋ tʰâːt], means The Slave Girl but its international title is The Slave) is a Thai period drama lakorn, remade from a 1993 lakorn of the same name.

A poor girl, Yen, was sold to Khun Ying (by her father who had gambling debts) into one of the richest families in the province.

But because she was pretty and young, the handsome landowner Praya Sihayotin began to develop feelings for Yen.

One day Praya Sihayotin asked Ying Yaem if he can take Yen to be his fourth wife.

Praya had told both of them that he is leaving for work in another city and will not be present at Yen's delivery but will probably be at Ying Yaem's.

That made him strip Yen's status back to a slave and to never to come near Khun Ying Yaem's house to see the child again.

To make their dream come true, Praya Sihayotin married them and took another girl named Chan, just to take care of his wife.

Nu Dang finally tells her father that Yen was not trying to hurt her; she was trying to stop her from meeting a guy that Salee had set up.

Nang Tard received a positive response from the viewers, although ratings weren’t as high as expected for this remake, because it was not like the original.

[2] It was almost considered the highest rated for a remake lakorn but was pushed out by Suvanant Kongying's Silamanee, which was a huge hit with viewers as it just came out for one episode.

In SiamDara Star Party 2008, Nang Tard received two awards out of four nominations including Best Actor and Best Actress by Suvanant Kongying.

It won the best drama award and the Best Antagonist for Yui Jiranan for being nasty for Salee character.

[4] The lakorn was also nominated for Asian Television Awards in Best Drama Performance by an Actress with Pok Piyatida and Yui Jiranan as the nominees.

Fortunately, Yui Jiranan won the award for the lakorn at the celebration in Singapore on December 11, 2008.