Ka Ina is a Venezuelan telenovela written by César Miguel Rondón and produced by Venevisión in 1995. This telenovela lasted 164 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. It was also broadcast in multiple countries, such as the Philippines, United States, Argentina, Spain, among others.
Viviana Gibelli and Jean Carlo Simancas starred as the main protagonists with Hilda Abrahamz as the antagonist. The series is the reunion of Viviana Gibelli & Jean Carlo Simancas after they worked in Por Amarte Tanto in 1993.
Ka Ina means: the whole earth, the earth itself.
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Synopsis
Ka Ina tells the story of two women linked by superstition, magic, and their relationship with one man. Catalina Miranda is an engineer educated in Europe; Maniña Yerichana is a jungle priestess born to a Dutch gold digger and a Yanomami woman. Catalina and Maniña become rivals over Ricardo Leon, a man from the capital city. Although they appear to be the same age, Maniña and Catalina are mother and daughter, a fact that is not widely known. The story incorporates elements of folklore and legends.
Cast
Main
Jean Carlo Simancas as Ricardo Leon/El Chalanero
Viviana Gibelli as Catalina Miranda Funkhütten/Amanaduna
Hilda Abrahamz as Maniña Yerichana
Julio Alcazar as Dagoberto Miranda
Cristina Reyes as Mireya Carvajal #1
Fedra López as Mireya Carvajal #2
Aroldo Betancourt as Cruz de Jesus/Padre Gamboa
Supporting cast
Juan Manuel Montesinos as Fernando Larrazabal
Eva Moreno as Tibisay
Alberto Marin as Medardo Garañon
Ramon Hinojosa as Justiniano Garcia
Elisa Escamez as Ingracia Camacho
Jose Torres as Tacupay
Jose Vieira as Antonio Larrazabal
Wilmer Machado as Benito
Marisela Buitrago as Lola Lopez
Raul Medina as Cabo Prudencio Reyes
Umberto Buonocuore as Gaetano di Fillipo
Yolanda Muñoz as Vicenta
Ivette Dominguez as Deisy Rodriguez
Geronimo Gomez as Abel Negron
Maria Eugenia Perera as Janet
Isabel Herrera as Pauchi
Elena Dinisio as Ingrid
Zoe Bolivar as Josefa Restrepo
Carmelo Lápira as Jairo Pastrana
Miguel David Díaz as Misael
Lucas Atilano as Washington David Negron (Abel Negron's son)
Sebastian Atilano as Jefferson José Negron (Abel Negron's son and Washington's brother)
International Broadcast
This was the only Hispanic telenovela dubbed in English & Cebuano version in the Philippines, broadcast by Citynet Television (now named GTV) & GMA Cebu and Davao. In Citynet, it was dubbed in English through the trends of playing Japanese sci-fi TV series dubbed in English. After Ka Ina ended in Citynet as the first English-dubbed Hispanic telenovela in the said country, Citynet never borrowed any telenovela to be dubbed in English.