Secret Garden (KDrama) as Me Adambarakari on TV1.

Howdy guysJ. So not long ago My love from Another Star entered Sri Lankan shores as Ananthayen Aa Tharu Kumara on Sirasa TV. It was a sensational hit in Korea and it became even more popular in Sri Lankan after Moon Embraces the Sun (Hiru Sandu Adarayai) was shown on Rupavahini. Now a new KDrama is to enter Sri Lankan shores and this time through Sirasa TV’s sister channel TV1 (formerly known as MTV). This new KDrama is Secret Garden and it has many Korean stars we already know such as Ha Ji-won (Empress Ki) and Yoon Sung – hyun (Hima Thuhina). Let us see what this drama is all about and who else we already know act in it.

Secret Garden was shown on SBS (same channel as My Love from Another Star) in 2010 and has 20, 60 minute episodes. So that would amount about 90+ episodes in Sri Lanka. The plot revolves around Gil Ra-im (Ha Ji-Won) who is a stunt woman. She is immature, annoying and very boyish. However I have to admit that it is hard not to like her and for me personally she reminded me of Guem Jan Di from Boys over Flowers and she just doesn’t believe in romance. The only thing that showed that she was a woman was her obsession over Korean star Oska.

However quite accidently something very magical happens to her when it rains. She starts to swap bodies with rude, bossy yet extremely cute CEO Kim Joo-won (Hyun Bin- from My Lovely Kim Sam soon). This very cute CEO is filthy rich and has everything you can ever ask for. He is handsome, rich, educated, English speaking and the heir to the Moon family “throne”. However he doesn’t believe in love or fairy tales and believe me his version of being “cute” is not our version of being “cute”. He is such a snobbish arrogant guy and I literally preferred Jong-soo over him at the beginning. At the end of the day however he does become the perfect “hubby” material (love Hyun BinJ ).

Hyun Bin oppa as Joo-won

Oska and his first love :)

Oska is Joo-won’s cousin and is soo selfish. He believes he is the best and everything else doesn’t matter. In reality Oska’s career as a Korean star is going down the drain and it wouldn’t be long before he is forgotten. However long time ago Oska was a nice guy and that was when his first love Yoon Seul was with him. Unfortunately Yoon Seul is to marry Joo-won and Oska is a little bit on the jealous side.

Hima Thuhina main lead as Tae Sun

Like his cousin Oska relies on money to get him to places but the young talented musician Tae Sun (Hima Thuhina) changes this.

Oska- remeber the lawyer guy in Hima Thuhina? This is him:)

The Jong -soo I mentioned earlier is Director Im Jong-soo who is Gil Ra-im’s boss at stunt school. He is the guy who is the second lead and trust me, he leaves you struggling with the second lead syndrome. He is tough looking and sometimes very hard to handle but deep down he is sweet and really cares for Ra-im. I remember in one scene he tells Joo-won that he wants to be Ra-im’s oppa, brother and father aka be her lover and family. He is such a cute guy. I loved the little competition that’s always seems to be there between Jong-soo and Joo-wonJ.

Director Jong-soo

Just like in My Love from Another Star in this story there is a bit of super naturalness. According to this story every time there is a thunder storm Joo-won and Ra-im swap bodies. This gives the story such a comical twist. It is so sweet when Joo-won wakes up in Ra-im’s body and finds her roommate Ah-young (Semi from My Love from Another Star) all cuddled up with him. On the other hand Oska finds Joo-won all cuddled up in his bed. I always liked these body swapping dramas because they are so much fun to watch. I believe in this drama it is the body swapping that makes the two leads to fall in love with each other.

Ah Young- Ra im's flat mate..Semi from My Love from another star

Overall I would say this is an awesome drama and thus is a must watch. You guys would love the finale and how every character’s story arc is carefully wrapped up. I also loved the fact that the screenwriters bothered to show that the Ra-im and Joo-won love story actually started way back when she was a high school student. This gave the story a well rounded look. It even showed that Joo-won was not so much a hot tempered workaholic as he shows he is. I hope you guys take time to watch this drama and enjoy it. I am quite sorry to say that this TV channel TV1 is mostly available in Colombo but I believe it recently expanded to Gampaha. However you guys can watch it online on the TV1 official website when the drama actually starts. So hope you guys enjoy this post and would watch this drama...lets meet up again in another post J J J J J