Baybayin in Showbiz Industry

 TV SHOWS

Beginning in the late 90s, before the turn of the 21st century, baybayin script started appearing in showbiz industry. It was first appeared as a cover art for the TV drama-action series Pintados (The Painted Ones) broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on September 4, 1999 and ended on September 2, 2000 with a total of 52 episodes

Pintados; 1999-2000

Followed by Pintados a kid-oriented show was broadcast this time by TV network ABS-CBN from 2000 to 2001.

Pahina; 2000-2001

In March 24 2008, TV network ABS-CBN premiered Matanglawin (ᜋᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔), a weekly science-environmental educational show hosted by Kim Atienza, popularly known as Kuya Kim.

Matanglawin; 2008-Present

In episode 103 of Amaya, a Philippine fictional historical period drama broadcast by GMA Network which premiered on May 30, 2011, the main character named Amaya (portrayed by Marian Rivera) teaches baybayin.

Screenshot from Amaya episode 103

In one of the episode of La Luna Sangre (The Blood Moon), a 2017 Philippine horror-fantasy drama television series broadcast by ABS-CBN, Sandrino (portrayed by Richard Gutierrez) was studying the Book of Gaway which was written in baybayin.

Screenshot from La Luna Sangre

MOVIES

Recently, baybayin was showcased as part of the story in The Day After Valentine's, a romantic movie released in 2018. The plot centered a woman (portrayed by Bela Padilla) that takes the responsibility of helping a brokenhearted and self-destructive man (portrayed by JC Santos) to fix his problems. Being part of the story, baybayin was also featured in the poster written as ᜆᜌᜓ ᜈ ᜊ below the title of the movie.

The Day After Valentine's; 2018

Another movie which will about to release in 2019 titled Indak has a baybayin translation of the title itself. The film stars Nadine Lustre and Sam Concepcion.

Indak; 2019