Title: Nang Takien (Takien: The Haunted Tree) Production Company: Group 4 Production | Pacific Island Film Cast: Yui Jiranan, Oak Pirapan, Art Thanatorn, Bombay Nantabun, Sa-Ard Pliempongsan, Wisit Yuthiyong, Kru Meud Prasart Tongaram In Theaters: June 17, 2010 Official Website: Pacific Island Film Buy Online: Nang Takien @ Ethaicd
Director: Saiyon Srisawad
Summary:(Credit Ethaicd)
Yai Bua is in a dilemma, she is unemployed and betrayed. In despair, she returns to her hometown where her family is her last hope. On her arrival, she finds her parents and sister are gone. When Yai Bua is hopeless, the only person she thinks of is Pimarn, her boyfriend. As Yai Bua doesn’t hear any news from Pimarn and has to handle the troubles alone, she ends up hanging herself on a big tree near the graveyard in her hometown. But the wrong-doing she has done from her past life to this life causes her spirit to possess at the tree waiting for Pimarn and her own redemption.
Every scene that she has to star in for the movie “Nang Takien” has been nothing but scary. Yui tries to keep cool under pressure and not be scared, but for the scene where they filmed in an abandoned house in Supanburi is too much. The house belonged to a person who committed suicide by hanging themself and since then no one has lived there. This caused much fright for Yui since she had to film this scene alone.
“In this movie my character is Yai Bua, a prim and proper girl from a different province who moves to Bangkok to find work. After being laid off, I went back home but all my family, my father, mother and siblings had died. Yai Bua has to live alone. As for the house we filmed in, the director scouted for this location in Supanburi. It was an abandoned house where the owner died there also, I thought they were just kidding.
I asked the man who was taking care of the house and he said the house was abandoned for 10 years now. No one lived there since the owner hung themself. The man tried to sell the house but no one would buy it, others stayed there once but couldn’t make it through the night. They met with things they didn’t want to. I immediately prayed and ask the owner for forgiveness. The atmosphere was quite scary even though we were filming during the day. The house itself wasn’t very old, the man took care of the house but everything inside was still the same as when the owner left it.
In this scene I’m alone, my emotions at the time were both stressful and sorrowful. In the house there was only the director, his assistant and the cameraman because they wanted me to have time to build my emotions. However I couldn’t really focus because of the way the crew did the lighting it made it more gruesome. I remember distinctly when we were filming I heard some things falling that were very loud. The director ordered a cut and when the crew went to check it out, there was nothing there. At this point we were all looking at each other but no one said anything until we finished filming. I admit I was really frightened, but I prayed to the spirits and hope that they understood we were just there to work and not destroy anything or do anything bad.
Please go watch the movie when it’s in theaters on June 17.”
Yui went to make merits at the Nang Takien worship site at Klangklong Takien Temple in Ayudhaya. Since Yui’s new movie is her taking the role of the “Nang Takien” she wanted to show her respects to the spirit. Yui also gave a new red Thai traditional dress and accessories to the temple for the Nang Takien spirit.
Nang Takien, a new movie by Group 4 Production only started filming for a bit but hot commodity actress “Yui Jiranan” has become frightened with being bound and wrapped, we don’t know if this anything to do with an omen or not.
“When I was contacted by the director, Khun Saiyon Srisawas, he told me he was planning on making this movie as a full out horror movie and not a comedy like he used to. Additionally he said he would be directing this movie once again.” Read the rest of this entry »
Group 4 Production held an opening ceremony for the new movie “Nang Takien.” The movie is directed by Saiyon Srisawas and stars Yui Jiranan & Oak Pirapan. They held the ceremony at the actual filming site, Sarakaewsrisunpetch Temple in Supanburi.
Yui has 2 more upcoming projects for 2010. The first, is a remake lakorn “Duay Raeng Atitarn” (With a Powerful Wish) that was made famous about a decade ago starring Tua Saranyu & Kob Suvanant. In this version, the leads will be played by Vier Sukollwat & Pancake Khemanit. Other stars include Yui Jiranan, Arnas, Amy Amika, Bee Matika, Kratip Chawankorn, Fai Nishanan and many more. The lakorn is still in production so changes might occur during this time and the time it starts to film.
Duay Raeng Atitarn is the story of a young woman named Worada, but because of jealously and hatred was killed before her time. Before she died, she made a wish hoping that in her next lifetime she is powerful and strong not stupid and easily deceived like she was in this lifetime. Her lover Krit, mourning her loss had never loved anyone else until one day he meets a woman who looks exactly like her. What he doesn’t know is this woman IS Worada but this lifetime her name is Nattamon and she holds a six sense as you could say. And she has never forgotten the betrayal enacted upon her in her previous lifetime.
The second project is a new movie, temporarily titled “Nang Takien.” Not much info about it yet since it only started filming. The title might change in the future. But it is a horror flick.
I will keep you posted on any further information regarding these 2 projects. Special thanks to Khun Chatchaleeyar for updating me with Yui’s information ja.
