Upcoming Thai Dramas: 2023+ Edition
Hello! I am Soju, and I am starting an article series where I will be curating and recommending Thai dramas based on specific tags. Today's article will be surrounding the tag: "Arranged Marriage". | Most of the time, when I search for dramas, I search for specific things I want to watch at that time. For example: "possessive men", "rich female, poor male", and so on. | I'm sure that a lot of you are also like that too. That is why I thought that while promoting Thai dramas to more people here, I could also give like-minded people something new to watch. ^_^ |
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Introduction:In order to get news, Nit (Kwan), follows Pawee (Oil) and his father (Ui) to a psych ward where she finds out that Pawee's mother (Pie) is still alive and not dead as his father had announced to the media. Nit's mother (Ampha) who is a nun, goes to the psych ward to see Pawee's mother, to talk to her often, there Pawee's mother, who went crazy from Pawee's playboy father, begins to form a bond with Nit. |
 There is an equally popular, if not even more famous, 2006 version of the drama that the viewers often express their admiration for. You might like that too. ^_^ |  |
Introduction:Sakkarn (Aum) is never the same when his lover commits suicide right in front of him after an argument. Psychologically destroyed, Sakkarn can't seem to get his life back on track, constantly tortured by the memories of his dead lover. Seeing the way that Sakkarn is tormenting himself and spiraling day by day, his mother (Duangta) decides to arrange a marriage between her best friend's daughter, Purimarn (Margie), and her son. Hoping that the bright and lovely girl will be able to make a ripple in the stillness in Sakkarn's heart. |
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Introduction:To show gratitude to her adoptive father (Mam), Rin (Bella) accepts to disguise herself as his real daughter and marry Saran (James Ji), to keep the promise their fathers had made in the past. Saran is a cold-hearted guy who suffers from his previous love. Although he knows that Rin's adoptive family has deceived him, he does not wish to return his bride, since he gets to know her beauty and kindness. |
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Introduction:Suer Pa (Michael) is an outlawed bandit of Praiwaree. However, he is not like the others and does not wish to live his life stealing and harming others. So he teams up with the local police by going undercover for them — in hopes that he will be able to turn his life around if he does the right thing. |
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Introduction:Chai Rong (Pope) was supposed to be in an arranged marriage with Srijittra (Nychaa), the eldest daughter of the Rachadamri family. However, he fell in love with Koy (Atthama) who his family refused to let him get married to as she was a divorcee. His 'arranged fiancee', on the other hand, is a filial child and so she easily accepts her future. Preparing to wed into royalty. |
 I have to watch this to gossip about it folks. Although if you guys have watched it — feel free to gossip in the comments section, I love spoilers ehem. |
Introduction:When Prajak's (Tik) younger brother, Lek (Sorawit), takes a hefty loan from the loan shark, Dao (Montree). | |
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Introduction:Kongkai (Ohm) lives his life as a playboy, so his mother wants him to get married to a girl who can make him better. So, she forces him to marry with Arunprapai (Araya), a good girl she finds for him. Arunprapai accepts to marry a guy who she doesn't love to avoid the rumour that she commits adultery with Phuchong, her ex-boyfriend who is going to have a baby with another girl by accident. However, Kongkai and Arunprapai's marriage life is not smooth because Kongkai also has a girlfriend named Prungchat (Benz) and she wants to get him back. |
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Introduction:A lakorn involving an arranged marriage that wasn't meant to be. Bee's (Margie) cousin (Bella) should have married Mark (Boy), but the day before the wedding, her cousin was kidnapped by a guy who had loved her for years. He kidnapped her, assaulted her, got her pregnant, and thus everything changed. The young and bratty Bee had to take the place of her cousin because it was a marriage to erase a debt. Her uncle owed money to Mark and his father. Since he can't use his daughter, he'll use his niece instead. | |
| Margie's courage to rock that awful bowl cut. No one can rock it like Margie. Gotta give it to Margie! | Bella is going to be a very trying person in this drama. For all the Bella stans who have always watched her play the female lead, you've been warned. |
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Introduction:The main heroine, Princess Alice (Yaya) — a princess of a small country, comes into danger after her coronation. To protect her they send her to Thailand, where the main hero, Lieutenant Davin (Nadech), a navy man, becomes her bodyguard. Source: MUSE |
Introduction:This is a story of two close families that promised and agreed on their children's marriage before they were born. Madam Lamphao (Honey), the head of the Wichanee family, has two daughters: An elder daughter called Rojanasnai (Namtarn) and her youngest Romereuthai (Saiparn). The elder sister already has a lover named Prawut Wuttisak (Ta). While Madam Preme (Tong), the head of Pathamakul family, has only one son called Paat Pathamakul (Ken).When the time came, and the youngest daughter Romereuthai learned that she had to marry a son of her mother's friend, she refused, not wanting to marry Paat who she thought was a country bumpkin. Left with no choice, Madam Lamphao then focused her attention on Rojansnai, who also refused since she had a lover. In order to force her older sister into marrying in her place, Romereuthai heartlessly revealed that Rojanasnai is not her real sister but has been taken care of by Madam Lamphao because of the goodness of her heart. Left with such a heavy feeling of gratitude and debt, Rojanasnai agrees to the marriage. But then Paat finds out that he is being married off to an adopted daughter, and he isn't pleased about this at all. | |
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Introduction:Sattawat (James Ma) is a doctor whose mother has a gambling addiction, and Anusaniya's (Kimberley) family owns a wealthy company. Sattawat's mother owes a lot of money to Anusaniya's company, and in order to erase the debt, Sattawat's mother (Mam) and Anusaniya's aunt (Fon) cook up a plan to marry Sattawat and Anusaniya to each other to get rid of the debt. Anusaniya's half-uncle, Chayakorn (Pop), breaks up with his girlfriend, Somika (Namcha), and reveals his love for Anusaniya. Anusaniya, not wanting Chayakorn to have any hope, agrees to marry Sattawat. Desperate Somika falls for Sattawat but finds out that he belongs to Anusaniya, her greatest rival. In vengeance, Somika tries everything to split the couple. |
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Introduction:This lakorn is about honour and pride. Khun Ying Ai (Prem) is a royalty descendant. She was taught by her father that ancestry is the most important thing in life. Her mother remarried a new emergent wealthy Chinese businessman, Jao Sua (Moo), to pay off the family debt after her father's death. Due to Khun Ying Ai's social prejudice and her father's death, she refused to accept this marriage as well as associate herself with a Chinese family for she deems them as unworthy to be a part of her royal bloodline. Impressed and outraged by Khun Ying Ai's arrogant, strong will, and with a desire to protect her from harm due to her adopted uncle attempting to murder her, Jao Sua then wants a marriage between her and his youngest son, Ram (Alex). However, his oldest son, Rarp (Great), wants to marry Khun Ying Ai instead. Can a marriage born out of this hate really work? And will Rarp be able to soften Ai's heart? | |
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Introduction:Boom (Janie) and Neung (Ken) were childhood enemies. Neung always bullied Boom because she was chubby. However, they lost contact somewhere along the line. Years later, when they meet, Neung doesn't realize that the beautiful girl in front of him is the same old chubby Boom. Boom, on the other hand, still dislikes Neung with a passion, trying her best to avoid him at all costs. Thus begins a push and pull sort of love story. |
Introduction:Muey (Mew)has been in love with her next-door neighbour Thien (Mark) ever since she was in high school. Several years have passed, and Muey is still loyal in her selfless love. When Thien, who is now an architect, finds himself in an entanglement with a mafia's wife and under pressure claims Muey to be his fiancee, Thien's mother (Duangta) arranges for Thien and Muey to marry at the latest in order to help her son get out of this life-threatening mess. And so begins a love story between a sweet and selfless Muey, and an arrogant and oblivious Thien. | |
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Girl falls for the guy. Guy and girl have to marry. Guy begins to fall for the girl. Girl becomes adamant to leave. Bonus if there is a pregnancy. A few months later, the guy shows up at her door. Begins wooing her. She agrees. Everyone is happy. The end. |
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Introduction:Meena (Chingching) is a stubborn girl and a talented auto mechanic. Phuphat (Chap) is the heir of a company engaged in the production of auto parts. His father arranges a marriage between Phuphat and Meena, in hopes that she will be able to heal his heart that was hurt in the past and return his interest in life. Everything seems to be going well, but suddenly his ex returns, and Phuphat's younger brother begins to show interest in Meena. |
All the dramas that were mentioned in this article are either something that I have finished, am watching, or have captured my interest and so I plan to watch in the future. | Please note that the tag "arranged marriage" is not the same as "forced marriage" and “marriage of convenience”, so I will have an article for those tags too. | I hope that through this article, you were able to find something new to watch, and I hope you liked reading this article. Let me know what your favourite "arranged marriage" lakorn is in the comments section. See you again! ^‿^ |
Edited by: Yuanwei (1st editor), BrightestStar (2nd editor)
