Before "Kumkum Bagya" and "Mahubala", there were telenovela series that won the heart of every Ghanaian. Gone were the days when the old and the young used to rush to the television when darkness was starting to fall. Even our fathers and mothers were more entranced (attracted) by the telenovela series than the young ones. There used to be "Rosalinda", "Second Chance" and others that made the ladies especially go into gaga. Here are the list of those enchanting telenovelas:

(1)Rosalinda

Ghanaian girls did not pick up their calls even if it were their parents calling because they didn't want to miss any scene. They stayed glued to their television. As the saying goes"experience is the best teacher", this was the first telenovela series I watched, and it was Tv3 that showed it. Tv3 at that time was the "boss" and looked as if it was the only TV station in Ghana. "Rosalinda" was released on 1st of March 1999 and it still holds the record of being the most expensive television production in Mexico. Let us know how our favourite characters are faring now.

This picture of Thalia Sodi Miranda (known as Rosalinda) was taken in 2006.Her last series was "Rosalinda" and she is considered as the "queen of telenovelas" by the mass media Mexico. She starred in many popular telenovela series like "Marimar" in 1994,"Maria Mercedes" in 1992.She is now a famous singer and a successful businesswoman.

Fernando Carrillo(Fernando in "Rosalinda") who was also one of the main characters has really aged but still looks like he is in his twenties . He is a Venezuelan and still acts unlike Rosalinda.

(2)Second Chance

You can't talk about popular telenovela series in Ghana leaving out "second chance". This series is about a man who comes back from the dead to only find out about how evil her beautiful widow is.

Lorena Rojas (known in the series as Isabel Arroyo) unfortunately died of breast cancer in 2015.

Mario Cimarrio (known as Pedro Jose Donoso /Salvador Cerinza) is one of my favourite telenovela actors.He is a Cuban actor ; he starred in many series like "curse by the sea", where he was the protagonist; also in "Don't be late". He is still active in the movie industry. He still looks handsome.

Martin Karpan (known as Andres Corona) is an Argentine actor. He is still active in the movie industry.

(3)Storm over paradise

Storm over paradise hit Ghanaians like a storm when Viasat 1 started showing it in 2009. I would be late to school just because I didn't want to miss a scene.

Sara Maldonado (known as Aymar in the TV series) is a Mexican actress. She is really blessed with glowing

beauty. She has starred in other TV series including "Aurora", "Triumph of Love" etc.

Elias (known as Nicholas in the series) is a Mexican actor who started his acting career in 2000 and is still active.

Mariana Seoane (known as Maura Duran in the series) is a Mexican actress, model, singer and a songwriter. She has starred in many TV series like "The inmate", "Curse by the sea" and many more interesting ones.

Jose Luiz (known as David in the series) is an actor and a model. He starred in "fearless hearts" and others.

(4)Shree

So far, this is the telenovela that forced many schools to close before the actual closing time just because of how captivating it was. This series made workers to run from their offices to their various homes when it was about to get to 3:00pm for the Indian series to start on TV3 ; it even appeared in the news that workers were abondening their works to go watch the series. Let us see how the Indian characters, who sweetly influenced Ghanaian students at that time to run from school to stay glue to their television, are faring now :

Wasna Ahmed (known as Shree) is an Indian actress who starred in other TV series like "Phulwa", "Palaandu vaazhga" etc.

Pankaj Singh Tiwari (starred as Hari) was a model before turning into an actor.

Source: opera.com