Plot
Benigno Aquino Jr., Ninoy Aquino and Corazon Aquino, Cory Cojuangco met each other at a party in 1950. After marrying each other in 1954, Cory expected to live a simple life with her husband and family, only for Ninoy to enter politics, as mayor and later as Senate of the Philippines, senator. By 1972, upon the Proclamation No. 1081, declaration of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, Ninoy was arrested under the Marcos regime, and their family lives were thus upended.Production
On December 10, 2009, Piolo Pascual confirmed during a press conference for his album ''Decades'' that he has been cast to play Benigno Aquino Jr. for ''Maalaala Mo Kaya''; he had been the preferred choice of the Aquinos' daughters to play their father. Pascual also revealed that shooting would begin a week later. On January 7, 2010, Bea Alonzo was confirmed to have been cast as Corazon Aquino, though she had then yet to discuss with the Aquino family regarding the project.Release
"Kalapati" first aired on ABS-CBN in the Philippines on January 23, 2010.Critical response
Althea Lauren Ricardo of ''The Philippine Star, The Freeman'' gave "Kalapati" a negative review, stating that "whatever great love Ninoy and Cory had for each other, it was nowhere to be seen in Part I of the MMK special." She criticized Alonzo's continuously serious acting and felt that Pascual's performance was too self-conscious, with the latter's role being a potentially better fit for John Lloyd Cruz.References
External links
* Maalaala Mo Kaya episodes 2010 Philippine television episodes Cultural depictions of Benigno Aquino Jr. Cultural depictions of Benigno Aquino III Cultural depictions of Corazon Aquino {{Philippines-tv-stub