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Anakku Sayang is an 8-part drama series that revolves around three families who are experiencing the challenges of step-parenting and informal parenting. The stories are told from the point of view of an eleven-year-old boy. Through his blog, he expresses his observations, experiences and feelings in facing parental divorce and remarriage.

The drama holds the premise that everyone deserves a second chance in finding love but children can sometimes be casualties of divorce and remarriage. The welfare of children is surfaced as an important consideration in remarriage as they too deserve a second chance of living in a stable, healthy and happy family environment.

An exciting twist to the drama is created in the 8th episode where audiences can vote for their preferred endings through online polling on XinMSN.

The characters and their life struggles in Anakku Sayang are inspired by real-life people experiencing daily challenges in single parent and stepfamily lives.

The drama is produced by DV Studio Pte Ltd and commissioned by MCYS and MDA. The content and script of the drama received guidance and consultation from subject-matter experts at PPIS Vista Sakinah;?Singapore?s only specialised hub for remarriages and stepfamilies.

Anakku Sayang goes on air from 7th April 2012. Tune in to Suria, every Saturday from 8.30 to 9.30pm, to witness how the stories unfold.

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Key Cast

• Junainah, Grandmother ? Fauziah Nawi
• Razif, Ex husband ? Hasnul Rahmat
• Mariam, Ex wife ? Masturah bte Ahmad
• Nadia, Rasif?s Second wife ? Siti Hajar bte Abd Gani
• Hisham, Mariam?s Husband to be ? Izzat Yusof
• Ahmad, Step father, ? Andry Erfanto bin Kamsani
• Sarimah, Ahmad?s wife ? Rosita Hussin
• Ashraf ? Muhd Hasif bin Muhammed Nasir
• Anisah ? Erni Nadirah bte Aidil
• Ayden ? Mujahid bin Mahmood
• Roziah ? Nurulhuda bte Ramdzan
• Helmi ? Faiz Zikry bin Abdul Fattah

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Synopsis

Anakku Sayang revolves around 3 families facing the challenges of step-parenting and informal parenting setup.?When Razif and Mariam divorced, their children?s lives as well as their own changed forever. Their three children, Anisah, Ashraf and Ayden, were split up in a custody struggle. Five years on, Razif and Mariam continue to have a strained relationship that affects their children ? especially Ashraf, their second child who lives with his father and grandmother.

Razif has remarried with a young baby on the way, causing Ashraf to feel neglected and unwelcomed in the household with his new stepmother. Mariam begins to see Hisham, thereby bringing in a new man into her children?s lives. Forced to deal with Ashraf?s increasing rebelliousness and imminent danger of getting into deep trouble, Razif and Mariam quarrel incessantly. It reawakens all the negative feelings towards each other ? feelings that they had not dealt with since the divorce. Their other children, Anisah and Ayden, in the meantime have to learn to accept their mother?s over-eager boyfriend, Hisham, who will soon be their stepfather. At the same time, Anisah?s dabbling in online chatting and dating led to serious consequences that almost compromised her wellbeing. Ayden ? is the well behaved boy that sometimes gets ignored.?

The story also introduces Roziah, Ayden?s eighteen-year old Math tutor, who is herself a stepdaughter. Living in a large family that struggles to make ends meet, Roziah adopts a parentified role in the household, and barely manages to juggle her student and home life. There is constant tension between her and her stepbrother Helmi. Running away seems to be an easy escape for her. Alliances along biological lines are also present in this stepfamily leading to rising tension and conflict between the members of the family.?

Will Ashraf get into so much trouble, to the point of no return??

Will Anisah get into trouble with her boyfriend?

Will Hisham gain the respect and acceptance of his soon-to-be stepchildren, and marry Mariam? How will that work out?

Will Roziah return home? What happens to guilt-striken Helmi if his stepsister does not return?

Will Ayden gain the attention he craves from his older brother?

Will all the adults realize their own follies in time to help their children/step-children out of trouble before it is too late?

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