New Delhi: Queen of Tears starring Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won hit a candy spot with viewers and its spectacular 16-episode run on an all-time excessive.
The drama surpassed the 2020 fan favorite Crash Landing On You’s rankings by scoring a smashing 24.850 per cent nationwide ranking and holding the No. 1 spot on Netflix.
The story of Baek Hyun Woo ( Kim Soo Hyun) a vivid advocate and tremendous wealthy heiress Hong Hae In ( Kim Ji Won) who has been married for 3 years, however it appears the honeymoon interval has been lengthy over. It is clear the couple have grown aside, and have little or nothing left to say to one another. Hyun Woo who’s a rustic boy and simpleton at coronary heart additionally can not modify to his new life as Hae In’s husband, and a puppet of kinds for her influential household the Hong’s who personal mega retail enterprise Queens.
Suffocated Hyun Woo needs out and a divorce from Hae In, however earlier than he can serve her the divorce papers she is detected with a life-threatening illness and given three months to dwell, which retains a secret from the remainder of her household.
As he thinks that he’ll get a clear break after her demise, her sickness brings them shut, and Hyun Woo loses his want to separate and in flip, turns into her knight in shining armour, and her human defend to guard her from all hazard. Danger on this case is the conniving and calculating investor Yoo Eung Sung ( Park Sung Hoon). Eun Sung needs to take over the Queen’s Group and possess Hae In, having been in love along with her all alongside.
Picking up the vibe between each husband and spouse, Eun Sung places his plan in movement to woo Hae In, simply as he additionally cracks fraudulent offers to overthrow Queens. Eun Sung has a number of moles planted on the Hong residence, and the mastermind is Moh Seul Hee (Lee Mi Sook) the mistress of the Chairman of Queens, Hae In’s grandfather. But little do the Hongs know that Eun Sung and Sul Hee are heated.
Written by Park Ji Eun who has needed to her credit score hit exhibits equivalent to My Love From the Star and Crash Landing on You treads on acquainted territory. Star-crossed lovers would want to beat extreme obstacles together with makes an attempt at homicide and loss to get a fortunately ever after. Like Park Ji Eun’s earlier feminine characters, Yoon Se Ri( Son Ye Jin) of Crash Landing on You and Cheon Song Yi ( Jun Ji Hyun) of My Love from the Star, we as soon as once more get a feminine lead from a dysfunctional household and harbouring extreme mom points, yearning for the love and a spotlight of an unemotionally unavailable mom determine.
As Hyun Woo takes Hae In to Germany for her to get remedy, the couple warms up in direction of one another and the outdated sparks start to fly, till Eun Sung performs together with his soiled hand.
However, the drama which had audiences invested and riveted by the twists and turns and hoping for a miraculous fortunately after, turned a stretched and tedious fare by the top of its finale.
Writer Park Ji Eun who let a free hand to her creativeness introduced in each doable scenario, situation and set-up involving her characters of their journey of affection, loss and heartbreak. At occasions it felt like watching one of many tropey farfetched 80’s Bollywood movies which had every part from class divides, revenge, ill-fated lovers, vicious villains and the works.
We get loads of tried and examined parts, together with the humorous aspect characters bringing in comedian reduction within the tense situation. Queen of Tears banked closely on its star forged, particularly the insane recognition of its lead actors Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won.
Kim Soo Hyun certainly one of South Korea’s top-billed and mega-popular stars’ endears because the self-sacrificing Hyun Woo. A caring and heroic man who can take a bullet for love, he tugs at your coronary heart together with his dedication and love for the girl for whom he can provide all of it.
An underrated expertise, lastly will get the canvas to shine in her portrayal of the astute but caring kim ji received, who’s looking to guard herself.
The scorching chemistry between Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won is what maybe Queen of Tears shall be greatest remembered for, although it doesn’t have a excessive recall worth like the author’s earlier works.
