ULAN mediacon with Nadine Lustre and Carlo Aguino

After VIVA films released the official trailer of ULAN, the putpourimg of support from netizens was instantaneous. #ULANtrailer hit the no.1 spot in the country's
trending topics, followed closely by Maya, Nadine Lustre, Carlo Aquino and direk Ayrin -- all major players in what already appears to be much-awaited film this summer.


Tagged as a romantic drama, ULAN tells the story of Maya who was raised by her grandmother. As a child, Maya became aware of the mythical creature called "Tikbalang" (half-horse, half human) and the superstition that rain pours in the middle of a sunny day when two of those creatures are being wed. According to her grandmother, it means that heaven is not in favour of this union.


Breathing life to the character of Maya is Multimedia Princess  Nadine Lustre. She was personally chosen by writer-director Irene Emma Villamor who describes her as "a modern Filipina and really has that depth to understand concepts like this. and brave enough to plunge in to a role of Maya."

Getting Carlo Aquino to play Peter was a breeze. " We had breakfast just to talk about the role, and he said nakwento ko na sa kanya dati yung concept so of course he'll do it. Wala nang pitch pitch!" direk Irene enthuses.

She commends the award winning actor for being so good on understanding the character and finding connections with the role. He makes my job so much easier because I don't explain a lot when I talk to him. There's a click that happens and there he is, right there being Peter.


ULAN also features Marco Gumabao, the most promising actors of his generation, as Maya's ex-lover.

Young Maya is played by Ella Ilano, while the grandmother is played by Ms. Perla Bautista.


The biggest challenges of this film were creating the rain effevt which happened almost everyday and deciding on how the tikbalang would look like.

Rivermaya's 90's classic song "Ulan" is turned into a much subdued ballad by OST Princess Janine Tenoso, making it the film's official themesong. "Heto Na Naman" by Rice Lucido is part of the soundtrack.

Catch ULAN in cinemas nationwide beginning March 13, 2019

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