Under the Veil

Under the Veil (Chinese: 無雙譜; Jyutping: Mou4 Soeng1 Pou2; Cantonese Yale: Mòuh Sēung Póu; literally "Have no equal in this world" etymology from Chinese idiom 舉世無雙) is a 2015 Hong Kong period, fantasy, comedy drama produced by TVB, starring Wayne Lai, Bosco Wong, Kristal Tin, Raymond Wong Ho-yin, Sonija Kwok, Eliza Sam, Katy Kung and Joseph Lee as the main cast.[1] Filming took place from January to April 2014. The drama is broadcast on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels from September 28 till October 23, 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes.

Under the Veil
無雙譜
Under the Veil official poster
Also known asDouble Fantasies
GenrePeriod drama, Romance, Fantasy
Created byHong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Written byCheung Chung-yan
Directed byLeung Yiu-kin, Cheng Wing-kei, Kwow Ka-hei, Lui Sui-lun
StarringWayne Lai
Bosco Wong
Kristal Tin
Raymond Wong
Sonija Kwok
Eliza Sam
Katy Kung
Joseph Lee
Theme music composerAlan Cheung
Opening themeOne and Only (獨一無二) by Vincy Chan
Country of originHong Kong, China
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerCatherine Tsang
ProducerLaw Chun-ngok
Production locationHong Kong
EditorSiu Lei-king
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes (without commercials)
Production companyTVB
Release
Original networkTVB Jade, HD Jade
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release28 September (2015-09-28) –
23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
External links
Website
Under the Veil
Chinese無雙譜
Literal meaning"Double Fantasies"

The drama is the second of TVB's four 2015 grand anniversary dramas to be broadcast.[2]

Under the Veil is a remake of TVB's 1981 drama Double Fantasies (無雙譜), starring Louise Lee, Maggie Li, Andy Lau, Kent Tong.[3]

Synopsis

The drama is told in three separate folktales about love, lust, vanity, greed and selfishness.

Changing Pins

Male and female fraternal twins, with the same appearance, fall in love with different people. The older male twin has an affair with a Princess of the Liao Kingdom, while the female twin falls in love with a poor scholar with amnesia.

Duen Fung-Sam and Duen So-Sei are boy-girl twins from the royal Duen Family. Fung-Sam is the older of the twins who grew up with prince Sing-Chi. Sing-Chi suspects the old General Song Dak and his son are planning a rebellion against the emperor and are secretly contacting the Liao Kingdom. Sing-Chi ask Fung-Sam to help them gain evidence of their treachery by going undercover as a spy in Liao.

Fung-Sam gets close to the princess of Liao to gather intel and falls in love with her. After his success, the princess commits a suicide as an apology to her kingdom.

Fung-Sam returns with evidence: a secret letter written by Song-Dak to the king of Liao which states that if Song-Dak became the emperor, he would contribute the 16 States of Yanyun to Liao. Fung-Sam passes the evidence to prince Sing-Chi by using the flood-control system to avoid Song-Dak's spying.

When Sing-Chi and Fung-Sam are coming back to the capital by ships, they come under attack from Song-Dak's son, General Song-Lit. After the attack, only Fung-sam and the prince survives. However, Sing-Chi gets trapped in a cliff, and Fung-Sam comes back to the capital badly injured.

Meanwhile, So-Sei has been pretending to be her older brother to cover up his disappearance while he was in Liao and being treated for his injuries. So-Sei asks her master, who is also Fung-Sam's master, to save Fung-Sam. She falls in love with her childhood friend Yuen Sam-Yeung who is a poor artist.

Shi Loi-Fung, is a bird that used to be a princess of the Kucha Kingdom which used to pray to a devil. However, when the devil asked their group to contribute ten virgin boys and girls as sacrifices, they refused. In response, the devil destroyed the kingdom, with Princess Lap-ka surviving in the form of a statue. When the prince of the Song Dynasty, Chiu Sing-Chi, attempts to rescue her, Lap-ka transforms into a bird. She is renamed Shi Loi-Fung by Chiu Sing-Chi.

During the attack on the prince's ship, she was trying to rescue Sing-Chi against Song-Lit's wizard-craft but lost. Later, she enters Fung-Sam's dream, calling for reinforcement. Fung-Sam doesn't understand the bird language so he asks his master for help. With Loi-Fung's help, Fung-Sam and his master finally found the cliff and saved Sing-Chi from the cliff.

Song-Lit and his father were trying to sue Fung-Sam while he was having his injuries treated. However, So-Sei replaced her brother to prevent this from happening all along, which let Song-Lit know that So-Sei was standing in as her brother and Fung-Sam was hidden away. Song-Lit and his father received intel from Fung-Sam's reckless wife, Song-Dak's niece, and breaks into the place. Sou-Sei attempts to stop him from harming her brother but was struck by Song-Lit's dagger. Fung-Sam and his master came back from saving Sing-Chi's life to stop Song-Lit's further damage.

So-Sei died in her lover's arms. The secret letter was finally delivered to the Emperor King-Hei. Song-dak was put to trial, indicted for betrayal and sent to jail.

Chapter Story ends here.

Judge Lu

A poor scholar has an affair with a courtesan that resembles his wife.

Chasing Fish

A scholar becomes the object of affection to a fish spirit and human girl with the same face.[4] The story is based on Yulan Ji.

Cast

Main cast
  • Kristal Tin as Dyun Fung-Sam and Dyun So-Sei.
  • Raymond Wong as Yuen Sam-Yueng and Yuen Yim-Siu
  • Katy Kung as princess Lap-Ka
  • Wayne Lai as school student Chu Yi-Dan and also as Mr. Lui Yat Pan-Heung's husband (a.k.a. Dry Thunder)
  • Sonija Kwok as prostitute Yat Pan-Heung and Chu's wife.
  • Bosco Wong as poor scholar Cheung Chan
  • Eliza Sam as rich girl Hung Mao-Dan and the koi spirit.
  • Joseph Lee as Kau Tsin-Sui, a nine thousand year-old tortoise and Bao Zheng, a justice officer.

Extended cast

Development
  • In December 2013, TVB announced they will be remaking their 1981 drama Double Fantasies.[5]
  • The costume fitting ceremony was held on January 6, 2014 at 12:30 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One.[6]
  • The blessing ceremony took place on February 11, 2014 at 3:00 pm Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio Thirteen.
  • Filming took place from January to April 2014, entirely on location in Hong Kong.
  • In March 2014, Under the Veil was one of ten TVB dramas previewed at FILMART 2014.[7]
  • A promo image of Under the Veil was featured in TVB's 2015 calendar for the month of August.[8]

Viewership ratings
# Timeslot (HKT) Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points
1
Mon – Fri
20:30–21:30
28 Sep –02 Oct 2015
1 — 5
23
27
2
05 – 09 Oct 2015
6 — 10
24
--
3
12 – 16 Oct 2015
11 — 15
24
--
4
19 – 23 Oct 2015
16 — 20
25
29
Total average
24
29

International broadcast
Network Country Airing Date Timeslot
Astro On Demand MalaysiaSeptember 28, 2015Monday - Friday 8:30 - 9:15 pm
TVBJ AustraliaSeptember 28, 2015Monday - Friday 11:30 pm – 12:30 am
Starhub TV SingaporeJanuary 21, 2016Monday - Friday 8:00 - 9:00 pm

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2015 StarHub TVB Awards My Favourite TVB Drama Under the Veil Nominated
My Favourite TVB Actor Bosco Wong Nominated
My Favourite TVB Actress Eliza Sam Nominated
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress Katy Kung Nominated
My Favourite TVB Male TV Character Bosco Wong Nominated
My Favourite TVB Female TV Character Eliza Sam Won
TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Drama Series Under the Veil Nominated
TVB Anniversary Awards TVB Anniversary Award for Best Drama Under the Veil Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor Bosco Wong Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress Eliza Sam Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actor Joseph Lee Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress Katy Kung Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Male Character Bosco Wong Nominated
Joseph Lee Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Female Character Eliza Sam Nominated
TVB Anniversary Award for Favourite Drama Song One and Only (獨一無二) by Vincy Chan Nominated

References
  1. Under the Veil AF page. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  2. 2015 TVB Anniversary Dramas: 'Lord of Shanghai', 'Captain of Destiny', 'Under the Veil', 'With or Without You'. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  3. Double Fantasies VCD info. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  4. 2015年TVB台慶劇《梟雄》《張保仔》《無雙譜》《東坡家事》(in Chinese). Retrieved September 25, 2015
  5. Wayne Lai and Kristal Tin Star in “Double Fantasies” Remake. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  6. 《無雙譜》 "Double Fantasies" Costume Fitting. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  7. TVB Screens Upcoming Series at FILMART 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  8. TVB Calendar 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015
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