“Ding ang Bato!” – The
Darna is a fictional character and Filipino comics super
heroine created by Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo. She is a deceased
warrior from another planet manifesting herself through a girl from Earth,
named Narda. She first appeared in
Pilipino Komiks (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 (May 13, 1950). A year later, they
turned it to a film. The first film was released on May 31, 1951 by Royal films
and was directed by Fernando Poe Sr. and Rosa del Rosario was the first actress
who played Darna.
They say Darna was modeled after the US comics’ Wonder Woman.
It is a strong fighting symbol of Filipino women, replacing the demurral baro’t
saya. And her costume has a characteristic that is distinctly Pinoy.
Now let’s have some short trivia about Darna.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? :
- · Vilma Santos played Darna four times from the 70's up to the 80's.
- · Chiquito was the first Male Darna in " Terebol Dobol"
- · Dolphy was the second male Darna in " Darna Kuno"
- · Lorna Tolentino was the first actress to play Darna on a TV series in KBS 9 Darna ! ( February 1977)
- · The famous expression- " Ding, ang bato...Dali" Was originated in " Lipad, Darna, Lipad!". It did not come from the "Komiks".
- · Vilma Santos was the first actress to play both " Narda and Darna" starring with the movie "Lipad, Darna, Lipad"
- · Gina Pareno was the first actress to play both "Darna" and her second alter ego "Daria" young Gina Alajar played " Narda" in Darna at ang Planetman
- · In the original komiks, Narda did not have to remove the magic stone everytime she transformed from Darna back to Narda, when she first swallowed the magic stone, it has remained within her and all she needs to do is to say the magic words to transform.
- · "Lipad, Darna, Lipad" is considered the “Silver Age version of Darna.
- · Lorna Tolentino was the first actress to wear a one piece Darna costume.
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