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Thicha (ทิชา)

Thicha (ทิชา) is a 2024 Thai revenge drama television series broadcast on the Channel One31 network as a oneD ORIGINAL production, running eight episodes from 25 November to 17 December 2024. It stars Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul as Uyi, a young woman whose life is destroyed by a crime ring and who adopts the new identity of Ticha to take revenge on the family that wronged her.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Original title	ทิชา (Thicha)¹
Broadcast	Channel One31, 25 November – 17 December 2024, Monday–Tuesday 20:30–21:45, 8 episodes¹
Director	Koo Ekkasit Trakulkasemsuk¹
Studio	The One Enterprise Company Limited¹
Lead cast	Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul (Uyi/Ticha), Peach Pachara Chirathivat (Patchai), Lukkade Metinee Kingpayome (Bussara), Xiangxiang Pornsroung Rouyruen (Poo)¹
Genres and rating	Drama, melodrama, social issues, thriller, suspense; rated น 13+¹
Streaming	Netflix and the oneD app³^•⁴

Spoilers

Premise

The series follows Uyi, a girl who leaves her homeland to start a new life with her mother abroad. When her life is ruined after she is trapped in the cycle of a crime ring, she creates a new identity as Ticha and sets out to take revenge. The promotional tagline describes a life in which one is not necessarily born only once or dies only once: trampled by social class, she waits for the day she evens the score.¹^•² The story centers her conflict against Bussara Thanakitcharoenphon, the matriarch of the family that wronged her, with Patchai, Bussara's son, caught between his love and his mother.⁵^•⁶

Cast and production

The series was directed by Koo Ekkasit Trakulkasemsuk, with television scripts by Jeab Wattana Weerayawattana and Apisara Wongson, and was produced by The One Enterprise for Channel One31.¹

The main cast includes:¹

Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul as Wasana Meebunyang (Uyi) / Ticha Insalee, the revenge-driven protagonist¹
Peach Pachara Chirathivat as Patchai Thanakitcharoenphon (Pat)¹
Lukkade Metinee Kingpayome as Bussara Thanakitcharoenphon (But), the antagonist matriarch¹
Xiangxiang Pornsroung Rouyruen as Chompoonuch Arayathamthai (Poo)¹
Supporting roles played by Tai Penpak Sirikul, Namfon Kullanat Preeyawat, Oh Anuchit Sapunpohng, and Akk Akarat Nimitchai, among a cast of twenty¹

The theme song is "พื้น (Reborn)" by ASIA7.¹

Broadcast and reception

Thicha aired in the Monday–Tuesday 20:30 prime-time slot on Channel One31 from 25 November 2024, with the finale on 17 December 2024.¹ The series became a talking point after only its first two episodes, both for its intense drama and for a behind-the-scenes controversy.⁷ By the end of its run, Thai media described it as a quality drama for the channel that succeeded strongly in ratings and social-media buzz, with its finale hashtag reaching the number one trend on Thai Twitter, and credited it with creating a significant phenomenon in the Thai drama industry.⁸ The closing episodes drew praise for the performances of the three leads and for Xiangxiang Pornsroung as Poo, and for depicting human trafficking as a real social problem.⁹

Child-actor controversy

After episode 2, the father of the child actor Maki Machida Sutthikulphanich, who played Uyi as a child, posted behind-the-scenes information on the platform X about a harrowing scene in which Uyi falls ill and faints. He wrote that the scene "may look especially realistic because that day Maki suddenly had a fever of almost 40 #ThichaEP2".⁷^•¹⁰

The post drew intense criticism on social media. Commenters questioned whether having a child perform while running a fever of nearly 40 degrees Celsius could constitute child abuse, whether medical staff were present on set, and whether the production provided adequate welfare for its performers; some also criticized the parents for allowing the child to work while sick and for publicizing it.⁷^•¹⁰ The controversy was compared to an earlier Thai entertainment scandal involving a sedated cat on a drama set, and calls began circulating to boycott the series if no one took responsibility. The father's post was later deleted, and at the time of reporting neither the family, the production company, nor the crew had issued a statement.¹¹

Finale reception

Reactions to the final episode were divided. Although the series trended at number one, some viewers criticized the ending: after seven episodes building Ticha's anger and desire for revenge, the finale offered no scene of reclaiming justice proportionate to her grievances, Bussara appeared to come out ahead, and the conclusion was called unfair to Patchai, who died a sorrowful death.⁸ Other coverage framed the ending as closing the revenge account with both satisfaction and the ruin of every character, and praised the cast's emotional range.⁹

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › Turkish, Middle Eastern, and African serials › Thai serial dramas (lakorn) › Premiered 2008 to 2024

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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