Dao Pra Sook

Dao Pra Sook (Thai: ดาวพระศุกร์; RTGSDao Phra Suk; literally: Venus) is a Thai lakorn which has been remade several times. The latest of which aired on Thailand's channel 7 in 1994 and was one of the most popular lakorns in the country. It starred Sornram Teppitak as Phak (Thai ภาคย์) and Suvanant Kongying as Daoprasook (Thai ดาว). The plot is about a wealthy man who 'buys' a prostitute from a brothel and later falls in love with her. The shows were regarded by some as the most cliché (น้ำเน่า) soap opera in Thailand.[1][2][3][4] [5]

Summary

A young woman gives birth at dawn to a baby girl, and leaves her daughter as soon as she can. The girl is later named Daoprasook by the nurses because the planet Venus ("daoprasook" in Thai) was visible at the time of her birth. Later, a childless couple adopts Dao. However, as soon as they adopt her, the wife becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter. The mother favors her own daughters more than Dao and treats her like a servant behind the father's back. The young Dao is abused by her adoptive mother to the point where she decides to run away. Now on the streets, she uses her wits to survive until a kind-hearted prostitute takes her under her wings.

Years later, Dao is now a beautiful teenager who is forced to work to help the kind prostitute who raised her. Of course, she is too moral to sell her body so she would lead her customers into a darkened room where she would switch another prostitute for herself. She soon gains a certain amount of fame with many men seeking her service.

Khun Phak, a rich businessman meets Daoprasook and somehow makes a deal with the brothel's managing woman. He buys her and forces her to move into his house. What occurred next can be imagined. Phak at first despises Dao for being a prostitute who gave one of his friends an STD. He decides to have her tested. The result puzzles him greatly, as she is perfectly healthy. All this while, Dao is abused by a servant called Maew in Phak's house. Maew's loyalty lies with Mayarasamee, who wants to marry the wealthy Phak. Undaunted, Dao proves herself to Phak to be a lady and endures all verbal abuses directed at her. The only kindness she finds and by which she is comforted is from an elderly man, a businessman like Phak. However, she has secretly fallen in love with Phak and vice versa. Although he has been able to restrain himself from sexually abusing Dao all this time, the news of Dao's relationship with another man angered him. With a drunken rage, he storms into Dao's bedroom and begins to make sexual advances on the young girl. Dao, in a state of shock that Phak, who has been a gentleman in this matter, is trying to abuse her tries to fight back, only later losing because of her feelings to Phak. That night, they consummated their love. The next morning, upon seeing the blood stain on the bedsheet, Phak realizes that he is the first for Dao. She grieves over her lost virginity, because it was something that she has guarded dearly for a long time.

In a twist of fate, the mother of Dao who abandoned her 18 years ago at the hospital meets her at Phak's house and recognizes her first daughter when she sees a heart-shaped scar on Dao's upper chest. She is now married with a young son. Convinced that the businessman (and he is) is in love with Dao, she reveals her secret to him, telling him that their affair produced a child, a daughter: Daoprasook. The truth comes out and changes Dao's status immediately. She is now the daughter of a respected woman and a rich businessman. Still she yearns for love from Phak, who she considers to be her husband. He also happens to be related to her as he is a cousin to Dao's mother, making her his second cousin. As can be expected from a lakorn, Phak reveals his true feelings to Dao and asks her to marry him. The lakorn ends with their lavish wedding.

References

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  4. ^ "ดาวพระศุกร์ (2 เล่มจบ) /nv - 440.00 - ชื่อเรื่อง ดาวพระศุกร์ (2 เล่มจบ) ผู้แต่ง ศรีทอง ลดาวัลย์ เรื่องย่อ เรื่องราวของเด็กสาวผู้อาภัพ ที่มีปานรูปหัวใจที่น่าอกมาตั้งแต่้เกิด ดาวได้ถูกสามีภรรยาคู่หนึ่งขอมาเลี้ยง แต่เมื่อมีลูกของตัวเอง ดาวพระศุกร์ก็ต้องแปรสภาพไม่ต่างจากเด็กรับใช้ ถูกแม่เลี้ยงโขกสับให้ทำงานทั้งวันโดยผู้ที่เป็นพ่อเ ลี้ยงไม่สามาำรถช่วยอะไรได้ วันหนึ่งดาวพระศุกร์จึุงตัดสินใจหนีออกจากบ้าน และได้พเนจรไปด้วยกันกับกลุ่มเด็กขอทานจนดาวได้พบกับ น้ากิ่งแก้วซึ่งมีอาชีพที่สังคมรังเกียจ น้ากิ่งแก้วรู้สึกรักและสงสารดาวจึงพาดาวมาขออาศัยอย ู่ด้วยกันในบ้านของเจ๊หวี เจ๊หวีเห็นดาวเป็นเด็กหน้าตาผิวพรรณดีจึงคิดการณ์ไกล และอนุญาติให้ดาวเข้ามาอาศัยอยู่ในบ้านด้วย ถึงแม้นว่าดาวจะเติบโตขึ้นมาในบ้านที่มีสภาพแวดล้อมท ี่ไม่ดีนัก แต่ดาวก็สามารถเอาตัวรอดจากน้ำมือผู้ชายทุกคนที่คิดหวังในตัวดาว และด้วยความสวยและฉลาดของดาวได้รู้เข้าไปถึงหูของภาคย์ หนุ่มใหญ่ผู้สง่างาม เมื่อทั้งคู่พบกัน ภาคย์เกิดความรู้สึุกถูกชะตาอย่างบอกไม่ถูกจึงซื้อตัวดาวไปอุปการะและยังทำให้ดาวได้พบกับแม่แท้ๆ (ศศิประภา) อีกด้วย แต่ดาวก็ไม่สามารถเรียกร้องอะไรได้เพราะแม่ของดาวได้มีครอบครัวใหม่แล้ว จึงทำให้แม่และตัวดาวต้องทนกล้ำกลืน นอกจากดาวพระศุกร์จะต้องทนเก็บอารมณ์ไม่บอกให้ใครรับรู้ว่า ศศิประภา เป็นแม่แท้ๆแล้ว ดาวก็ยังต้องทนกับอารมณ์หึงหวงของ มาหยารัศมี อีกด้วย" [Venus Star (2 volumes) /nv - 440.00 - Title: Venus Star (2 volumes) Author: Srithong Ladawan Synopsis: The story of an unfortunate girl who has had a heart-shaped birthmark on her chest since birth. Dao was asked to be raised by a married couple. But when they had their own child, Dao was transformed into a servant girl. Her stepmother forced her to work all day while her stepfather was unable to help. One day, Dao decided to run away from home and wandered with a group of child beggars until Dao met Aunt Kingkaew, who had a job that was despised by society. Aunt Kingkaew felt love and pity for Dao, so she brought Dao to stay with her at the house of Jeh Wee. Jeh Wee saw that Dao was a beautiful girl with beautiful skin, so she thought ahead and allowed Dao to live in her house. Even though Dao grew up in a house with a not-so-good environment, Dao was able to survive from every man who wanted Dao. With Dao's beauty and intelligence, Pak, a handsome middle-aged man, heard about her. When the two met, Pak felt an indescribable connection and bought Dao to adopt. This also allowed Dao to meet her real mother (Sasiprapa). However, Dao could not demand anything because her mother had a new family. Therefore, her mother and Dao had to endure it. In addition to Dao Prasuk having to suppress her emotions and not tell anyone that Sasiprapa was her real mother, Dao also had to endure the jealousy of Mahayaratmi.]. book2t.tarad.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  5. ^ "สำหรับคนที่รักชอบ และเป็นแฟนพันธุ์แท้ ดาวพระศุกร์ โดยเฉพาะ" [For those who love and are die-hard fans of Venus.]. Thai Film Foundation. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2025-11-26.