UNCONTROLLABLY FOND

 

RATING:★★★

YEAR OF RELEASE: 6 July 2016

PRODUCER: Kim Sung-Geun

PRODUCTION LOCATION: South Korea

WE ALL HAVE TWO LIVES, THE SECOND ONE STARTS WHEN WE REALISE WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

Uncontrollably Fond is one of the most heart breaking drama of all times and will often leave your heart into tiny little pieces throughout the 20 episode series. The story revolves around Shin Joon Young ( Kim Woo Bin) who is a very famous actor and is suffering from a terminal disease which he is not able to come in terms with as he feels completely healthy and also because of his young age. Shin Joon's crew and managers are all tired of him constantly being moody but always put up with him as he has a surging fan base and people are like crazy for him. His mother on the other hand is always hard on him despite of the wealth and fame he had achieved as she wanted him to be a lawyer just like his father. All the characters think of Shin Joon's actions to be extremely infuriating at some point of time as they remain unaware of his illness and we as spectators would always see the reason behind everything and would not be able to help but feel bad for Shin Joon as he just wants to live the little rest of his life with no regrets.

The female lead of this series No Eul's life is also filled with desolating events which lead her to be the exact opposite of what she used to be in her school days (the selfless person who'd give away anything and everything she has in her possession). No Eul is a producer who is always switching jobs and lives a life full of uncertainty, all this she does just to ensure that her younger brother gets quality education as he is the only light in her dark life.

No Eul and Shin Joon have a history, they dated for a while in high school but had a very ill fated end and now No Eun is sent to make a documentary on Shin Joon's daily life by her company and for the same she has to spend an awful lot of time with him. We see Shin Joon falling for her high school sweetheart once again but this time things are not that simple as he has to right all the past wrongs he'd committed with the the little time he has left with himself and trust me his desperate attempts will break your heart beyond repair. 

The worst part is that while I was still watching the drama I came to know that the lead playing Shin Joon Young (Kim Woo Bin) was actually suffering from cancer and so every scene had an exaggerated effect on me, the good news is that now he has bravely fought with the tumor and is completely healthy.

The drama has a great storyline, great actors in the form of Kim Woo Bin (he literally shines) and every character in the drama be it Shin Joon's father, his step brother or him and his step brother fighting over No Eul is well taken care of but somewhere I found the chemistry between the leads missing so I wouldn't call it a love story, in my opinion it is so much more than a love story as each time you'd see the characters getting furious over something you'd end up asking yourself "all of this for what?". In literal sense this drama has taught me the value of life, that life is above every other thing and each one is fighting a battle of their own, one that we know nothing of. 

I learned that waiting for someone you love can be the easiest thing, unbearable is the pain when one day you do not even get to wait for them.