Ang Tanging Ina 2003

Ang Tanging Ina is a 2003 Filipino comedy film, starring Ai-Ai de las Alas. The movie was the highest grossing locally produced Philippine film ever made, until it was surpassed by Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat in 2008 also produced by Star Cinema that made PHP 197 million in the box office. It's total gross is 178.82 Million.
The film preceded a television series and later a sequel entitled Ang Tanging Ina Ninyong Lahat.

Plot

Three dead husbands and twelve children to take care of. What is the modern day working mother to do? Ina (Ai Ai de las Alas) is completely clueless on how to be an income provider and a homemaker at the same time given her dwindling finances of her household. As she desperately hides from her children her efforts to make all ends meet, her children grow resentful of her as she becomes a part of their own problems, but it seems that her best are NEVER good enough. Funnily yet, Ina rallies her cause with all the courage she can muster- to be the best mother she knows how.

Cast

• Ai-Ai de las Alas as Ina Montecilio
• Eugene Domingo as Rowena
• Marvin Agustin as Juan
• Nikki Valdez as Tudis
• Carlo Aquino as Tri
• Heart Evangelista as Portia
• Alwyn Uytingco as Pip
• Marc Acueza as Sixto
• Shaina Magdayao as Severina
• Serena Dalrymple as Cate
• Jiro Manio as Shammy
• Yuki Kadooka as Ten-Ten
• Kaye Abad as Jenny
• Angelica Panganiban as Gretchen
• John Prats as Jeffrey
• Pinky Amador Gretchen's mom
• Mandy Ochoa
• Dennis Padilla as Eddie
• Jestoni Alarcon as Kiko
• Edu Manzano
• Ton-ton Gutierez as Alfredo
• Mannel Jallorina as Nhel

Ang Tanging Ina (TV Series)

After the hit blockbuster movie also became the hit TV Sitcom (2003-05)

• Ai-Ai de las Alas as Ina
• Marvin Agustin as Juan/Uno
• Nikki Valdez as Getrudis/Tudis
• Carlo Aquino as Dimitri/Tri
• Heart Evangelista as Portia/Por
• Ketchup Eusebio as Tirso/Pip
• Marc Acueza as Sixto/Six
• Shaina Magdayao as Severina/Seven
• Serena Dalrymple as Catherine/Cate
• Jiro Manio as Samuel/Shammy
• Yuki Kadooka as Martin/Ten-ten
• Eugene Domingo as Rowena
• Dennis Padilla as Eddie
• Roderick Paulate as Goliath
• Tuesday Vargas as kring-kring
• John Estrada as geronimo
• Bentong
• Archie Alemania

Trivia

• the 3 husbands of ai-ai is Edu Manzano , TonTon Gutierrez and Gestoni Alarcon.
• and ina have a 4th husband that is Dennis Padilla/Eddie
• This is Ai-Ai de las Alas first major movie after 13 years in show business.
• Released in the Philippines on the same date with Pakners (2003) in which Ai-Ai de las Alas is in the supporting cast.
• The names of the children are actually corresponding on their order of birth.