Guns and Roses
Title card
Genre	Action Drama Romance Slice of Life Suspense Thriller
Created by	ABS-CBN Studios
Written by	Genesis Rodriguez Jerome T. Co
Directed by	Trina N. Dayrit Rechie A. del Carmen
Starring	Robin Padilla Bea Alonzo Diether Ocampo Empress Ejay Falcon
Opening theme	"Dahil Mahal Kita" by Jovit Baldivino / Bea Alonzo and Robin Padilla
Composer	Manuel Mallillin
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Narciso Y. Gulmatico, Jr. Maricris P. Sioson
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production companies	Star Creatives Group RCP Productions
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	June 6 (2011-06-06) – September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)

Guns and Roses is a Philippine action drama romance series that aired on ABS-CBN from June 6 to September 23, 2011, replacing Mara Clara. starring Robin Padilla, Bea Alonzo and Diether Ocampo.^[1]^[2]

This is Robin Padilla's second action primetime series in the network, following the television series Basta't Kasama Kita, which concluded eight years ago. This is the first team up with Bea Alonzo as his leading lady and Diether Ocampo in a TV Production.^{[citation needed]} The TV series concluded with a total of 80 episodes.

Episodes

Main article: List of Guns and Roses (TV series) episodes

Cast and characters

Main cast

Robin Padilla^[3] as Abelardo "Abel" Marasigan. Abel suffers a traumatic childhood when he witnesses his father being framed up by his fellow police officers, leading to his father's mental break down. He vows revenge and he becomes a vigilante who fights for the rights of the hopeless. He wants to try to be part of Don Lucio's endeavors.
Bea Alonzo^[4] as Regina "Reign" Santana. An artist, receives a big blow in her life when her fiancé dies on the day of their wedding after helping out some victims of a hold-up outside the church. From then on she has become a cold, empty shell longing for the love she lost to a violent and unfortunate circumstance.
Diether Ocampo as Marcus Aguilar. He is the policeman in charge of investigating the death of Reign's fiancé's death. As he gets closer to solving the case, he also could not help but fall for Reign's beauty and charm.
Ejay Falcon as Jonathan "Onat" Marasigan. Onat longs for a father figure in his life after their father was admitted to a mental institution. He finds solace is his older brother Abel but becomes very disappointed in him when he suddenly leaves their family.
Empress Schuck as Joanne "Joni" Dela Rocha. A sweet girl who will melt Onat's hardened heart. She believes in happy ever afters and the innate goodness of every person. She is bubbly and charming but can be a bit stubborn at times.

Supporting cast

Gladys Reyes as Diana Montano Alvaro
Pinky Amador as Aretha Aguilar
Liza Lorena as Dolor Marasigan/Delta
Mark Gil as Don Lucio Dela Rocha/Señor
Maliksi Morales as Prince Santana
Nanding Josef as Jose "Pepe" Marasigan
Isabel Rivas as Patricia "Patria" Santana
Ketchup Eusebio as MacArthur "Mac-Mac" Pangan
Pen Medina as Philip "Tsong" Marasigan
Justin Cuyugan as King Santana
Minnie Aguilar as Yayey
Boom Labrusca as Franco Moreno
Ina Feleo as Diana "Dindin" Ventura
Ian Galliguez as Axl Navarro

Guest cast

Froilan Sales as Zabala
Bernard Laxa as Paltik
Lauren Novero as Russell
Roy Alvarez as Arnulfo
Hiyasmin Neri as Kitchie
Allan Paule as Dante
Crispin Pineda as Badong
Janus Del Prado as Vincent Bartolome
Archie Adamos as Ybanez Ramirez
Levi Ignacio as Melvin Buendia/Marvin Intalan
Lito Pimentel as Rico Bartolome
Angel Jacob as Cristina Dela Rocha
Chinggoy Alonzo as Don Soliven
Joonee Gamboa as Father Fabian

Special participation

John Wayne Sace as Teen Abel
Jairus Aquino as Young Abel
Mika Dela Cruz as Young Reign
Nash Aguas as Teen Marcus
Phytos Ramirez as Young King
William Lorenzo as Young Pepe
Gilleth Sandico as Young Dolor
Farrah Florer as Young Patria
Paolo Rivero as Young Philip
Neri Naig as Young Marlen
Manuel Chua as Young Marvin
Jose Sarasola as Young Rico
Simon Ibarra as Young Badong
Tom Rodriguez as Young Lucio
Jake Cuenca as Paolo Ventura - Regin's fiancé brother of Dindin Ventura
Mark Sarayot as Teen Jonathan Onat Marasigan

Remake

Hindi television serial Rang Rasiya was inspired from Guns and Roses which debuted on Indian channel Colours on December 30, 2013.^[5]

Theme song

The theme song entitled Dahil Mahal Kita was originally performed by The Boyfriends and also covered by Ogie Alcasid.