La ronca de oro

La ronca de oro (The Voice of Freedom), is a Colombian telenovela produced by CMO Producciones for Caracol Televisión. It is based on the life of the Colombian singer Helenita Vargas.

Ana María Estupiñán and Majida Issa star as the protagonists, Diego Cadavid, Greeicy Rendón and Marcela Benjumea as co-protagonists, while Laura García, Leonardo Acosta star as the antagonists.

Plot
La ronca de oro is the story of Helenita Vargas, a woman who wanted to be free in a terribly sexist era of the 1950s, where women had more duties than rights and were sentenced to be mothers and wives only. Helenita found singing rancheras one way to express her deep desire for freedom, overcoming all obstacles in a prejudiced society, starting with her family. Coming music of Mexico, which after years of struggle would bring success, was the origin of the worst humiliations and sufferings, but also became the soundtrack of her two great loves: one that nearly ended her life and another that filled her days with happiness. Helenita made her mark as a woman, as a person and as a singer, anticipating the taste and feel of the people. Like anyone, she understood that popular music has no age, no sex, no class and that in times of violence, which would achieve unite an entire people would be her unique voice.

Production
After nearly four months at audio and video very personal moments, newspapers, interviewing relatives and friends of Helenita.

Another of the great challenges of the golden husky was in the artistic part, because it is set in the years 1950 and 1970. Therefore, the team recorded several scenes in Buga, a city that retains its colonial architecture. Also at several locations in Cali, the Ortiz and La Merced Bridge are some.

Starring

 * Majida Issa as Sofía Helena Vargas Marulanda / Helenita
 * Ana María Estupiñán as Young Sofía Helena Vargas Marulanda / Helenita
 * Diego Cadavid as Álvaro José Sálas
 * Leonardo Acosta as Germán Hincapié
 * Laura Garcia as Ana Julia Marulanda de Vargas
 * Luis Fernando Montoya as Luis Vargas
 * Greeicy Rendón as Pilar Hincapié Vargas
 * Marcela Benjumea as Estrella Ulloa
 * Jimena Durán as Maritza Rengifo
 * Ángela Piedrahita as Virginia Tafúr
 * Didier van der Hove as Mauro Guerra
 * Juan Pablo Gamboa as Rubén de la Pava
 * Abril Schreiber as Young Virginia Tafúr
 * Diana Neira as Young Maritza Rengifo
 * Johan Martínez as Young Efraín Vargas
 * Alex Adamés as Efraín Vargas Marulanda
 * Viviana Serna as Cecilia Hincapié
 * José Narváez as Pepe Pardo
 * Marianne Schaller as Clarissa de las Américas
 * Mauro Mauad as Gregory Paz
 * Emilia Ceballos as Luis's girlfriend
 * Rose Galvis as Patricia de Journalist

Recurring

 * Rubén Sanz as Giordi
 * Ricardo Mejía as Hernando Vargas
 * Rashed Estefenn as Ernesto Loaiza
 * Mónica Pardo as Young Felicia Vargas
 * Camilo Perdomo as Hernando / Nando
 * Yolanda Rayo as Graciela Arango de Tobón
 * Gustavo Ramirez as Guido
 * Alejandro Otero as Enrique López