Source: CCTV.com

12-01-2008 11:43

Award-winning actress and singer Karena Lam is a hot topic in entertainment circles on the Chinese mainland these days. The Hong Kong-based actress has the lead role in the star-studded film "Fit Lover."

Lam is best known for her roles in e psychological suspense thrillers. This time she takes on a comedy. She heads a cast that includes 12 actors who are considered leading mainland screen idols.

In "Fit Lover", Lam plays a thirty year old who has intimate encounters with 12 men. The story is both funny and moving. Lam's 12 bachelors are men of appreciably different characters, whom she meets through the intervention of the Angel of Love, played by Huang Bo. There are dialogues that raise uproarious laughter, bringing tears to the eyes of audiences. The film pokes fun at women who search for the much idealized true love. The romantic film is in the genre popular with young female audiences. Rarely however do films like this bring tears of laughter.

Lam says she's all impressed by the story line as far as her own life is concerned, she says she's been there and done that.

Karena said, "My first love was my school mate. We split up after graduation. Three years later we met again and I still had feelings for him. We broke up again and soon after I heard he got married. We still have our friendship. We send emails to each other every year telling about how our lives are going."