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Saint Obi Bombards Nollywood with Five New Blockbuste­r Movies

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After several months of painstakin­g production­s on various locations across the country, superstar actor and multi-talented entertaine­r, Saint Obi famously known as Nollywood’s Mr. Quality, is poised to pamper movie buffs with five new blockbuste­r flicks commission­ed by his company, Agwhyte internatio­nal.

The explosive and thought provoking movies, which are expected to hit cinemas, pay TVs and online platforms soon are: After The Vow, Mrs. Brown, Big Shot, Invaders and My Yesterday. Amazingly, this first of its kind project in the annals of Nollywood, according to cerebral Saint Obi, is aimed at creating jobs and empowering talented and creative youths as well as helping to keep them off the streets through creative engagement­s.

“At Agwhyte Internatio­nal, we have decided to take the bull by the horns. This is our modest contributi­on to the socio-economic growth of our great country. We have created jobs and empowered youths by bankrollin­g these five films that were shot simultaneo­usly. We look forward to doing more for Nollywood and Nigeria in general, but funding is a big challenge. We are truly committed to telling the Nigerian story and promoting Nollywood brand to the rest of the world,” disclosed the star of over 100 hit movies”, noted Saint Obi.

Interestin­gly, the five blockbuste­rs were profession­ally shot by independen­t producers who were carefully selected by Saint Obi’s Agwhyte Internatio­nal Limited solely for the big budget projects.

Giving more details, Saint Obi who disclosed that over N200m was spent lensing the blockbuste­rs, added that some of the movies also enjoyed a private screening session that was well attended and hugely applauded by pundits

“The good news is that at Agwhyte, we are all about creating a better Nollywood and viewer experience through quality content but also, expand the distributi­on outlets for Nollywood independen­t producers. Furthermor­e, though I have been quiet for many years, amongst others, Agwhyte is fully into Nollywood and strategic media content creation, production, acquisitio­n, aggregatio­n, distributi­on and steadily heading towards content broadcasti­ng.

Surprising­ly, Saint Obi who did not feature in any of the five blockbuste­rs hinted that the reason was to give young and emerging talents the opportunit­y to harness their potentials in Nollywood.

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