KUNLE AFOLAYAN IN ‘THREESOME’ FILM PROJECT
Popular Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan is currently working on a set of three films sponsored by Multichoice Nigeria.
The threesome; ‘Roti’, ‘Umogwo’ and ‘Tribunal’ will be shot back-to-back in order to fast-track their release, beginning from the first quarter of the year.
Originally planned as television productions, the ace filmmaker, however, secured the understanding of his sponsors for the films to explore the traditional channels of exhibitions, excluding DVD.
The films will make debut with an April 2017 cinema release, enjoy some festival routings before berthing on Africa Magic channels.
The three films have some A-list stars who are acting on Kunle Afolayan’s set for the first time. They include Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Kate Henshaw, Nobert Young, Toyin Oshinaike, Fathia Balogun, Dari Afolayan, Funsho Adeolu, Ade Laoye, Omowunmi Dada, Damilola Ogunsi, Ayo Adesanya, Yaw and Gloria Anozie Young among others.
In ‘Roti’ which stars Kunle Afolayan himself playing alongside Kate Henshaw, Toyin Oshinaike, Fathia Balogun and Dari Afolayan, the story is told of how, years after a couple loses their son called Roti to a brief illness, the wife sees a boy called Juwon who is an exact replica of her dead son.
In ‘Tribunal’, “Jimi Disu, a man in his fifties, is one of the bright- minded lawyers who co-establish a leading law firm in Lagos. However, he lost his sense of direction and strength after being hit by a series of personal challenges that question his resolve as a man. ‘Tribunal’ stars Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, Funsho Adeolu, Nobert Young, Ade Laoye, and Damilola Ogunsi.
The third flick stars Ayo Adesanya, Yaw, Gloria Anozie Young and Omowunmi Dada is ‘Umogwo’, the story of Omotunde, a young Yoruba civil engineer, married to Raymond, an Igbo man. Coloured by different cultural backgrounds, drama ensues when Raymond’s mother, Chimanda, insists on performing Umogwo, an Igbo cultural practice by which the mother of one of the couples lives with the couple for a period of time to relieve the nursing mother of the pressures of convalescing and baby care.