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WEEKEND DIGEST : NAMASTE WAHALA - MOVIE REVIEW



WARNING :

This is a personal review. You may feel differently after watching this movie. Please proceed with caution!!!

Hehehehehehe! Did I just type that warning? Never mind, that was me trying to be serious.

Anyway, so initially, I was enthusiastic about watching this movie. Then I changed my mind. Wanna know why? The ratings on Twitter.....

Hellurrrrr!!!!! (In Madea's voice).

Did I just say Twitter?

Well, yeah, Twitter. So as I was saying, the reviews on Twitter were not encouraging at all. My friends hated the movie. Someone rated it 0 out of a 5. 

No way!!!

Heck yeah!!!!!

My friends are intellectuals. That's not to say that I'm not one after reading my review. :-)

Some other people felt like it was a great feel good movie and loved it. 

So, you can imagine my expectations of the movie was very low. I delayed watching it for two months just because....... (Fill in the blanks)

Namaste Wahala is a romantic comedy that stars Nollywood actors like Richard Mofe-Damijo, Joke Silva, Ini Dinma-Okojie, Imoh Eboh, Osas Ighodaro, Ibrahim Suleiman, Ruslaan Mumtaz, Anee Icha and others. 

Hamisha Daryani Ahuja directed this movie.

I loved seeing Koye Kekere Ekun display his theatrics. It's my first time seeing him act in a movie. 

Okay, so here's the story.....

Indian guy - Raj  played by Ruslaan Mumtaz meets Nigerian girl - Didi ( Ini Dinma-Okojie) and they become caught up in an interracial war between their parents. The question is to be or not to be?

I thought Didi and Raj's  initial meeting at the beach was a bit cheesy. Maybe a better word would be unrealistic. At that point, I was getting ready to reach for the remote and tune off. I waited a little bit and that's when I began to enjoy the movie.

The cinematography for this movie is great. Great lighting and picture quality except for the part where it looked like Didi's face was being transformed into that of some cartoon character or super hero. Hehehehe. Not sure what the deal was with that part where she was having an argument with Raj. 

One of the turnoffs for me was the music and dance in the movie. ( I'm not a fan of musicals in movies). The good thing however is that it's not a long musical like you'd find in typical Bollywood movies.

Raj and Didi fell in love pretty quickly. I found that comical. Do people still fall head over heels in love within the twinkle of an eyes these days? 

Another thumbs down for me is Didi's father- RMD's treatment of Raj when she invited him to her home to introduce him to them.

Broda Shaggi - I wasn't expecting to see him in the movie. He acted the part of the typical frustrated lagos driver although I thought that he could have been less aggressive. Yellow cab drivers tend to be a lot cooler than bus drivers in Lagos.

I found it difficult to figure out if Didi is a lawyer or not since Preemo,acted by Osas Ighodaro kept saying she wasn't a real lawyer. At no time did Didi try to correct that notion though she did a good job getting justice for the girl who'd been raped.

My rating for this movie is a 3 out of a 5. Sssssshhhhhh.... don't let my friends hear that I said so.

It's a Rom Com so just watch it with a light heart. Definitely not an action thriller so nothing to overly analyze here.

Have you seen this movie? What did you think? Would you see it again?

It's on Netflix by the way.

Okay, got to go now......

Cheers to the weekend!!!!!!!!!!



 

 

 









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