I watched this movie, or shall i say series of movies as a dare. What followed in the six or so hours it took to watch the entire thing, i can not for the life of me, bring myself to say movie, form start to end and lost track of time somewhere in the middle of the third instalment.
In my defence i watched it off DSTV’s Africa Magic + Channel; i did not go out to look for the DVD box set, which as at the time this post was going up was still tenuously unavailable, unable to determine where i could secure a genuine one since bootlegs abound.
I shall attempt to give due diligence and tell you what the movie is about, at least what i think it was about, i slept through some parts of it, albeit accidentally, but that is beside the point. There is Raj, a dude who is in love with two women, [yeah, i know, shut up anyway] Ciara, a poor orpaned lass and Beyonce, need i say this? Very well then…the President’s daughter.
The movie tells the story of a battle between Raj’s love for Ciara and his family’s preference of the wealthy, and most troubled Beyonce with the usual catastrophic climax. Somehow Raj gets his arse shot and ends up in hospital a result of Ciara being the good samaritan who delivers his unconscious self to the hospital. The dude is so smitten by the gesture that he hunts for the lass that saved his life, again who incidentally did not leave her address. Spoiler, well not really, he finds her. Wow.
Lots of stuff happens which might or might not involve disfiguration of Ciara, plastic surgery and more frantic searches. A further, non chance, meeting and dude is smitten once again, a recurring trend apparently whose end i shall endeavour not to reveal thus causing such intense suspense build up that you shall have to get the movie to ease your curiosity, because all over the stupid movie some people endured near death experiences with the alacrity of cartoon characters, end up living in outside countries and what not. Sigh. It is tedious, it is.
The movie has a gorgeous cast, of course, beautiful clothes, cars and houses as can only be done by our Ghanian film makers, notice i am struggling here? I fail to see any other merit to this film. No i would not advise you to watch this film, short of the convoluted, properly stupid storyline with incredulous plot twists that leave you wondering if the movie was actually written or they made it up as they went along.
Jackie Appian and Nadia Buari.
No way! If there was a way to reclaim the six hours i lost….A total rip off of Ciara and Beyonce, whose names were used in effect to call attention to the movie. Definitely not my cuppa tea. Can they sue you think?
Boring stuff about the movie:
Credits: Directed by Frank Rajah Arase; Venus Film Production. Many hours running time.
Cast: Van Vicker [Raj Johnson], Jacky Appiah [Ciara], Nadia Buari [Beyonce], Freeman Ekow, Yvonne Okoro, Hakeem Sharal and Kalsum Sinari.
Shiko-Msa
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Miss Cheri
Mushki
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Dude.
Nigerian movies?
Next.
There you go. Kumbe you know. They make up the stories as they go along. Rumour has it that these broda movies take a week to shoot – 2 weeks at most. So obviously there is no time to write sweet scripts and all. But don’t take my word to the bank. I’ve seen countless previews of Beyonce The President’s Daughter but no thanks. There was an acid bath somewhere along the line right? Ama I’m thinking of another movie?
What I did painfully watch once upon a time was ‘From Dar to Lagos’. Some dude’s daughters and son relocated from TZ to Lagos with their mother. After many years he sent a local hawker to go look for them. First hotel he ever went to in all of Lagos and alas! one of the ladies he was sent to look for was working there as a manager or something. They fell in love. Of course. Though he didn’t know she was the woman he was looking for. The other daughter was about to get married to her blood brother unknowingly. When they found out it was torrents of tears and broken engagement. I hope they had waited for marriage before consummating! So in the end of 6 excruciating hours he was able to deliver the whole family of 2 daughters and one son back in Dar. hugs kisses tears bla bla bla.
There’s one guy I stumble upon once in a while when I stray to Africa Magic. Unfortunately I cant recall his name but he’s hilarious. The kind that makes you laugh before he opens his mouth. I’ll get his name I promise. Once he acted as some mshao in London. And I think he brought back to the village a white wife.
I watched this movie a few months ago. Why? Curiosity? Ciara’s contact with acid,plastic surgery, Beyonceplanning to kill Ciara, the weddingwhich he president had no knowledge of to give her daughter away, and then Beyonce’s memory loss. Raj being hung etc.
You’re right, they think the story as they go along.
Just look at the beautiful girls and ignore the story line!!
Shiko-Mba, in Riverwood, the script is worked on early in the morning, they get on set mid morning, break for lunch and the editing takes place in the afternoon. At 5 when the hawkers are lurking around, the product is ready!
That comedian’s name is Nken Owoh. I promised I’d get it.
Val should see this…
lol Mo….I was waiting for it….but ahem…a certain Xs had some troubles getting the VCD to me…I still want to watch it though….kwanza I’ve made Naija contacts..ngoja tu…
She reads the post halfway, wondering why this movie wasn’t in the theaters, and only then does she realize that Beyonce and Ciara are Nigerian characters, and she’s never watched a single naija movie….sorry.
I cannot for the life of me, sit down to watch a Nigerian movie…you are right, someone is dying but the acting is like he is having a mild stomach disturbance…
the story drags on and on..if u have to do Nigerian, let’s see..or is Ghanaian…look for Mr. Ibu, its a comedy about father and son
beyoncé and ciarra my name is paul korongo i’m malien.
beyoncé i love you sincerly.
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..PAUL KORONGO..