Actress/producer-Juliet Ibrahim, her younger sister-Sonia Ibrahim and James Gardiner who featured in Juliet’s self-produced movie-Shattered Romance are currently in Nigeria for a nationwide premiere of the award winning movie.
According to Juliet Ibrahim, Jewelz Production will hold an exclusive premiere of the movie at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, The Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, Lagos on Wednesday, October 14 to a selected audience including the press.
And then from October 16, the movie will start showing in all cinemas across Nigeria.
Actress Christabel Ekeh will return to the big screen on Friday August 7—in a new movie titled ‘Royal Diadem’ set to be premiered at the SilverBird Cinemas (Accra Mall & West Hills Mall) at 6pm and 8pm.
Starring Too Sweet Annan, James Gardiner, Kofi Adjorlolo, David Dontoh. Efya Odo and others, Christabel Ekeh has mentioned that, her role in ‘Royal Diadem’ is one of the most difficult movie roles she has taken on this year.
Known for her excellence when it comes to the ‘glamour movies’, Christabel Ekeh sort of descends to play an ordinary local girl in this movie—and as such, we will get to see what she is capable of doing when all the fine lifestyle is taken away from her acting.
Last Friday (5th December, 2014) was the premiere of the much anticipated movie – Shattered Romance – directed by Eddie Nartey and produced by Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim. The attendance, though not outnumbering the total capacity of the cinema halls, was impressive and overwhelming; about 400% increase over her first produced movie.
Before I delve into the movie itself to discuss the ups and downs, let me briefly chip in the observations of some people I interviewed after the movie was screened.
The aggregate views of the attendees with regards to the movie were interesting. So far as all humans cannot be pleased equally, there were some concerns raised. Majority saw it as a nice try and a great improvement upon her (Juliet Ibrahim) first production – Number One Fan – of which I totally concur and commend her for such an effort. The few who nit-picked it did so on the grounds of the movie not been too challenging (a mark of almost all Ghanaian movies).
Now, let me quickly list some facets of the movie and talk about them.
Quality
It is a recognizable trait among several Ghanaian movie producers to churn out sub-standard movies. In an era where cost of production is expensive, some movie producers’ wish not to spend much on the quality of movies they produce. It is therefore necessary to take time and extol the very few who pay attention to the quality of their productions.
Hitting the nail right on the head, the storyline was amazing. Being somewhat a newcomer in the game with regards to script writing and directing, much cannot be said than to praise him (Eddie Nartey) for his exertion.
Last night in Accra at the SilverBird Cinema in the Accra Mall, the cast members of ABC’s new production-HAPPY DEATHDAY appeared at the first premiere of the movie—and the general attendance was also great.
At the premiere were the talented Nana Ama McBrown, the producer/ lead actress-Kafui Danku, Salma Mumin, James Gardiner, Alex Ekubo from Nigeria and others…
Before we bring you our take on the movie, check out the below photos…
After the success of her recent self-produced movie-Devil in a Dress, actress /producer-Kafui Danku has pulled together some of Africa’s ‘trending’ actors for her new movie which employs some sort of oxymoron as its title-HAPPY DEATHDAY.
Directed by Kobi Rana of ‘Kiss Me If You Can’ fame, the movie features talented Ghanaian actress-Nana Ama McBrown, former Big Brother housemate-Elikem Kumordzie, Alex Ekubo, James Gardiner, Too Sweet, Kafui Danku and others…Perhaps, I should also mention that the movie features Ghana’s dancehall artiste-Stonebwoy (real name Livingstone Etse Satekla).
HAPPY DEATHDAY will receive a red carpet premiere on 14 November, 2014 at the SilverBird Cinemas at the Accra Mall & Weija (6:20pm and 9:20 pm)—and before the showing, a special photo session will be held to give fans the opportunity to pose with the movie stars for pictures.
In HAPPY DEATHDAY, “a group of young friends in their quest to give their mate a memorable birthday end up in massive danger. With the vice president and the law involved, only the craziest can survive. In a world of mistakes and accidents, disaster is inevitable but how do we control damage without being damaged? “
After the success of her first self-produced move-Number One Fan, Ghanaian actress turned producer, Juliet Ibrahim has been at work, putting together her latest production-Shattered Romance.
Directed by Eddie Nartey, the movie features veteran actor-Fred Amugi, James Gardiner, Sonia Ibrahim, Juliet Ibrahim, Pascaline Edwards and others.
Check the teaser out below…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHiP16j9Dbo
In other news, Juliet Ibrahim was recently interviewed by US based Black Enterprise magazine and have some photos for the fans from the interview.
Following the success of ‘The Number One Fan’, actress-Juliet Ibrahim is currently on set, working on her second self-produced movie- Shattered Romance, which is being directed by Eddie Nartey.
The movie will feature, Pascaline Edwards, James Gardiner, Sonia Ibrahim, Sammy B (formal BBA representative), Ben Brako, Paulina Oduro, Charlotte Derban (face of Vienna City), Bryan Okwara (former Mr. Nigeria) and Juliet Ibrahim herself.
John Dumelo and James Gardiner are both striving to live the ‘Christlife’ and apart from that, they have a lot in common…The two actors are ladies men—and it is obvious as to why the ladies cannot take their eyes off them. John Dumelo has a clothing line and James Gardiner is looking to launch a … Read more
Ghanaian musician-Mzbel, who is on a sort of musical hiatus made an appearance at the weekend’s Ovation Carol Night in Accra and she was looking great. Keeping to the theme, Mzbel rocked a red dress and carried on her head—one of those expensive weaves.
Actress-Yvonne Okoro kept it simple and red while Actor-James Gardiner couldn’t have wore anything different to the event, which saw an outstanding performance from Becca.
MTN 4Syte Music Video Awards 2013, one of the biggest award shows in Ghana was held yesterday and it really lived up to expectation. With the exception of the “Ghana Man” kick off, it really was everything we had hoped it would be.
The celebrities were out in their numbers, including a few travelling all the way from Nigeria and other parts of Africa. And the ensembles put together by not just the celebrities but the general public was definitely something to witness! Of course, GhanaCelebrities.Com was out there to bring you a few exclusive shots.
There was a lot of interaction with the stars and their fans alike on the red carpet, a little too much, if you ask me, which I would attribute to the late start but we were having a blast so it doesn’t really matter right *wink*
The show eventually started with a mind blowing performance from Sarkodie after which the awards kept rolling, with little suspense breaks from artistes like Jupiter, Eazzy and R2Bees!
Ghanaian actress-Yvonne Nelson dragged her industry friends to the beach yesterday to celebrate her birthday and the photos suggest, it was a fun day for all…
Wearing a black swimwear to show off her Brazilian complexion which is not far from the skin tones of Majid Michel, Wanlov and Van Vicker, the birthday girl jumped around as she celebrated her day.
At the beach to share the day of joy with Yvonne Nelson as she hopes for many years of bleaching to come were; Wanlov Da Kubolor and sister-Deborah Vanessa, Chris Attoh, Founder of Ghana Movie Awards-Fred Numuah (who you cannot miss his belly), Majid Michel, Van Vicker, James Gardiner and others…
Star actress-Jackie Appiah joined a tall list of African celebrities who graced the premiere of Juliet Ibrahim’s first produced movie-Number One Fan in Accra on Friday, and she was in good spirit…
Also at the premiere were James Gardiner, Prince David Osei, film-maker Abdul Sallam and several others… CLICK Here and Here to see more photos from the premiere.
‘Number One Fan’ features Juliet Ibrahim herself, Yemi Blaq, Selly of BBA Fame, Keitta of BBA Fame, Zainab Sheriff of BBA fame, AY The Comedian, KC Ejelonu, Emmanuel V Mensah, Kofi Adjorlolo, Stephanie Owusu, Narsh Smith, Prince David Osei, Eddie Nartey, Ruweida Yakubu and introduces Sonia Ibrahim…
I met up with Ghanaian actor-James Gardiner for the first time this week and I can say he has a world full of humility, charisma and an over reaching concept of fairness. Like all the other celebrities, he is an ardent reader of GhanaCelebrities.Com, he even called it Ghana’s TMZ—which got be smiling. Before my … Read more
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