Timed to International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8, Netflix has unveiled several new, female-focused series and films from Africa, with the goal of “shining the spotlight on” the “remarkable achievements” of female creators from the region.
Leading female members of the Nigerian film community are coming together in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday, March 6 for a “Her Voice, Our Story” International Women’s Day event, organized in collaboration with Mo Abudu of EbonyLife TV, to celebrate African women in the creative industries. Those taking part include Netflix Director of Content in Africa Dorothy Ghettuba, and creatives Bolanle Austen-Peters (Man of God), Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (Namaste Wahala), Chichi Nworah (Shanty Town), and Peace Hyde (Young Famous & African).
“At Netflix, we want our stories to reflect as many lives as we can. This is why we are not just passionate about the stories we tell, but the people who tell them and...
Leading female members of the Nigerian film community are coming together in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday, March 6 for a “Her Voice, Our Story” International Women’s Day event, organized in collaboration with Mo Abudu of EbonyLife TV, to celebrate African women in the creative industries. Those taking part include Netflix Director of Content in Africa Dorothy Ghettuba, and creatives Bolanle Austen-Peters (Man of God), Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (Namaste Wahala), Chichi Nworah (Shanty Town), and Peace Hyde (Young Famous & African).
“At Netflix, we want our stories to reflect as many lives as we can. This is why we are not just passionate about the stories we tell, but the people who tell them and...
- 3/6/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Rajniesh Duggall is back with a new series titled Postcards, which marks his international debut. The film is helmed by the makers of ‘Namaste Wahala’ Hamisha Daryani Ahuja. Actors Sola Sobowale, Richard Mofe, Rahama Sadau and Tobi Bakre also play pivotal characters in it.
Rajniesh said: “Postcards is a very special project. It’s all about dealing with different emotions that people go through in their life.
“I play the role of a doctor in an Indian hospital, as the trailer suggests. The Postcards series is a story that everyone can relate to in some way or the other. Set in Cosmopolitan Mumbai and Lagos, it is about a bunch of people whose lives intersect in a series of life-changing events,” he shared.
The series has been shot extensively in Mumbai and Lagos (Nigeria). “Yes, it’s my first English/International series with a mixed crew. I’m really...
Rajniesh said: “Postcards is a very special project. It’s all about dealing with different emotions that people go through in their life.
“I play the role of a doctor in an Indian hospital, as the trailer suggests. The Postcards series is a story that everyone can relate to in some way or the other. Set in Cosmopolitan Mumbai and Lagos, it is about a bunch of people whose lives intersect in a series of life-changing events,” he shared.
The series has been shot extensively in Mumbai and Lagos (Nigeria). “Yes, it’s my first English/International series with a mixed crew. I’m really...
- 6/3/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The UK & Europe’s largest South Asian film festival the London Indian Film Festival, continues with upbeat movies, online on the last Sunday of each month at www.loveliffathome.com ahead of our June festival in London, Birmingham and Manchester and online.
Inspirational charmer, T for Taj Mahal, tells the wonderful story of a young man’s journey to bring literacy to his village through a unique social enterprise. Illiterate villager, Bansi played by Subrat Dutta (Talaash), runs a roadside eatery near the world-famous Taj Mahal. Concerned that another generation of villagers will grow up without a proper education and get ridiculed and duped as he has been, he hatches a unique social enterprise idea offering tourists who eat his food an option to pay their bill by teaching the local youngsters. The idea is an initial hit with tourists and the children until a big company muscles in.
This...
Inspirational charmer, T for Taj Mahal, tells the wonderful story of a young man’s journey to bring literacy to his village through a unique social enterprise. Illiterate villager, Bansi played by Subrat Dutta (Talaash), runs a roadside eatery near the world-famous Taj Mahal. Concerned that another generation of villagers will grow up without a proper education and get ridiculed and duped as he has been, he hatches a unique social enterprise idea offering tourists who eat his food an option to pay their bill by teaching the local youngsters. The idea is an initial hit with tourists and the children until a big company muscles in.
This...
- 3/24/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Mumbai, Feb 20: Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, director-producer of the recently-released film Namaste Wahala says the growing culture of watching films on streaming platforms has enabled budding filmmakers across the world to find a voice as storytellers.
Namaste Wahala, which dropped on Ott, is a Nollywood film (as the Nigerian film industry is popularly known) to be widely available for Indian Ott viewers, and tries recreating the formulaic Bollywood love story as it was typically popular till a while back. The film is a cross cultural romance set in Lagos, starring Indian actor Ruslaan Mumtaz and Nigerian actress Ini Dima-Okojie.
"I think it is a great sign for us, for budding filmmakers, who are finding voice through the streaming platforms. When I made my film, being a debutant, I wanted my Nollywood film to be released theatrically, in all over Nigeria and all of Africa. Our film was ready by April...
Namaste Wahala, which dropped on Ott, is a Nollywood film (as the Nigerian film industry is popularly known) to be widely available for Indian Ott viewers, and tries recreating the formulaic Bollywood love story as it was typically popular till a while back. The film is a cross cultural romance set in Lagos, starring Indian actor Ruslaan Mumtaz and Nigerian actress Ini Dima-Okojie.
"I think it is a great sign for us, for budding filmmakers, who are finding voice through the streaming platforms. When I made my film, being a debutant, I wanted my Nollywood film to be released theatrically, in all over Nigeria and all of Africa. Our film was ready by April...
- 2/20/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
From lavish setups to elaborate dance sequences to Bollywood influence in the ceremony, the Indian wedding market is worth millions of dollars, and the streaming space has started sensing the value of it. While we have seen several wedding stories being narrated on the big as well as small screens, the Ott space has now started looking at the reality drama around weddings in upcoming shows.
We take a look at upcoming shows and films that have created a buzz, and shifted spotlight on the big fat Indian wedding.
Indian Matchmaking
The Netflix show created a buzz in India when it opened elite Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia's journey of finding suitable matches for her wealthy clients in India and the US. The eight-part docu-series revolves around Mumbai-based matchmaker Taparia, who arranged meetings between her clients with the intention of getting them married. All of the clients were of Indian...
We take a look at upcoming shows and films that have created a buzz, and shifted spotlight on the big fat Indian wedding.
Indian Matchmaking
The Netflix show created a buzz in India when it opened elite Indian matchmaker Sima Taparia's journey of finding suitable matches for her wealthy clients in India and the US. The eight-part docu-series revolves around Mumbai-based matchmaker Taparia, who arranged meetings between her clients with the intention of getting them married. All of the clients were of Indian...
- 2/4/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
An exciting new rom-com, Namaste Wahala, is all set to begin streaming on Netflix February 14th and we can’t wait. Directed by Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, this film is unique because it is a merging of two of the biggest movie industries, the Hindi film industry Bollywood and the Nigerian film industry also known as Nollywood.
Starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Ini Dima-Okojie, the romantic comedy, according to the director’s Instagram, “is the classic love story, with a Nollywood meets Bollywood twist – a Nigerian woman, Didi and her Indian love interest, Raj, fall in love despite the differences in their cultural backgrounds. Through this romantic journey, the couple take their families on a memorable rollercoaster ride of emotions! Namaste Wahala brings it all, beautifully so – the glitter, lushness, and gorgeous color and textures that both Nigerian and Indian cultures are so famous for! Of course, no wedding is complete without...
Starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Ini Dima-Okojie, the romantic comedy, according to the director’s Instagram, “is the classic love story, with a Nollywood meets Bollywood twist – a Nigerian woman, Didi and her Indian love interest, Raj, fall in love despite the differences in their cultural backgrounds. Through this romantic journey, the couple take their families on a memorable rollercoaster ride of emotions! Namaste Wahala brings it all, beautifully so – the glitter, lushness, and gorgeous color and textures that both Nigerian and Indian cultures are so famous for! Of course, no wedding is complete without...
- 2/3/2021
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
A couple of things have caught our eye in February’s Netflix UK line-up, first, the German dystopian sci-fi Tribes of Europa. After the success of sci-fi series Dark, the streaming service invested in a bunch of new German-language series, including the mega-successful historical Barbarians. Tribes was among them, and tells the story of a group of siblings in 2074, separated after a global disaster that leaves Europe riven by warring factions. Also sounding like a good time is South Korean comedy Space Sweepers, about a spaceship crew tasked with cleaning up intergalactic trash.
There’s also the arrival of Parks and Recreation in full – perfect for a lockdown rewatch, new stand-up, all of The Vampire Diaries, and Jason “It’s a megalodon” Statham in The Meg.
We’ll update this list with new arrivals as they’re confirmed.
1 February
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
The Family Fang (2015)
The House Arrest of Us...
There’s also the arrival of Parks and Recreation in full – perfect for a lockdown rewatch, new stand-up, all of The Vampire Diaries, and Jason “It’s a megalodon” Statham in The Meg.
We’ll update this list with new arrivals as they’re confirmed.
1 February
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
The Family Fang (2015)
The House Arrest of Us...
- 2/1/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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