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Dear Affy premieres February 2020, features top movie stars

Dear Affy premieres February 2020, features top movie stars

Movie lovers across the country will be opening the New Year 2020 with the premiere of Dear Affy, a romantic comedy with a super plot twist.

In the new movie that seems so unprecedented, EMS Agency is bringing together eclectic of stars that have not been seen in a long time in Nollywood.

Offering stellar performances in the new movie are superstars such as: Hafiz Oyetoro, Jide Kosoko, Toyin Abraham, Williams Uchemba, Kehinde Bankole, Mawuli Gavor, Charles Inojie, Chiwetalu Agu, Chinedu Ikedieze, Faithia Williams, Bimbo Ademoye, Bimbo Akintola and others.

The movie is a joint production between 007 Global, Aul Media Studios, Track and Dolly Productions, Miss Tola Elatuyi and Inside Life Studios.

It is directed by Samuel Olatunji (Bigsam), a celebrated media entrepreneur who executive produced Ghost and The Tout and Seven And A Half Dates. Bigsam has a certificate in Film Making, Film Editing and has spearheaded the marketing of most of the successful Nollywood movies at the box office.

However, the movie will see Teniola, a rising music act, make her acting debut, as well as, Sir Dee, one of the housemates of Big Brother Naija, making his acting debut.

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Dear Affy is a romantic comedy with a super plot twist, which tells the story of a beautiful career lady who is about to get married to the man of her dream who is on the verge of sealing millions of Naira worth of contract with a conglomerate in a construction industry. However, he is faced with the devil and the deep blue sea as sealing the contract is hinged on him having an intimate affair with the female billionaire contractor by all means just few weeks to his wedding. All hell was let loose when the detail of his affair became subject of headline for the media, plot turns out to be a race of redemption for the fiancé, the man, the billionaire and their friends and family.

Speaking on the new movie, Samuel Olatunji, the director, said, “Dear Affy is an ambitious project. We want to tell a different kind of Nollywood story; we want to be very professional and excellent in our doing.  We want to provide 100 percent entertainment and unpredictable story at the cinema and we have cast of who-is-who that can deliver the perfect performance. We are not stopping there, we have dreams, we have ambitions, we believe Nigeria is a place where dreams are possible.

“We believe Dear Affy will be the first Nollywood movie to hit N500 million at the box office. We have had people tell us it was an impossible dream because of the gigantic nature of the dream but that will not stop us because the guys from Hollywood do not have two heads and we believe in this dream”.

Dear Affy will be released in cinemas across the country on February 2, 2020 and will be distributed by Filmhouse Cinemas.