It is no more news that Nollywood’s most anticipated movie, Mimi premiered at the Wave Beach, Elegushi Lagos on May 13, 2021, making it the first ever Nollywood movie to premiere at the beach.
The one-of-a-kind premiere of Mimi was a totally different experience from the typical Nollywood movie premiere, which takes place at the foyer of the cinema.
The premiere improved on the standard of movie premiere in Nollywood, amid music concert featuring performances from top Nigerian musicians such as Reminisce, 9ice and nonstop music from celebrity DJ Neptune.
The premiere hosted A- List actors including; Ali Baba, Ireti Doyle, Toyin Abraham, Prince Jide Kosoko, Bimbo Akintola, Deyemi Okanlawon, Lateef Adedimeji, Lizzy Jay, Bianca Ugowanne, Hafeez Oyetoro ( Saka), Olaniyi Afonja ( Sanyeri), Kiekie, Stephanie Isuma (Calabar Chic), Omotunde David (Lolo 1), Taiwo Adeyemi, Bro Bouche, Timi Agbaje, Officer Woos, and other amazing stars. It also featured other top Nigerian celebrities from lifestyle, music, movies, entrepreneurship and business.
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According to Wisdom Ezekiel, one of the executive producers and CEO of Red-i Studios, “The premiere of Mimi happens to be one of the most talked about movie premieres in recent time and that shows we are doing something right.
We have really given our best for the movie, it is only right we kept the energy equal with the premiere as well. Mimi is a beautiful movie and I am not saying this because I am one of the executive producers but because it is genuinely a good film ranging from the story to the cast, beautiful picture quality and the outstanding performance. Attendees were blown away”.
The delightful family movie tells the story of a daughter of a billionaire, Mimi who despises poverty and poor people so much, but found out her extremely rich parents were not her biological parents and her real parent ‘sold’ her off at a young age to raise some funds to train her siblings.
In a bid to make her more responsible, her rich parents made her spend two weeks holiday with her biological parent who live in abject poverty in a ghetto.
The official trailer of Mimi was released on May 7, 2021 and has however become the talk of the town following the stellar cast and the amazing production quality.
Following the successful premiere, Mimi was officially released in all cinemas nationwide on May 14, 2021.
