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| Kemi Lala on set |
Known for his readiness to produce films
without rival, Veteran director Tunde Kelani is set to present a trailer –
Dazzling Mirage.
The film features notable acts including
Lala Akindoju and Kunle Afolayan who led an all-star cast in Kelani’s movie.
The prolific producer and director said
‘Dazzling Mirage’ is a movie about sickle- cell sufferer who overcomes social
stigma, prejudice and her own low self-esteem, to achieve success, marriage and
motherhood.
“All of us are connected directly or
indirectly to the sufferers of this ailment. I’m intrigued by the writer’s
approach to weave a love story with it and that to me is an attraction. I have
also had personal relationship with sufferers of this ailment and I consider it
my responsibility to bring their story to fore,” he said.
The lead actress, Kemi Lala Akindoju is
one of the most talented young actresses working in Nigeria at the moment. She
was born March 8, 1987, and she is from Ondo State, Nigeria.
She studied Insurance at University of
Lagos, and she also holds a master’s degree in Media and Communication from the
Pan African University. She has appeared in over 70 stage productions, playing
roles such as Amope in Wole Soyinka’s Trials of Brother Jero, Ojuola in Ola
Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame, Sizwe in Athol Fugard’s Sizwe Bansi is Dead
and Iyaloja in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman.
In 2010, she won the award for Actor of
the Year at The Future Awards – on the strength of her performance as a stage
actor.
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