TUNDE KELANI'S 'MAAMI' HITS CINEMAS IN FEBRUARY

Veteran film maker, Tunde Kelani is set to release his latest movie ‘Maami‘ for viewing as it debuts at the cinemas on Friday, February 3, 2012.

The cinematographer’s latest project was premiered November 2011 at the first Nollywood festival in Brazil.

‘Maami‘, an adaptation of foremost Nigerian playwright, Femi Osofisan‘s novel of the same title tells an inspiring story of a poor single mother who struggles to take care of her only child. Her son becomes an international footballer with English club Arsenal, turning a national hero. But, the ‘boy’ in the ‘man’ yearns for a father he’s never known- a man with a dark secret.

‘Plans have been concluded to include original sound track from ASA, Nico Mbarga and 9ice‘,  said Kelani via his YouTube account.

A total of fifteen movies have come out from the stables of Mainframe Film and Television Productions headed by the award-winning director.

Some of their notable works are ‘Ti Oluwa ni le (1,2,3)‘ (1993), ’Saworoide‘ (1999), Thunderbolt (2001), The Campus Queen (2004) and recently Arugba (2008).

ACTRESS SOLA ASEDEKO AND SECRET BODYGUARDS

Actress Sola Asedeko and her secret bodyguards

It is no news that our rising star and crossover actress known as Abeni is pregnant and looking forward to motherhood at the moment.

What is news is that snapshots has just gathered information from a reliable source that the actress, who is dating a top military brass, goes about now with escorts, who pretend to be just normal motorists, but are actually protecting our dear actress. What they are protecting her from is what we do not know.

Sola Asedeko became popular as the lead actress in the movie, Abeni, by Tunde Kelani's Mainframe Production, and has appeared in more than 30 home videos of Yoruba movie and English soap opera genre.

TUNDE KELANI'S NEW FILM "MAAMI"

Single parent, MAAMi, and her young son are desperately poor. Gifted with a living heart, enterprising spirit and brave soul, she is the centre of her son’s world, until he longs for the father he has never known – a man with a terrible secret.

Set over a two-day period, leading to the 2010 World Cup, MAAMi is an inspiring story of a poor, conscientious single parent’s struggles to raise her only child, Kashimawo who eventually, rises to intrnational stardom in an English football club, Arsenal, and becomes a national hero.

Adapted by Tunde Babalola, from Femi Osofisan’s novel of the same name, this film about love, perseverance and fate unfolds through Kashimawo’s reminiscences of his hardscrabble childhood in the southern Nigerian town, Abeokuta

VETERAN MOVIE MAKER,TUNDE KELANI PARTNERS WITH IRISH FILM MAKER TO LAUNCH FILM SCHOOL

Nigerian ace film producer and director, Tunde Kelani is partnering with seasoned Irish filmmaker cashell horgan to float a new film training school AFTTA which stands for Advanced film and Television training Africa. The film school is set to elevate the skills of Nigerian film and Television professionals.A press conference was recently held to unveil the partnership.

"Training of professionals had been an adhoc exercise over the last decade in Nigeria because just a few have the time, resources or inclination to plan for longer-term training"Tunde kelani said at the press conference.

“With AFTTA, we are offering the level of advanced training that would normally only be available in other distant countries and otherwise could not be affordable,” Kelani said. Tunde kelani has directed Nollywood hit movies like Oleku,Thunderbolt ,Abeni, Agogo ewo, campus queen and many more.