Having established herself as one of the very few female to
have a block buster movie with ‘Being Mrs Eliot’, actress, producer and
director, Omoni Oboli is set to return to the cinema with another potential
block buster movie, ‘The First Lady’.
The First Lady is a story of a street girl and her peeps
told with intrigues, twist and turn of street element that attest to the
versatility of Omoni as an actress.
The First Lady is a comic drama with compelling story lines
backed with impressive acting. It stars Alex Ekubo, Jospeh Benjamin, Yvonne
Jegede, Chinedu Ikedieze, Anthony Monjaro and Omoni Oboli.
The story which was written by Omoni was also directed by
the Delta Born French graduate.
Omoni Oboli’s directional debut Being Mrs Elliot has come
and gone, but the movie lived up to expectations in Nigerian cinemas.
The movie recorded good box office figures topping the chart
and way ahead of other movies. It made over 5 million in its first three days
in the cinemas making it one of the number one sought after movie after its
premiere.
According to the producer and director of the movie Omoni
Oboli, “the response of the movie has been phenomenal. The movie has shown me that when we do things
right, most times the market response will also be right”.
Omoni Oboli has not only proven that she is an actress who
knows her onions but also as a fore-sighted director who sees the best in
others and knows the best role to appoint to her colleagues for effective and
impressive interpretation.
Steve Shodiya, Nigeria celebrated movie editor, revealed
that sometimes, he uses Omoni's scenes to clean up other actors' shortcomings.
"As far as I'm concerned, Omoni Oboli is the best for the roles she played
in "Render to Caesar", "Anchor Baby" and
"Figurine." No other actor could have interpreted those roles the way
she did. Most of them are stereotyped but she is versatile," he stated.
Also, in his own assessment, Desmond Ovbiagele said, Omoni Oboli is highly
professional on set.
"I was looking for a professional in terms of her
approach to work; I have heard a lot of stories about actors and actresses on
set. After my research, I found out that Omoni is very professional and is
somebody who knows her onions"
“Nigerians should
expect another thrilling, entertaining yet informative movie in ‘The First
Lady’ and a different version of Omoni’ she said.
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