A CINEMATIC JOURNEY OF LOVE IN THE NOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY
Produced By: Don Omope, Zulu Oyibo, and Ijeoma Agukoronye
Directed By: Kemi Adetiba
Arriving at the wedding of Dunni Coker, a 24-year-old art gallery owner, the daughter of engineer Bamidele and Mrs. Tinuade Coker, and Dozie Onwuka, an IT businessman, from an incredibly wealthy family, the audience gets not merely a movie title. While his mother the noble Lady Obianuju Onwuka views it as her son’s intended mediocre sort of marriage. It is the wedding day and, as always, Wonu wakes up early in the morning and the wedding party is dressed up and Ready, Wonu a pragmatic wedding planner must prepare many things to make sure everything is special for high-end class clients. On the other hand, while the bride’s parents and other members of the female members of the Coker family are angered that the name of Tinuade Coker was not included in the name list published in the paper, Onwuka’s family has to endure a very nerve-racking breakfast, wherein the wife of the chief Felix Onwuka absents herself from the family and openly speaks ill of the Coker family to her friends almost ignoring her Dunni feels ashamed of her friends because the friends are a reminder of her lack of knowledge in matters to do with sex while Dozie also feels embarrassed or ashamed of his male friends because of the bachelor party the previous day. The popular TV show has the best man crashing his car after the bachelor party and instead of him, moronic Sola is given a chance. It is the time that everybody especially guests and families are happy which annoys Obianuju Onwuka who purposefully avoids everyone, especially Felix. Towards the end of the movie, while dancing from the ceremony to the reception, Dozie pockets a pair of women’s underpants and Dunni sees it and gets annoyed. He is able to persuade her that they were most likely left there by one of his friends and they get to the party practically just in time. The first controversy that arises is as to who should set the pace and proceed to the dining room; seeing that the Onwukas are far richer than the Others.
~ Timilehin Peters
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