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LAGOS (Reuters) - Indian-Nigerian restaurant owner Hamisha Daryani Ahuja gave up her long-running business to pursue her dream of making movies.
Two years later, the 36-year-old will see her first feature film, the cross-cultural love story “Namaste Wahala”, debut on Valentine’s Day on Netflix.
The film, whose title translates in Hindi and Nigerian pidgin as ‘Hello trouble’, tells the tale of a Nigerian woman who falls in love with an Indian investment banker living in Lagos. The young couple face a series of challenges - including their families - to be together.
“I wanted to do something that will be more relatable so it is a full-on Nollywood movie, but I brought in some Indian actors to make it a little bit more fun,” Daryani Ahuja, who directed, executive produced and acted in the movie, told Reuters.
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Trailer for Bollywood/Nollywood Romance Namaste Wahala Coming To Netflix For Valentine s Day
After all is said and done, love is a beautiful thing. Namaste Wahala premieres Feb 14 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/PPE6yv5x4C Netflix Naija (@NetflixNaija) January 31, 2021
Synopsis a Nigerian woman (Dima-Okojie) and an Indian-Nigerian man (Mumtaz) falling in love, much to the surprise and shock of their families.
Technically, this isn t a Bollywood film, it is all Nollywood. The director - Hamisha Daryani Ahuja is a Nigerian-Indian. It is nice to see a film with an interracial relationship not centred around a POC and a white person. There s a small Indian community in Nigeria and tbh, the ones in lagos at least don t mix with the Nigerian peeps - they tend to keep to themselves in gated communities. The director spoke to CNN in 2020 and said I am Indian but I have lived in Nigeria my whole life (O.P s note: all her schooling was done outside Nigeria). Everyone loves Bollywood and Nollyw