Namaste Wahala

Namaste Wahala (2020)

A Nigerian woman and an Indian man won't let cultural differences get in the way of their romance.

Date of release
2020-12-01
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Music
Director
Hamisha Daryani Ahuja

Casting

Interesting facts

Namaste Wahala is a 2020 Nigerian cross-cultural romantic comedy film produced, written and directed by Hamisha Daryani Ahuja on her directorial debut. The film stars Ini Dima-Okojie and Ruslaan Mumtaz in the lead roles.

Production

The film project was announced as a debut directorial venture by Indian-Nigerian businesswoman turned filmmaker Hamisha Daryani Ahuja. Despite being an Indian, she lived and spent her whole life in Nigeria since her childhood and in an interview with CNN she revealed that she wanted to make a film combining the elements of both Bollywood and Nollywood film industries.

Although it was touted as the first major collaboration between Bollywood and Nollywood, it became the second film after J. U. D. E. (2017), where both film industries joined hands together in the production. Scenes were shot entirely in Lagos, with the script predominantly in English, along with Hindi and Nigerian Pidgin. The production team had more than 60 individuals across India and Nigeria.

The official announcement regarding the film was revealed in February 2020 via a first look poster released by the film director on her Instagram account and it soon became one of the most anticipated film releases in Nigeria.

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