It’s love at first sight for Raj and Didi. How could it be otherwise? They are the main characters in a production that is determined to spark off a union between two of the world’s biggest film industries: Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood.
Namaste Wahala (Hello, Trouble) is among Netflix’s offerings for Valentine’s Day. The mutual attraction between the Indian Raj (Ruslaan Mumtaz) and the Nigerian Didi (Ini Dima-Okojie) is guaranteed, if not by the stars, than by the smart minds that decided to engineer this inter-racial romance and target two markets at the same time.
The English-language movie with bits of Igbo, Hindi and Pidgin has been directed by Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (she also has a key role) and written by Diche Enuwa and Temitope Bolade-Akinbode. Namaste Wahala is set amidst the one per cent in Lagos.
Smitten with each other, investment banker Raj and lawyer and social worker Didi have all but named their future children by the 22nd minute. Since we…