This African movie is a film that touches on themes of love and morality. While delving into these deep topics, the film found room to include humour while not becoming a comedy. I found this to be a fantastic way to deal with such a story.
The story centres around Didi (Ini Dima-Okojie) and Raj (Ruslaan Muntaz) and the trials and tribulations surrounding their love and family relationships.
Didi is a young lawyer who comes from a very successful family. Her father Ernest (Richard Mofe-Damijo) runs a major corporate law firm and mother Shola (Joke Silva) was a banker before devoting her time to raising children. Didi has been working with an NGO assisting abused women and does not seem too focused on her role in her father’s company.
Raj is a young investment banker from India. He is an athletic guy who some might consider a “momma’s” boy. His mother Meera (Sujata Sehgal) calls him constantly from her home in India. She always worries about her only son like any real mother would.
Didi’s best friend is dramatic and funny. She reminds me of the energetic friend who can be annoying at times, but is such a sweet friend that you just have to love her regardless. The type of friend who always has your back and can be counted on.
Raj’s best friend is an aspiring Nigerian musician who lives across the hall. The two are like brothers from different mothers. They are always hanging out at Raj’s apartment and like to go jogging. They have spats like real brothers do, but their bond is unbreakable, just like real brothers.
I found the main characters in this movie likeable from the very beginning. They each have their own quirks and characteristics which I found endearing.
Didi and Raj met by chance and fell in love. They end up having to deal with their parents old-fashioned cultural preferences. Raj’s mother disapproves of his desire to marry a Nigerian woman. She worries that she will not be able to cook Indian food for him. Didi’s dad disapproves of her wanting to marry an Indian man. He would prefer she marry a Nigerian guy who works at his firm and he believes would make a good successor.
Both Didi and Raj must make some very difficult choices both professionally and family-wise.
Didi also ends up in a situation where she must make some hard choices between her morals and profession all while dealing with problems from her father and Raj’s mother.
The story will rope you in from the very beginning and will have you going through all sorts of emotions from shock, surprise, laughter, sadness, anger, and even tears. This is a beautiful story which I found to very inspiring.
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