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With ‘Namaste Wahala’ movie Bollywood as well as Nollywood had collaborated to produce a cross-cultural love tale about an Indian and a Nigerian couple.

Namaste Wahala is indeed a Hindi and Nigerian movie that tells the tale of a Nigerian woman that finds love with an Indian financier who resides in Lagos, Nigeria. To be with each other, the couple must overcome several obstacles, such as those posed by respective parents.

Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, a businesswoman-turned-filmmaker, is in charge of this worldwide collaboration. She expressed her opinion on the cooperation, saying, “Nollywood is brimming with talent. With these foreign relationships, I believe we will be able to exhibit all of this wonderful work on a global scale.”

Here are five things that you need to know regarding this Netflix movie:

Namaste Wahala basically translates as “Hello Trouble.”

2. The movie, which stars Ruslaan Mumtaz as well as Ini Dima-Okojie, is touted as the very first big cooperation combining Bollywood with Nollywood.

3. The movie Namaste Wahala is a cross-cultural romantic drama.

4. Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, a long-time restaurateur who left up the company to follow her ambition of making films, directed the movie. “I wanted to produce something relatable, so it’s a Nollywood film, but I brought in Indian actors to make it a little more fun,” Daryani Ahuja explained.

5. Namaste Wahala is more about the 90s style of Bollywood song and dance surrounding trees, thus the spectator is inclined to feel nostalgic.

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Recently, it has become popular by becoming the second-largest movie-producing nation which is around 2,500 films in a single year. Let’s take a look at what exactly is Nollywood.

Nollywood is the film industry in Nigeria (Country in Africa) and is the second-largest movie industry globally – in terms of output, producing about 2,500 films in a year. Talking about this no. which is more than the Hollywood and is ranked in the second position to India’s Bollywood. Nollywood came into notice when a New York Times journalist, Norimitsu Onishi identified and came with the term in the year 2002. So exactly what happened was that when he visited Nigeria at that time Norimitsu noticed a ton of activities related to filmmaking happening in Lagos, Nigeria. However, Nollywood is doesn’t bring in as much as revenue when compared with Hollywood or Bollywood, but it’s known for producing huge no. of films despite having limited resources.

Earlier Nollywood was known to produce videos of home production quality. But now moving forward with time Nigerian movie industry has significantly improved its craft as the industry is now known for its comedies and dramas. Apart from Dramas and comedies, it has entered into the genres like Horror, Musical, and animations as well. With time Nollywood will definitely ace its name in different fields of genres as well apart from producing more no. of films.

Coming into existence

In the middle of the 20th century, in 1957 Fincho became the first film to be shot in color. After almost 30 years in 1984, Wale Adenuga’s Papa Ajasco became the first blockbuster and one of the largest cinematic events in Nigeria. The movie was a blockbuster that grossed about 61,000 nairas in just a span of three days. But until the year 1900, Nollywood didn’t emerge as the path-breaker film industry that we know today. None the less Nollywood we do more and will emerge as a game-changer.

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Namaste Wahala: 5 Things You Need to Know About This Netflix Movie

Here are five things that you need to know regarding this Netflix movie:

Where is Nollywood?

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