Heroes and Zeros set to hit cinemas June 8

Ghanaian journalists were more than impressed when the most anticipated movie in West Africa right now, Heroes and Zeros was recently shown to them at a press screening last Tuesday in Accra, Ghana.

The movie which is powered by entertainment powerhouse, Koga Studios features one of the finest faces in Ghollywood, the amiable Nadia Buari and forces to reckon with in Nollywood; Bimbo Manuel, Olu Jacobs, Akin Lewis, Norbert Young, Tina Mba, Funsho Adeolu and a host of others, is due for release in Ghana, Friday 8th June, at an elaborate premiere and will be released to Nigerian cinemas in July. When Heroes and Zeros was beamed for the viewing pleasure of the Ghanaian journalists, it was well received among the members of the press; other important stakeholders in Ghollywood were also present at the event.

The movie has been tagged as one of the best movies ever as it boasts of an unusual cast and storyline.

Nadia Buari grabs Ambassador of Goodwill award in Los Angeles – California

Gorgeous screen goddess Nadia Buari received an Ambassador of Goodwill award on Saturday April 21 at 9th Annual African Goodwill Recognition Awards & Family Induction ceremony in Los Angeles. The African Goodwill awards and Family induction ceremony is an international event which recognizes Africans and their achievements.

Nadia was among other international celebrities such as Richard Brown, Glyn and Joan Turman, Del Richardson Price, Nate Parker and Miguel Nunez Jnr who became inductees or award winners of this event. Nadia Buari, who is currently in America, was not only honored for her achievements but was also acknowledged for her humanitarian works to support the less privileged in society.

Nadia graced the event with a lovely gown and as usual with her mum and sister Sydi amongst other relatives to support her. Nadia has recently been named as one of the top five hottest female celebrities in Ghana and she is reportedly attending advance acting classes in the United States to strengthen her career.

From Agya Koo,Kwaku Manu to Majid now Nadia Buari To Venture Into Singing

Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari has hinted of a possible move to join a number of actors and actresses who are delving into the act of singing. Nadia Buari will then join a long list of Ghanaian actors like Majid Michel, Kweku Manu, Agya koo among others who caught the music bug in recent times whether it is singing for charity or singing in TV commercials.

According to her one thing she will always say to herself is “never to say never” and even though she thinks she hasn’t got a fantastic voice; she knows she can do something when she gets into the studio.

“Interestingly there is a recording studio in my father’s house and every now and then, I go there to do one or two things with my husky voice. So eventually I might make it up, who knows…”, she stated in an exclusive interview in the second edition of the BITE International Magazine.

Asked what she foresees in the Ghanaian Movie Industry in the next 2-5years, she said,

“I think we would almost be rubbing shoulders with Bollywood. We are growing and people are beginning to take movie-making more seriously”. We now have some movie institutions springing up and people are also getting educated. I am educated and I know that a lot of other people are following suit” she added.

Touching on what she would rather be doing if she were not acting, Nadia said, ‘I would be an architect because I have the passion for good buildings, interior decoration and all that go with it.’

She pointed out that, “you cannot imagine what goes in on my mind each time I pass by an uncompleted building; a million and one ideas come to my mind on what I can do with it’.

Smiling continuously when asked if she is currently dating any guy, Nadia Buari said, I would like to keep that a secret’ adding that, ‘maybe I am, or maybe I am not’.

Efya, Anita Erskine To Star In Movie Alongside Chris Attoh,Nadia Buari,Yvonne Nelson

In what appears to be a strategy to save movie fans from getting bored, new faces from the showbiz world are gradually finding their way into Ghana’s movie industry. News-One sources say latest to join the league of actresses is Afro-Eclectic African soul singer Efya Awindor, and one time Ghanaian presenter of Dstv Studio 53, Anita Arskine.

The two women have received scripts for an upcoming movie by Media GH. They will be playing major roles alongside top acts Chris Attoh, Nadia Buari, Kofi Adjorlolo, and Yvonne Nelson among others from Nigeria and some fresh new faces movie fans would definitely love to see on the screens.

Definitely the movie will be a new page in Efya’s young entertainment career. She is described as a legendary singer in the making. World-class South African musician Hug Masekela compared Efya’s style of singing to Fela Kuti.

“…but she was fantastic; the things she did were like medieval and artistes like that need a medieval setting. See artiste like Efya needs her own club, the way Fela had the shrine. You know but she needs her own place where she can do this stuff,” he stated.

She was phenomenal last year on the music scene and hopes are that movies fans would like her acting output when the movie is finally done.