IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Kunle Afolayan Production (KAP) on Wednesday, confirmed recently released movie, ‘Anikulapo’, is currently topping Netflix weekly global chart as the most viewed non-English Netflix original movie.
This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday, 12 October, 2022.
Since its release just 11 days ago, a weekly top 10 list of the most watched movies by Netflix, showed that Anikulapo had been viewed for 8,730,000 hours between 3 October, and 9 October, 2022.
This comes just few days after the Nigeria Oscars selection committee disqualified Anikulapo from the nomination list of the Academy Awards ‘Oscars’.
The movie, which was set in the pre-colonial era of the 17th century old Oyo Empire, featured A-list actors like Kunle Remi, who played the main character Saro, alongside Bimbo Ademoye, who played the role of Queen Arolake, Sola Sobowale, Mr. Macaroni, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Taiwo Hassan, Oga Bello among others.
It tells the story of a sojourner who finds his way to Oyo in search of greener pastures, where he at first finds favour, but later finds love in a forbidden place.
The statement released by KAP reads: “While this is being celebrated by Nigerians home and abroad, the acceptability of it from people around the world with different cultural background and beliefs proves beyond words that Anikulapo tells a universal story that every human across the world can relate to.
“It is also noteworthy to state that the movie in a great way creates an inclusiveness of both male and female character traits, bringing to light the fine thin line between lust and love, hate and resentment, illusion etc.”
Afolayan, on his Instagram page thanked the movie fans for their referrals and reviews.
He said: “Congratulations to us all and thanks to you guys out there for the reviews and referrals.”