Alex Ekubo, Nancy Isime, Nosa Rex, others reunite in ‘Drink’

By Benjamin Njoku

Top Nollywood  actors including Alex Ekubo, Nancy Isime, Stephnora Okere, Zack Orji, Nosa Rex, Jibola Dabo  among  others recently  dazzled movie lovers  in a new flick  titled: “Drink.”

The star-studded flick, which was produced and directed by cerebral filmmaker, Victor Okere, is due to  premiere  on Sunday, December 3, at the upscale Blue Pictures Cinemas, City Mall, Onikan, Lagos.

The premiere is expected to be an  evening of glitz and glamour with who’s who in Nollywood in attendance.

In a chat with  our reporter during the week,  Okere, who shuttles between the United States  and Nigeria in recent times, described  ‘Drink’, as  engaging and  captivating,  adding  “it’s a   fascinating story of a young and very successful newly married man, who had his life suddenly turned upside down, when his body turned against him.,”

Okere revealed that  the big budget film  was shot on locations  within and outside Lagos.

The movie tells the love story  of Olumide  and Anuli Roberts played by  Alex Ekubo  and  Nancy Isime respectively  who just returned from their honeymoon, only for  Olumide to become a consumer of excessive alcohol to the disappointment of his wife. Anuli now feels she’s married to a stranger after initial warnings from family members and friends against their union. Following Olamide’s sudden change of  lifestyle, Anuli started  incubating  mixed-feelings about their union, hence the beginning of the real conflict in their troubled marriage.

Okere said when ‘Drink’, written by Remind Ibinola,  finally hits the cinemas, ” the movie will definitely redefine  the ways we tell our stories and make quality movies in Nollywood.”

“It’s my latest contribution to the growth and global expansion of our dear Nollywood,” Okere added. Other notable actors that starred in the movie include

Vincent Opurum, Uche Montana, Samira Fashina, Ola Olasope, Bimbo Peters, Onwudi Andrew, Amos Ndubueze, Toju Peters and Eleazu Texas.

The movie hits cinemas nationwide  on Friday, December 8, courtesy of Blue Pictures Film Distributions