Ghanaian born Lebanese Actress, Juliet Ibrahim, is calling on
corporate Ghana and other investors to support the Ghana movie industry
as she takes a great step into movie production.
The “Fresh face”
of Ghallywood is set to premiere her first self produced movie – ‘The
Number One Fan’ on October 25 at the National Theatre.
In an
interview with XFM’s David Apinga, the screen goddess bemoaned the
difficulty and frustrations she went through in her quest to secure
sponsorship for the movie.
“I wanted the movie to be the best out
of Ghana. We approached people for sponsorship but was always go come,
go come. We did get Royal Furnitures and Wonda World Estate who made the
movie look so glamorous, people thought we shot in South Africa. People
don’t want to believe in you [producers] and invest into movies anymore
and that concept we have to change. Starting from this movie, I believe
people will get to know that there is a lot you can do if you have the
support of corporate companies helping producers,” she intimated.
The
27 year old mother of one revealed that her experience with fans
inspired her to produce the movie. According to her,” The Number One Fan
is a story I came up with through experience. Being a celebrity I have
everybody who just run into me and go like, I’m your number one fan. I
get to hear that a lot and I sat down one day to think that okay, who is
really the number one fan because some will say it and if you don’t
respond to them or you don’t take them serious, they get angry and start
insulting you. That means you are not a true fan so who is really a
true fan? That was the whole motive behind the story”.
Juliet
Ibrahim says she was motivated to go into movie production because the
country needs more producers in order to churn out quality movies to
match up with Nollywood and other big movie industries.
She also noted that her outfit is aimed at nurturing and creating
opportunities especially for ladies to prevent them from falling prey to
unscrupulous male producers who take advantage of them sexually before
giving them roles.
Juliet shot to fame in 2005 with her début in
the phenomenal movie “Crime to Christ” starring alongside star actor
Majid Michael. She has since starred in several movies including : In
The Eyes of My Husband (2007), Royal Storm (2009), Naked Weapon (2009),
Queen’s Pride (2009), Princess Rihanna (2010), 4play(2010), 4play
reloaded (2010) and Crazy Scandal (2010).
The number one fan
exposes the life of an average African movie star. It highlights the
love from fans, hatred from colleagues and the very real problems that
some face in their homes.
The movie features a lead character,
Lala Gam-Hammond (actress) who got bored with her acting career after
winning multiple awards. She announces her retirement in order to start a
family with her husband. In her pursuit of happiness, absolute tragedy
strikes, and not without foul play. With so many suspects, who’s to
blame? Where do you start?
The number one fan is filled with
suspense and intrigue. It features great stars from both Ghana and
Nigeria, the likes of Juliet Ibrahim herself, Yemi Blaq, Selly of Big
Brother Africa fame, Keitta of Big Brother Africa fame , Zainab Sheriff
of Big Brother Africa fame, AY The Comedian, KC Ejelonu, Emmanuel
Mensah, Kofi Adjorlolo, Stephanie Owusu, Narsh Smith, Prince David Osei,
Eddie Nartey, Ruweida Yakubu and Introducing Sonia Ibrahim.
The
Premiere will be hosted by Bassey of BBA The Chase fame. Touching on the
premiere, Juliet Ibrahim said it is one of a kind as the audience will
get to enjoy musical performances from top musicians like D Black,
R2bees, Jupitar, Chris Waddle and so much more surprises.
People
who purchase the VIP tickets will also get some gifts from the sponsors
of the premiere and some lucky fans will get a dinner date with the
Producer , Juliet Ibrahim.
