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#AMVCA2015: Best Actor (Comedy) | Vote NOW!!!
The AfricaMagic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) returns this year with a list of the biggest movers and shakers in Africa’s entertainment scene.
The Best Actor in a Comedy category boasts nominees that have to be able to bring humour across in a fresh and funny way. The characters need to be able to connect with the viewers and make them smile, chuckle and ultimately break out in rib cracking laughter. Heavily dominated by Nigerian actors with the exception of one nominee from Kenya, let’s take a closer look at the funny characters of 2014.
Frank Donga, without trying to be funny, is exactly just that. His character is naïve, desperate and as real as it gets. There is a real hunger and disillusionment with the system that brings out the worst in Frank. As a graduate looking for a job and also applying for a visa, his raw emotions and unintelligent answers mirror the plight of many – a sad but funny truth.
Femi Jacobs – The Meeting
Femi Jacobs plays a character who is optimistic about a meeting with a minister in Abuja, Nigeria. He encounters a bunch of different characters in the waiting room and they all find ways in fast tracking their ever-changing appointments. In a space of a few days, he changes plans, finds love and eventually has his happily-ever-after ending with the minister.
Wale Ojo – Meet the Adebanjos
Wale Ojo is the funny dad in Meet the Adebanjos. Set in London, he is the typical Nigerian man in a city that has its own rules about life, family and society. His children are British and the humour comes across when these two cultures clash under the same roof. Together they must make it work while finding a way to remain true to themselves.
Kelechi Udegbe – Horn Free Day
Imagine being in a city like Lagos, known for its hustle and bustle, liveliness and traffic congestion and the Lagos State government decides to have an experiment by declaring a horn free day? Kelechi Udegbe’s character typifies the average Lagosian motorist; selfish, aggressive and funny without trying. He is too busy going about his business to care if his actions affect others.
Gerald Langiri – Fundi-mentals
You must remember the Kenyan actor Gerald Langiri, who starred in the controversial filmHouse of Lungula. The same company worked on his new film Fundi-Mentals. Gerald plays Joseph, who is not your typical fundi and his unorthodox method of fixing things is what makes viewers laugh. Together with his assistant Moses, the duo parade themselves as the best fundis in Kinoo estate, giving their customers unforgettable experiences.
Nonso Diobi – The Last Three Digits
Alex, played by Nonso Diobi, is a man on a mission to connect with Audrey after a chance meeting. Armed with her incomplete phone number, he begins to try different numbers in hope that one will lead him to his true love. He calls all sorts of people in different parts of the world till he ends up in the den of a violent gang with not so funny consequences.
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