After the success of Elvis Chuks' "Victims of the Society" and "True
Citizens" the actor cum director is set for another film which promises
to be a block buster titled "PLAYING SAFE".
"Playing Safe", a
film shot in Nigeria and Ghana, tells the story of love and relationship
with ladies who are trying to play safe. A rich man's daughter Nana,
played by Ghana's Martha Ankomah, wasn't really sure of who loves her
for who she is, tries to play safe. An ordinary girl Vivian, played by
Ini Edo, who wants true love but isn't sure if it is forth-coming,
hoping for a proposal that never came, took a second man only to her
surprise that these two guys are friends staying together Femi and
Emeka, played by Steel and Smart Maxwell. Ene played by Tonto Dike, a
girl who wants a good job had an affair with her boss Jide, played by
Alex Anyalogu, and keeping an Alhaji who brings the money Alhaji Sambo,
played by Jibola Dabo and hoping to marry this little boy whom she truly
loves Henry played by Christopher Okagbue, is playing safe. Directed
and produced by Elvis Chuks.
Present on set is Nollywood's
finest actor/producer Ini Edo Ehiagwina, she shared her experiences on
the set with us. "Am just trying to interpret the role that is not me in
the best convincing way that I can, trying to understand what my
character is like, mental state, emotional and reasons why she does the
things she does, that way it helps me assume that role, and concerning
the director, Elvis is an amazing actor now a director he's a young man
who is playful, I mean am all about play, for me that's my no 1 catch
and he knows what he wants... almost a perfectionist, he's very
concerned about quality which is what I always advocate for".
Hip Hop
singer Abby Abuede a.k.a Steel,who said that this will be his first
English film. "my character Femi happens to be one of Vivian's victims
and she was actually dating two close friends, trying to have a plan B
and I was the plan B"
Am playing the character of Ene says Tonto
Dike,"she is a girl who is caught in- between life experiences, she is a
decent girl who holds a decent job but she is just entangled with life
as a girl, she is just trying to leave up to living the right life,
probably she feels her job can not give her the right money, so she goes
into different men because she believes she has a very stable young
man whom she loves. Its just a battle of love and what she wants to do
if she wants to live life but at the end she tries to make amends. You
can't eat your cake and have it. This is my first time working with
Elvis Chuks, I didn't expect to see half of the things I saw on this
set, am really impressed technically".
Christopher Okagube (the
Ultimate Man season 8), playing Henry describes his character as a
struggling young man engaged with the character of Ene.''it was quite
challenging for me to fit into a character which is more like a parasite
its totally different from who I am in real lif, when you see the
character Henry I want u to identify with his struggles and realise that
its not really easy to be a man. Don't be deceived by girls because they are very deceitful some of them are real but most
of them aren't. Just be careful and girls please love for real be there
for your man".
The set which has over 20 cast also starred the
likes of Kendra Okwara, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, Ifeanyi Williams and more.
The crew includes Gboyega Ogunlade, Wale Adediran and Ugochukwu Ohajia
as Directors of Photography operating the multiple of the canon-7D
camera. Seun-B as continuity man, Israel moses as the make- up artiste ,
Iya baraka as costumier, Muhammad musliu as sound-man working with the
zoom sound recorder, Uche Ajunwa as the Lights man and finally the man
who coordinated the whole activities of the production Simony O west as
The Production Manager
