Inkblot Productions has expanded its 2024 film lineup with Family Gbese, a new ensemble comedy-drama exploring family, loyalty, and ambition. Led by Uzor Arukwe, the film centers on Nnamdi Nwagba, a successful investment banker whose life is upended when he’s forced to choose between his career and family loyalty. Faced with his older brother Gozie’s mounting debt to a local gangster, Nnamdi finds himself pressured into money laundering to protect his family.
Meet the characters in Family Gbese and the ensemble cast behind them:
Nnamdi Nwagba
Two years after his role in Inkblot’s thriller The Blood Covenant, Uzor Arukwe returns in another Inkblot production, portraying Nnamdi, a top-performing banker from a tough background who has made it into the corporate world, where he’s now trying hard to belong. Engaged to the wealthy Yetunde Olopade, he’s torn between loyalty to his family and his aspirations, struggling to secure his dream life while keeping a past that could threaten his future and potentially lead him to prison.
Gozie Nwagba
Nollywood veteran lover boy, Mike Ezuruonye famously known for Fatal Seduction, Brother Jekwu amongst many other offerings takes on the character of Gozie, Nnamdi’s older brother. Unlike Nnamdi’s polished corporate life, Gozie is deeply rooted in their rough childhood neighborhood and has a complicated past. His history of questionable choices leaves him indebted to a local gangster, dragging both himself and Nnamdi into a web of dangerous consequences that threaten their family’s stability and future.
Yetunde Olopade
Lilian Afegbai (The Order of Things) appears as Nnamdi’s fiancée, Yetunde is ambitious and polished, navigating the pressures of her wealthy family. Her mother, Dolapo (played by Ireti Doyle), adds to this pressure, thus creating a personal dilemma for Yetunde as she weighs her family’s desires against her own aspirations and happiness
Ayomikun Balogun
2022 AMVCA trailblazer winner and leading lady in the upcoming Jade Osiberu title Christmas in Lagos, Teni Aladese takes on the role of Ayomikun Balogun in Family Gbese. Ayomikun, A PR executive, who like Nnamdi climbed her way up from a humble background, gets her personal and professional life complicated as she feels a romantic connection to Nnamdi, despite his engagement.
Lolade Balogun
Lolade Balogun, played by Genoveva Umeh (who shot further into the limelight in Inkblot’s Far From Home), is Ayomikun’s younger sister, a free-spirited tech babe. She lives the Nigerian dream within Nigeria, leading a nomadic lifestyle that immerses her in a diverse cultural experience. Lolade embodies the essence of modern youth who carve their niches by blending their passions with their careers.
Chioma Nwagba
Known for playing the privileged yet troubled lead in Kayode Kasum’s Something Like Gold, Sandra Okunzuwa plays Chioma, the youngest and most optimistic Nwagba sibling who’s about to go study abroad, supported by Nnamdi. Chioma serves as the family peacemaker, mediating conflicts between Nnamdi and Gozie.
Family Gbese is directed by Michelle Bello (Before Valentine’s) and additionally stars Ireti Doyle, Muyiwa Ademola, Adeniyi Johnson, Yemi Solade, Fathia Williams and Seun Kentebe.
Currently showing in cinemas, the comedy-drama premiered on November 8th.
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