October 13, (THEWILL) – Anikulapo, a Netflix original movie produced and directed by veteran actor, Kunle Afolayan, has topped the Netflix weekly global chart as the most viewed non-English Netflix original movie.
Since its release last week, a weekly top 10 list of the most watched movies by Netflix, showed that the movie had been viewed for 8,730,000 hours between October 3 and October 9, 2022. As confirmed in a statement from Kunle Afolayan Production on Wednesday.
Set in the pre-colonial era of the 17th century old Oyo Empire, the movie tells the story of a sojourner who finds his way to Oyo in search of greener pastures, where he at first finds favor, but later finds love in a forbidden place.
It featured A-list actors such as Kunle Remi, who played the main character Saro, alongside Bimbo Ademoye, who played the role of Queen Arolake, Sola Sobowale, Mr. Macaroni, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Taiwo Hassan, Oga Bello among others.
According to the producers, the acceptability of the movie has proved that the film resonated with people from diverse cultures all over the world.
“While this is being celebrated by Nigerians home and abroad, the acceptability of it from people around the world with different cultural backgrounds and beliefs proves beyond words that Anikulapo tells a universal story that every human across the world can relate to”, the statement read.
