Multi- award winning Nigerian actor cum comedian, Ayo Makun (Ayo Richard Makun, also known by his stage name A.Y is currently in a happy mood.
His dramatic movie ‘30 Days in Atlanta’ won four major feathers to its cap by winning four more awards at the just concluded Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA) which took place in Houston Texas on Saturday, October 25,2014.
The Movie won the award for Best Film (Comedy), Best On-Screen Duo (AY and Ramsey Nouah), Best Cinematography and Hollywood star Lynn Whitfield also got a Special Recognition Award for her role in the movie.
These awards came just after he won the Best of Nollywood Awards earlier this month in Rivers State. He won Comedy Movie of the Year.
The all-star movie which will be showing in cinemas across Nigeria from Friday,October 31,2014 will open with a glamorous red-carpet premiere at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The confirmed list of guests are Olu Jacobs, Patrick Doyle, Zack Orji, Kanayo O Kanayo, Jide Kosoko, Nkem Owoh, Zeb Ejiro, Chico Ejiro, St. Obi, Bob Manuel Udokwu, Joke Silva, Ireti Doyle, Rachel Oniga, Ada Ameh, Richard Mofe Damijo, Charles Okafor, Demond Elliot, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade, Emeka Ike, Mike Ezuruonye, Joseph Benjamin, Jim Iyke, Monalisa Chinda and Rita Dominic to name a few.
According to the versatile act, “the premiere will serve as an opportunity for Nollywood fans and new entrants into the industry to mix with the icons whose works have over the years given the industry the brand equity with which it is accorded across the world”