A production of the Naija Ninja company owned by the duo of talented
brothers, Dare and Lanre Fasasi, popularly known as Baba Dee and Sound Sultan
respectively, Head Gone has been described by critics as one of the funniest
movies ever made in Nigeria, with festival selections that include Berlin film
festival, African film festival New York, African film National travel series
America, among many others.
Directed by Baba Dee, the film was premiered earlier in the year in
countries like Austria, Italy, Sweden and Germany. The film also won the award
for comedy film of the year at the 2015 GIAMA awards.
The all star comedy movie starred an unusual line up of talented music and
movie stars such as Basorge Tariah, 2face Idibia, Basketmouth, Ali Baba , Saka,
Papi Luwe, Zark Orji, Akpororo, Eniola Badmus, Sound Sultan, Segun Adefila, Wale
Ojo, Ik Osakioduwa, Tunji Shotimirin ,Peter Fatimilola, among many
others.
Speaking concerning the release of the movie on DVD, the director of the
movie. Baba Dee said the release is necessary to respect the yearnings of the
general public who have clamoring for the release of the movie. "Since the
first day we started public screening and our premieres, we have been getting
messages from different fans asking questions about the release of movie.
Majority of them who live where they don't have access to Cinemas felt
disenfranchised and have kept mounting pressure on us. The most engaging part of
it all is the social media because of its accessibility. After much
deliberations, we have decided to listen to yearnings of the fans and release
the movie. I enjoined families to watch it together".
The Head Gone DVD will be distributed nationwide by Gmedia .
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