Diamond Ring (1998 film)

Diamond Ring
Diamond Ring
Directed by	Tade Ogidan
Written by	Tade Ogidan
Screenplay by	Tade Ogidan
Produced by	Tade Ogidan
Starring	Bukky Ajayi; Bimbo Akintola; Tunji Bamishigbin; Liz Benson; Richard Mofe-Damijo
Production; companies	O.J. Productions; OGD Pictures
Release date	1998;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Nigeria
Language	English Language

Diamond Ring is a 1998 Nollywood thriller film directed by Tade Ogidan. It stars Richard Mofe Damijo, Teju Babyface, Sola Sobowale and Bukky Ajayi.^[1] It was made in 2 parts.^[2]

Plot[]

Diamond Ring follows the story of conflict between the spirit of Mrs. Gladys and members of Chidi’s cult group, XG. In a bid to display his fitness for a life in the secret cult, Chidi, a freshman in the university and the only child of his parents; Chief and Mrs. Ijeoma Dike steals a diamond ring from Mrs. Gladys’ corpse. The spirit of Mrs. Gladys in turn haunts Chidi and his friends. The members of the cult begin to die successively. Chidi is struck by a peculiar sickness which could not be treated by orthodox medicine. The journey to find his healing culminates in the return of the diamond ring to Mrs. Gladys’ corpse.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Cast[]

Gbadewonuola Oyelakin as Chidi
Liz Benson as Gladys
Bukky Ajayi as Chidi's aunt
Richard Mofe-Damijo as Chief Dike
Sola Sobowale as Mrs. Ijeoma Dike
Bimbo Akintola as Bimbo
Tunji Bamishigbin
Susan Cave
Roland Henshaw
David Kennedy

Production and release[]

Diamond Ring was described as one of the few well crafted and produced Nollywood movies of the time.^[5]

References[]

^ Nwogu, Precious (2020-03-20). "5 Nollywood Horror/ Thriller classics to binge-watch this coronavirus season". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Astor, George (2020-12-11). "I Watched The Nollywood Movie 'Diamond Ring 2' So You Don't Have To". Zikoko!. Retrieved 2021-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Samuel, Mofijesusewa (2020-02-07). "10 Iconic Nollywood Stories From The 90s That Should Get A Remake". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Izuzu, Chibumga (2016-03-24). "5 things we remember about classic Nollywood movie". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Alamu, Olagoke (2010-12-01). "NARRATIVE AND STYLE IN NIGERIAN (NOLLYWOOD) FILMS". African Study Monographs. 31 (4): 163–171. doi:10.14989/139277. ISSN 0285-1601.

External link[]

Diamond Ring at IMDb

[1] Nwogu, Precious (2020-03-20). "5 Nollywood Horror/ Thriller classics to binge-watch this coronavirus season". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Astor, George (2020-12-11). "I Watched The Nollywood Movie 'Diamond Ring 2' So You Don't Have To". Zikoko!. Retrieved 2021-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Samuel, Mofijesusewa (2020-02-07). "10 Iconic Nollywood Stories From The 90s That Should Get A Remake". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Izuzu, Chibumga (2016-03-24). "5 things we remember about classic Nollywood movie". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-5] Alamu, Olagoke (2010-12-01). "NARRATIVE AND STYLE IN NIGERIAN (NOLLYWOOD) FILMS". African Study Monographs. 31 (4): 163–171. doi:10.14989/139277. ISSN 0285-1601.

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