OMO IYA KAN

OMO IYA KAN


Reviewer: OREOLUWA OGUNLEDUN
Director: Daniel Ademinokan
Assistant director: Saheed Bolaji Oscar
Executive: Alhaji Kazeem Afolayan
Producer: Doris Simeon A.
Genre: Tragedy
Plot: Twin sisters (Oluwaseun and Oluwaseyi Adebayo) from a rich family do not have a good relationship. There is a form of enmity between the two because Seun is proud, arrogant and irresponsible while her twin Seyi is the opposite. Seyi is loved by everyone because of her humbleness so she finds it difficult to live with her sister who complains a lot and boasts about her success.
Seun is an actress while her sister Seyi is a medical doctor. Seun feels she is the most successful person in the world because she has a well paid job; she is beautiful and is engaged to a rich guy. Seun was living a life of luxury until the day she was involved in an accident and could not walk again. Her sister flew to Nigeria on hearing the news. There, Seyi was begged to take her sister’s roles in some movies they had already paid Seun for. It took a while for Seyi to accept. After her first movie act, she fell in love with the profession and even did it better than her sister. Everybody she worked with loved her.
Seun got jealous of the positive things she heard about Seun and vouched to destroy her especially when her friend gave her a false message about seeing her fiancée (i.e. Seun’s) with Seyi. The parents didn’t help matters because they were always taking sides. The daddy loved Seyi more while the mum preferred Seun.
On a faithful day after Seyi got back early to find her fiancée and her sister kissing. She got angry and left the scene. She was chased by her fiancée who tried to explain things to her. He told her to ask her twin what she told him. Seyi went to her sister and asked her why she did that sinful act. Seun shouted at Seyi and said she hated her with a passion. Seyi tried to ignore her so on her way out, Seun threw a heavy artifact at Seyi which got Seyi hospitalized but luckily for Seyi, she escaped death. As for Seun she was sentenced to 20years imprisonment for attempted man-slaughter of her twin sister.
Main casts: Doris Simeon A., Toyin Adewale, Yinka Quadri, Eniola Olaniyan, Femi Adebayo and Funke Akindele.
Country: Nigeria
Language: Yoruba subtitled in English.
Shots: Most of the shots taken in this movie were close-up medium shots. I noticed an extreme shot once. They also made use of long shots.
Angle: Medium angle was the dominant. They also made use of low angel once when Seyi just arrived and was coming down from the vehicle.

Finale: the movie had a tragic end where Seun hit her sister with that big sculpture and Seyi laid unconscious. I think this a big lesson to parents who favour one child than another. There should be no favoritism since you are their parents and they are your kids. Try to show equal love to them. And to siblings, that there should be love amongst us we are of the same blood why should there be enmity amongst us? This movie is also telling us to know the kind of friends we pick because Seun’s friend influenced Seun and made her hatred for her sister deepen.