Hotel Majestic (TV series)

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Hotel Majestic
Genre
Written by Tunde Aladese [1]
Starring Sadiq Daba
Gloria Young
Tina Mba
Oge Okoye
Bukky Ajayi
Anne Njemanze
Country of originNigeria
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locations Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Production company Mnet
Original release
Network Africa Magic
Release5 January 2015 (2015-01-05)

Hotel Majestic is a Nigerian telenovela drama series, starring Ivie Okujaye, Sadiq Daba, Oge Okoye and Bukky Ajayi. It began on Africa Magic on 5 January 2015. [2]

Contents

Guide

The writer for the series was Tunde Aladese. [1] The series revolved around the quest to control an ancient family hotel and the consequences that follows with it. [3] The final episode was shown in January 2016, with an event at InterContinental Hotel featuring special performances from Harrysong and YCEE amongst others. [4]

Cast

Reception

The Nollywood Review, praised the storyline, African setting, acting, plot and props. It particularly felt usage of pidgin English was well appreciated and added to the originality of the film. However, it downplayed the acting of "Aunty Ronke" explaining that she didn't add enough life to her role as a mother and was not convincing enough. [5] Pulse Nigeria called it a "suspense filled series", that was the rave of the moment. [6] This Day Newspaper espoused that the casting and screenplay were fundamental to the success of the series. [7] [8]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2014 Best of Nollywood Awards Best TV Series of the YearNominated [9]

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References

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  9. "See full list of winners". Pulse Nigeria. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2021.