By Abdul Malik Sesay, USA Correspondent

He is one of Sierra Leone’s greatest actors, director, script writer, and film producer, Adeyemi Lardner nicknamed ‘Iron Master’ of Sierra Leone, and the United States.

He is a born  Sierra Leonean and based in the United States of America resident in Maryland USA.

Adeyemi Lardner developed great passion in movie making and weight-lifting during his tender age and up to this period andhe has participated in weight lifting competitions and had emerged as champion in Weightlifting in 2003 and 2004 respectively when he earned the nickname ‘Iron Master’.

The ‘Iron Master’ has again won several distinguished awards both locally and internationally in blockbuster movies like James, Princess  Botie, Perfect Plan and many more where he showed  his God-given talent to the world at large.

One of my greatest dreams, he would say, is to put my country Sierra Leone in higher level in the film industry and collaborate with foreign nationals to ensure that Sierra Leone’s film industry matches international standards.

Adeyemi Lardner’s most prolific movie based on a true story will be premiered at the prestigious John James Complex at Up Gun Turntable in Freetown on January 6, 2025, followed with a

Red carpet welcome at: 8 PM; Screaming: 9 PM.

This movie is directed and produced by Adeyemi Lardner and team.

STORY OUTLINE

Uber driver (Tony) played by Adeyemi Lardner, and his fiancée (Alima) played by Fatty Bangs, are hardworking Sierra Leoneans living under the same roof in the United States of America in Maryland.

When Alima becomes pregnant, her fear of giving birth out of wedlock emerges.

She urged Tony to perform the traditional marriage rite as quickly as possible.

Tony agreed and suggested they take time off their work and travel back to Sierra Leone for the wedding, but Alima who is a nurse deeply engrossed in her job to entertain and thoughts of leaving the United States. She told Tony, that she would be his bride in absentia and urged him to make the trip alone to meet her family/relatives and performed the marriage rite, with her younger sister (Anita) played by Fatima Sidike Kamara, acting as a stand-in bride.

Tony is not but that so. They argued back and forth, but Alima persistently argued and eventually won. Tony driven to the airport by his close friend (John) played by Mohamed Mokito Mansaray.

In Sierra Leone, the traditional marriage rite of Tony and Alima gets underway. Tony meets Alima’s family Margaret, Anita and Abdul for the first time on the eve of the wedding.

Anita is stunned by his looks.

On wedding day, Tony and Anita (stand-in bride) filled with a strong desire to possess each other. Their desires developed to a steamy brother-in -law and sister-in-law affair, an affair that will seriously damage the longstanding bond of true love that exists between Tony and his pregnant wife Alima.