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In Anikulapo, Bimbo Ademoye Delivers the Best Crying Scene Ever In a Nollywood Movie

Arolake watched Saro rise from death and sent the bird away to keep him alive. But Saro fails her and she replaces the portion with dust out of bitterness.

Bimbo Ademoye Best Crying Scene in Anikulapo

Christina Ngene

a month ago

Anikulapo

Bimbo Ademoye

As a couple that caught each other’s affection, Arolake and Saro risk death from their affair. However, Saro was the only one who got the punishment of death.

However, Arolake also traded her life at the palace to be with a simple weaver.

A woman who gave up everything to be with Saro should have the kind of pain that Arolake had at the end of the Anikulapo. Actress Bimbo Ademoye delivered the role flawlessly.

Bimbo Ademoye Best Crying Scene in Anikulapo

What Happened To Arolake in Anikulapo

Arolake falls in love with a sojourner, Saro who has just settled in a kingdom ruled by her husband.

The weaver as he calls himself is enormously arrogant with a past that he appears to have tossed away quickly.

The pair has to sneak around to be with each other but only starts making a runaway plan after Saro is warned.

That night they are exposed.

When her lover Saro is killed and thrown out to rot for his betrayal of the King, he experiences resurrection through a mythical bird.

Unknown to Saro, Arolake witnessed this event and picked up a powerful portion that the bird had dropped when it brought him back to life.

In a later scene, Arolake hands the portion to Saro and tells him what the content is and how it can help them survive together.

Saro gains a new name “Anikulapo”, – one who holds death in his purse – from using the portion to raise people from the dead. However, it didn’t take long for him to lose it after he hurt Arolake.

The former Queen feels dissatisfied with her new life making her recall the one she had in these words:

“What a shame,

What a fool I have been,

At least as the wife of a great King of Oyo,

I was the favourite one,

The King’s favourite

Like the moon above all others

The king loved me

He loved me so dearly.”

After which she decides to leave Saro.

Those lines are so deep that it is possible to see Bimbo Ademoye feeling the pain of Arolake. The actress delivers the lines with such great awareness of what is expected of her.

It is not just the lines, it is the sincerity she bore and the realisation of her mistakes. They are the best lines and a crying scene to come out of a Nollywood movie yet.

Bimbo Ademoye had a good handle on Arolake all the way and the actress sure pairs well with Kunle Remi.

Anikuapo is a story about culture and tradition, set in the 17th century of the Old Oyo Empire.

Bimbo Ademoye was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama at the 2023 AMVCA for her role as Queen Arolake in Anikulapo.

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