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Produced by Big Ideas Entertainment, "Changes" is
based on an original story by Serah Mwihaki. The
programme is a 13-part series that combines humour
and drama to delve deep into the lives of these
couples as they work through all the joys, desires,
frustrations, tensions, secrets and struggles of
family life.
The first couple is married to their careers. Namata
Gitau played by Susan Nalwoga and her lawyer husband
Alfred played by Ian Mbugua are driven people who
differ on when to start a family. While Namata
pursues a pregnancy and tries to balance work and
family, the eloquent and debonair Alfred is focused
on getting a promotion and becoming a partner in the
law firm.
Their downstairs neighbours, Lupita (Renne Sewe) and
Jabali Otieno (Godfrey Odhiambo) face troubles of
their own when their comfortable marriage, of
several years slowly falls to pieces. With two
daughters depending on them, they must now try to
resolve their issues or risk destroying their family
forever.
Lupita, a stressed out homemaker and working mom, is
driven to self-destructive behaviour by her
charming, womanizing husband, Jabali.
Cindy Kamau (Pierra Makena) and her older boyfriend
Minja Kabwe (Adam Juma) who live in the most
expensive flat at Makao Close are the third couple.
The wealthy and mysterious Minja will go to
extraordinary lengths for family and love. Generous
but ruthless, he keeps his family's mining success a
closely guarded secret. His wife Cindy, learns how
to develop her own sense of self by using her brains
instead of her body. However, her past returns to
haunt her.
"To create any series is a real challenge and it is
one that M-Net is familiar with," Biola Adekanbi,
when he spoke with director of M-Net Africa said he
Wangeci Murage, programme manager of M-Net East
Africa. "You have to start with a very strong story
and then there is that intangible element, that
magic, which makes it work and creates audience
appeal."
Ultimately, a successful series relies heavily on
timing. It is difficult work to get the mix just
right, to get the episodes scripted, rehearsed,
filmed, edited and on the screen, according to
Adekanbi.
"Given that 'Changes' accomplishes all this, M-Net
is proud of its cast, crew and producers who have
worked so hard to finish it," he said.
"It is now done and ready for audiences to enjoy. So
sit back, relax and enter a world where love is
under the spotlight and 'forever' is put to the
test," Adekanbi invited.
For those in Ethiopia who would like to watch
"Changes", it is on at 8:00pm on Tuesdays and the
re-run of the same episode appears at 2:00pm the
next day on M-Net Africa/Movies.
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