S’DUMO MTSHALI’S STAR SHINES IN iNUMBER NUMBER!

‘iNumber Number’, the South African thriller written and directed by Donovan Marsh, opens in cinemas nationwide on 25 April 2014. Starring in the lead role is one of South Africa’s favourite young talents, S’dumo Mtshali, in the role of honest undercover cop Chili.

Mtshali was discovered when he entered and won the SABC1 reality competition ‘Class Act’, in 2010. After that, he landed his first leading role in the SABC1 drama series ‘Intersexions’. The series went on to win a Peabody Award in 2011. In 2011, he took on a recurring role on the hit daily drama,‘Rhythm City’, as Maidi Kotwe, a married medical student involved in a torrid love triangle.

Mtshali went on to star as Kuti Daniels in SABC1’s ‘Tempy Pushas’, a drama series set in the glamorous fashion world and juxtaposed with South Africa’s vibrant township culture. In 2012, he played Spikiri in the feature film, ‘Inside Story’, directed by Rolie Nikiwe and produced by Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership and Quizzical Pictures. In 2013and 2014, he has starred as Sibusiso, or ‘S'bu’ Ndlovu, in the Mzansi Magic telenovela ‘isiBaya’.

Mtshali says his dream of being an actor dates from a very young age. He studied acting at Durban University of Technology before entering Class Act in2010. 

As the winner of ‘Class Act’, his prize included representation from the top SA casting agency, Moonyeenn Lee and Associates, an eight-week acting course at New York Film Academy and the lead role in the action feature film,‘iNumber Number’.

“To star in a film where corruption is the norm and gangsters from the streets of Soweto and Johannesburg relate to each other in‘tsotsi taal’ was a huge amount of fun for me, as well as an exciting step up in my career,” said S'dumo.

An action-packed movie, ‘iNumber Number’ is about a pair of cops battling corrupt colleagues as well as a gang of armoured-car thieves. Chili and Shoes (Presley Chweneyagae of ‘Tsotsi’ and ‘State of Violence’ fame) have been partners in the police force for eight years. After they make a risky arrest, their corrupt superior refuses to give them the reward they are due.Enraged, Chili realises that honesty does not pay and reluctantly sets about infiltrating a gang of armoured car thieves. The film boasts an oddball cast that brings comic relief to the ruthless thuggery.

Producer Harriet Gavshon says. “As a heist movie, the film has an intricate plot and S’dumo delivers on every level. Chili is an essentially good guy who is disappointed because the system he believes in lets him down. Torn between participating in the caper and saving Shoes, Chili attempts to do both.When it becomes clear that innocent guards are going to be killed during the heist, Chili must decide if he is going to let the heist go down or not. S’dumo captures Chili’s struggle as the film reaches its climax.”

The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival in September 2013. Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Wrekin Hill Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to ‘iNumber Number’and is looking toward a US nationwide theatrical release of the film in the spring of 2014. In addition, Universal Pictures optioned the remake rights to‘iNumber Number’ at the end of last year,

Catch the trailer for the film [here]

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