--- title: 'The Return of Jénífà (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'Muyideen S. Ayinde' released: '2011-09-23' runtime_minutes: 172 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Nigeria' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-return-of-jenifa-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8240334/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Return of Jénífà (2011) 2011 · 172 min · Comedy · Nigeria Original title: The Return of Jenifa ## Synopsis The Return of Jenifa is a 2011 Nigerian comedy drama film. The film was produced by Funke Akindele, who was also starred as the titular character, reprising her role from the prequel, Jenifa (2008). It was directed by Muhydeen Ayinde. Within a week of its October 7th release in 2011, the film became the fastest grossing Nollywood film of all time. As of 2024, it ranks 96th on the list of highest grossing Nigerian films. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Helen Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-paul), [Funke Akindele-Bello](https://cinepixo.com/people/funke-akindele-bello) - **Screenplay:** [Funke Akindele-Bello](https://cinepixo.com/people/funke-akindele-bello) - **Director:** [Muyideen S. Ayinde](https://cinepixo.com/people/muyideen-s-ayinde) ## Cast - [Rukky Sanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/rukky-sanda) - [Banky W.](https://cinepixo.com/people/banky-w) - [Naeto C](https://cinepixo.com/people/naeto-c) - [Helen Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-paul) - [Anthonia Yetunde Alabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthonia-yetunde-alabi) - [Omawumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/omawumi) - [Ronke Ojo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronke-ojo) - [Falz](https://cinepixo.com/people/falz) - [Antar Laniyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/antar-laniyan) - [Denrele Edun](https://cinepixo.com/people/denrele-edun) - [Funke Akindele-Bello](https://cinepixo.com/people/funke-akindele-bello) - [Wizkid](https://cinepixo.com/people/wizkid) - [Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau](https://cinepixo.com/people/kafayat-oluwatoyin-shafau) - [Nomzamo Mbatha](https://cinepixo.com/people/nomzamo-mbatha) - [eLDee](https://cinepixo.com/people/eldee) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-return-of-jenifa-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q59725805); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.