Yoruba movie industry not profitable – filmmaker, Kehinde Adeyemi

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Popular Yoruba actor and filmmaker, Kehinde Adeyemi, began his career in 1990 with the Odunfa caucus.

With over 60 movies in his kitty, he is a highly sought-after filmmaker in the Yoruba movie industry.

Building a house on a good foundation is going to result in a good building. Most of these producers don’t know what they call a producer, they just write and produce indiscriminately. You don’t have to be a producer to be famous and celebrated. PT: Subtitling has been a major issue with the industry, especially for Yoruba movies. How do you think this can be rectified?Subtitling is not a major issue. Most of our subtitles are good but remember that only God is perfect. I can’t blame the producers who are guilty of this because marketers outsource the subtitling to ‘outsiders’.

PT: We are waiting for a Yoruba movie that will represent us at the Oscars. Do you think it is possible, how can this become a reality?We produce with self-efforts here. In some countries like India or America that have reached that produce Oscar-worthy movies, their governments support entertainment business. But Nigerian filmmakers have nothing like that. There is only so much we can do on our own.

 

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Then invest in agribusiness.

The reasons are many: that dreadful singing soundtrack,the babalawo scene,use of black magic and the eventual ‘dariji me’ during confession time.

why wil it be profitable when many of d actor and actress make movie which many atimes are predictable and lack contents even having a bad ending....What is d essence of me sitting down and spend 2 hrs on a movie that d ending is unimaginable and predictable

When all their storyline are RUBBISH

He can say that because he had a failed career. Odunlade, Muyiwa ademola, Femi Adebayo and co can't say such.

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