Kunle Afolayan

2022 - 9 - 30

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My father was not in support of my career - Kunle Afolayan (Vanguard)

Award-winning Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has revealed that his late dad, Adeyemi Afolayan discouraged him and his siblings from acting or ...

He said who are you to say you want to make a film? I played the role eventually but still wanted to make a film,” he added. He said do you want to be running around like I’m running around.

“It Cost Me a Lot of Money to Make”: Kunle Afolayan Says He Blew ... (Legit.ng)

Nollywood filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has said his latest movie Anikulapo is a portrayal of the Yoruba culture and beliefs built around the Ifa mythology ...

It will to portray what the Yoruba empire use to be like back in those days governance wise and the lifestyle." Afolayan in a chat with Legit.ng's Oke-Hortons Nosa said the movie is a surreal portrayal of the Yoruba culture and beliefs based on the - He noted that the entire set used for the production of the movie was built from scratch, and it cost him a lot of money to put together, throwing him way over budget

'You're a living legend'- Bimbo Ademoye celebrates Kunle Afolayan ... (Kemi Filani)

Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has joined the rest of her colleagues to celebrate multiple award-winning Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan.

He said who are you to say you want to make a film? Thank you for the gift of arolake , for the gift Saro and the gift of Anikulapo and a whole lot. I played the role eventually but still wanted to make a film,” he added. That your dad was a filmmaker doesn’t make you one, you have to learn it. And those were things I learned which helped me structure the business side of what I do because I don’t want to end up like them. Thank you for who you are to all of us.

PHOTOS: Ace Nollywood producer, Kunle Afolayan, marks 47th ... (Herald.ng)

Ace producer and actor, Kunle Afolayan is 47 today and it is celebrations galore.

Popular actress, Faithia Williams wrote, “Happy birthday Kunle” Actress, Juliana Olayode wrote, “Happy birthday Uncle K!” “Happy birthday Akande, Happy birthday to Anikulapo,” Afolayan added.

“Nigeria at 62”: Mercy Johnson, Iyabo Ojo, Kunle Afolayan, Others ... (Legit.ng)

As Nigeria clocks 62, it is a chance to celebrate our uniqueness as different tribes. Fashion is one of the numerous beautiful ways to celebrate our ...

The beauty of this ensemble is in the design on the babaringa. Your support matters!](https://www.patreon.com/legit) The actor in different photos on his page rocked different versions of his long shirt and trouser sometimes complete with his babringa and custom-made caps. Rita Dominic is from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria and for her wedding, the actress went unconventional with her style. It is interesting that everyone unites on 'Nigeria's birthday', and it births the uniqueness in the vast range of ethnicity. Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon.

My father completely discouraged any of us from going into acting or ... (GistReel)

Kunle Afolayan has recalled how his late father Adeyemi Afolayan aka Adelove, discouraged his children from going into acting and filmmaking.

“That your dad was a filmmaker doesn’t make you one, you have to learn it. Go to school and complete your education and then when they wanted to do ‘Saworo Ide’ in 1998, he called me to come and I auditioned. “I also went to Tunde Kilani, he said who are you to say you want to make a film?

My father completely discouraged anyone of us from going into ... (Modern Ghana)

Award-winning filmmaker and actor Kunle Afolayan sat with Chude Jideonwo, host of WithChude and founder of Joy, Inc.

So, if you put money and your films are now been pirated, especially when you have proof, will you not shout? We are always just saying that these films are not for the mass market, these films get pirated, and you see them everywhere. The platforms the films are shown also determine who gets to see the film. He also addressed concerns that his films do not appeal to the mass market. So, I said let me capitalize on what people are not doing right and things they are not paying attention to. But I think he had to die for some of us to be doing what we are doing today.

Kunle Afolayan:I Never Wanted to Live Under My Father's Shadow ... (THISDAY Newspapers)

But Anikulapo is a full back-in-time-film set in 17 Century. If you say 17 Century in Nigeria, it means you are really going back in time. So, one from ...

I sat with him for some time and then we were talking and then he was telling me a bit of some of the Odu in Ifa and then he recited this particular Odu in Ifa. We found the place and I decided to build a film village there but starting and test running with ‘Anikulapo’. So, that was where I got the backdrop of the story from which is the story of this Saro and the Akala bird and the fact that Akala wakes the dead and gives them another chance in the past life. And because they both look alike, of course Moji is an actress, and of course Eyiyemi is also a shining star, so I decided to have them play mother and daughter which was so original and it works so well. Talk about the choice of location for the movie. And then we put him through coaching and all of that and for me he killed the film. It was all given because they all started with travelling theatre before they then moved to travelling cinema and then television. So, working on this and also working with those veteran actors who have been in the scene for over 50, 60 years made it more fun because some of them were my father’s contemporaries and they worked on my father’s films-set back in that time and then working with them 30, 40, 50 years after was such a privilege. At first, they said ‘oh because of the date and all of that’, but I was surprised when I saw the release date. And I was doing a documentary on the Yoruba heritage and lifestyle. A bit about it on the aspect of culture… Ebullient in his approach, the culturally-endowed Kunle, in this revealing conversation with Ferdinand Ekechukwu, talks explicitly on his forthcoming epic title – Anikulapo – prior to the world premiere recently as he offers a glimpse of his father’s range and family dynasty

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