NOLLYWOOD IS A CHILD OF CIRCUMSTANCES SAYS CROSSOVER ACTOR YEMI SOLADE.

NOLLYWOOD IS A CHILD OF CIRCUMSTANCES SAYS CROSSOVER ACTOR YEMI SOLADE.

E.P: Your educational background?

ANS: My first degree is in dramatic arts and i have three other masters in sociology, Public Administration and Anthropology. That is as far as reading for certificate is concerned.

E.P: How did your acting career started?

ANS: My forage into acting, i will tell you this is my forty years in acting, i started acting in February 12 1977 we started with Stage play that is during festac 77 i have done lots of Stage Production, Radio Drama, Television Drama and has i speak to you am on location of a T.V Soap Opera.

E.P: Your view of Nollywood?

ANS: Nollywood is a child of circumstances it came out of nothingness but there was something on ground the cinema culture in Nigeria spans over sixty years for those of us who were of age we know some names like Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, Moses Olaiya ( Baba Sala), Adeyemi Afolayan ( Ade-love), Dr Ola Balogun that was the good days of cine-culture we go to the cinemas to watch good movies later Foreign exchange became a tug of war then the experiment was carried out the Late Mujideen Alade Aromire even Chief Sunday Akinlola ( Feyikogbon) experimented, they recorded their drama play on video tapes using domestic cameras. There was no name to it, it was purely the journalist that gave it the nomenclature of Nollywood just like Hollywood in America and Bollywood in India but it has come to stay although it has become an all comers affairs.

E.P: In terms of what?

ANS: I mean untrained hands even when the masters ( professionals) are still on ground not just Nollywood entertainment is the biggest employer of labour we are moving on.

E.P: What is your reaction to Government attitude towards the arts?

ANS: Government Patronage is still a little bit discourage for instance if the President wants to visit Lagos State what they do is to get the State art council troupe to dance on the airport tarmac under the scorching sun to welcome the President to Lagos or any state, that is government idea of arts and culture for us in the Practitioner

within the segment of the industry, what we want is for the government to give us a regulatory body so that what happens in the industry presently can be avoided.

E.P: Like what sir?

ANS: What am saying is that with government regulatory body it won't be for retired area boys, prostitute, retired garage boys e.t.c.

The present government is doing a lot for the creative industry, the creative industry is been giving attention.

E.P: What is the name of the T.V series you are shooting now?

ANS: I am shooting Family Puzzle Season 2.

E.P: What would you tell your fans as you clock forty years on stage in February this years 2017?

ANS: I thank them for been there for me, keeping faith with us, we are doing Nigeria story the way we want it even though we are not there yet.