By Aliyu Askira
Khadija Muktar Aminu is 20 years old, very cute, friendly and easy to relate with. Though she read up to secondary School level, she has a very strong desire to go back to the University to Medicine to study Human Medicine.
She told Blueprint in Kano recently that she once saw a copy of a Blueprint newspaper with one Salisu Muhammed Officer, the National Vice Chairman of Arewa Film Makers and when she went through the copy she came across an interview with another young actress, Yaseera Babangida Aliyu. Since then she has be making contact to be featured in Blueprint’s weekly Kannywood column.
Though Khadijah was in her twenties when she joined Kannywood, she never found it difficult to relate with some of the A-grade and famous Kannywood Stars like, Salisu Mohammed Officer, Mustapha Musty, Ali Nuhu, Yaseera Babangida, Ali Gumzak, Nura Inuwa, Fati Washa, Nafisat Abdullahi, and Jamila Nagudu.
Presently, she said, she has featured in several successful films like ‘Tonan Asiri’, Nura Inuwa’s high budget ‘Afra’ Musical video and other television series which will start appearing on television stations, DVD videos and Micro Cassettes.
Unexpectedly, Khadijah revealed that these days, the most likelihood of an actress to succeed in kannywood comes from her beauty, youthfulness and her ability to interpret scripts for good role.
“I noticed one thing in Kannywood that is trending now. When you come in young and you are zealous to make it, you have every chance of rising to stardom. It may be because of beauty, because producers now like faces that can sell their movies,” Khadijah pointed out.
However, Khadijah was surprised that contrary to people’s insinuations about the industry, saying that “since I joined the industry, most of the male and female actors and actresses are decent people who are in the acting profession to make money and career.
“Majority of them don’t even smoke or drink and such she can always vouch for the decency of the industry,” she added.
“Let us give credit to producers, directors and actors including actresses in Kannywood because over I have been watching India Films and other foreign films with keen interest, and today Gollywood, Nollywood, Bollywood, and other America films. We are really growing.
“Gollywood for example is nothing but portraying all sense of indecency in their films. Unlike these film industries, in Kannywood even to hold female’s hands on stage is a taboo. So we should be commended for that”, she noted.
On how she joined Kannywood, Khadijah said, “there are good people that helped me but am grateful to Salisu Mohammed Officer who has linked me up with several producers and Directors. He also does give me advises from time to time which has helped me to secure very expensive projects and appearances in musical videos.
“Honestly, Salisu Mohammed Officer is an asset to Kannywood. Most of Kannywood Actors and Actresses that secured facilities to sponsor their films from Kano State Government, foreign institutions, financial institution, MTN, GLO, Airtel and several others were made possible because of the intervention of Salisu Mohammed Officer,” she noted.
