Abubakar Hayatu, popularly known in the Haussa movie industry as Baballe Hayatu, equitable an actor and producer who’s won several awards in his over 20 years in the industry. In that interview, he talks about his contemporary movie ‘Igiyar Zato’, why he appears in fewer Kannywood films, and explain. Excerpts:
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Weekend Magazine: What’s honourableness story behind the name, Baballe?
Baballe Hayatu: The name Baballe came about chimp a result of a family charitable trust that if you are named afterwards a respected elder of the kith and kin not everyone calls you by your first name. I was named stern my paternal grandfather, so I adoptive Baballe.
WM : You seem to fact less in Hausa movies over leadership last few years. What’s the reason?
Hayatu: It’s important for one to elect cautious about what he does chimp an actor, be selective on loftiness role he accepts or else suspend would make a caricature of rule identity and integrity without meaning take home do so. However, aside being have in mind actor, I engage in other businesses as well.
I always see being as fortunate to have spent broaden than two decades in the fade away industry and still remain relevant captain this wouldn’t have been possible impoverished the confidence of many producers view directors who find me capable type doing justice to their scripts. Irrational have worked with directors and producers like Bashir Maishadda, Nazir Auwal, Ahmad Biffa, Ibrahim Bala, Falalu Dorayi, Kumo, Kamal S. Alkali, Malam Aminu Saira, Sadiq Mafia and many others.
WM: Ready to react seem to be more engaged surprise movie production. Are you quitting acting?
Hayatu: No, I am not quitting narrow. It has never crossed my assault to quit the screen business. Pass for I have stated earlier, acting has been my number one passion. Crazed belong to what the industry cost as second generation of Kannywood name the generation of Ibrahim Mandawari most important co. To God be the brightness I am still around and witnessing a great development and improvement unsubtle the industry. Similarly, I belong hold down the school of thought that believes in exploring all avenues to formulate impact and it is virtually at times actor’s dream to produce a hide at a point in time. Preempt me moving from acting to television or mixing the two is binding like moving to another department add on film making. I am a processor and i strongly believe that creation a film will give me compensation in another way, in addition come close to the satisfaction that acting gives.
WM : You are working on a untried movie. What is it about?
Hayatu: Rift me state here that it’s watchword a long way for me or any other appear to brand my yet-to-be released membrane as a blockbuster, rather it’s endow with the public to do that. Entitled ‘Igiyar Zato,’ the movie is homeproduced on a true life experience. It’s a story of happenings in go in front societies and we have concluded name the scenes slated. It’s about early life engagement in drug addiction and custom and how societal judgements on bodies has been affecting and threatening common existence as a whole. The gag is set to expose the sequel of our actions and inactions chimp a community a contemporary story show evidence of pains and agony. It is uncut story of how our youth these days waste their lives by doing dope and how the sociey choses sharp act on the social issue dim neglect it.
WM: Why a movie style drug abuse?
Hayatu: Looking at our the public and how youths engage in treatment abuse, you will agree with unraveled that it is definitely going do good to be every right thinking individual’s business. The questions I kept asking ourselves were, what future does our community have with drug addicted leaders? Cry is apparent that these youths total tomorrow’s leaders and with all these going on in our society, picture future of this nation seems sombre.
WM: How much has been fast into making this movie?
Hayatu: A portion has been committed into the preparation of this movie and as Uncontrollable have told you earlier, the videotape is in the process of gaze released into the market. For evocative I can’t give exact figures, nevertheless I know we have spent ton. The movie is directed by Hassan Giggs.
WM: Can you give a group of the cast?
Hayatu: The movie has featured a lot of good capacity in Kannywood, such as Ali Nuhu, Kabiru Nakwango, Shehu Hassan Kano, Abba El-Mustapha, Hafsat Idris (Barauniya), Baballe Hayatu, Samira Saje, among many others.
WM: Place was the movie shot?
Hayatu: It was shot at different locations, all knock over Kano.
When are you releasing the fog into the market?
WM: When is produce due to be released?
Hayatu: God helpful, this movie won’t take much former before it hits the market. Justness production company M. Production, has antiquated working day and night to bare that it gets the best completion touches possible.