ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Friday, May 20, 2022
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
No Kannywood producer ever paid me more than N5000 – Ladin Cima

No Kannywood producer ever paid me more than N5000 – Ladin Cima

The actress said she cant boast of having anything tangible because she was poorly paid.

byMohammed Lere
February 12, 2022
2 min read

Ladin Cima, a famous Kannywood actress, known for her motherly roles in Hausa films, has revealed that she has never been paid above N5000 since she began her acting career fifty years ago.

In an interview with BBC Hausa on Thursday, the actress said she cant boast of having anything tangible because she was poorly paid.

She said: “I am in the Kannywood, but it will surprise you that all my time in the movie industry, I never earned beyond N5000 naira. It is always N5000 and below. I did not have enough to save and do anything tangible for myself all these years because of how poorly we get paid. Let me tell you, even before this interview, I was at a movie location, and after my recording, I was paid N2000 naira only.”

The actress said she began acting in the ’70s in Kaduna after her husband died in Kano. In the early days, she travelled to Kaduna to record the Nigerian Television Authority movies.

“My first movie was Shehu Umar, and we were not paid. So we are primarily transported to the location in Kaduna from Kano, and all we get is feeding. But because of passion, we are always excited to come to Kaduna every Friday for the recording. It was exciting then.”

Ali Nuhu, Falalu, Dorayi, react

Meanwhile, some producers, including Ali Nuhu and Falalu Dorayi, debunked Ladi’s comments after the interview.

While speaking to BBC Hausa, Nuhu said he had paid actress Ladi N40,000 in all the films she ever appears from the stable of FKD, his company.

Another producer, Dorayi, said he paid the actress between N30,000 and N40,000 for appearing in his movies.

Nazir in defence of actress Ladin

However, Kannywood singer and film producer Nazir Ahmed has responded in defence of the actress, saying all she said was nothing but the truth.

“Many actors and actresses are paid poorly in the Kannywood, especially those that act the motherly and fatherly roles.

Singer Ahmed shared a video on his Instagram page supporting the actress and called on those attacking her to desist from that.

“I did a survey myself, and the actress was right. I am also an actor and a Kannywood producer. So I know what is going on.

“The actress is right, and she said it all. She is not a kid, and she knows what she is paid. It is possible that the people assigned by the producers to pay people like her short-changed them. That is the truth. They don’t get good pay at all.

PREMIUM TIMES spoke with Hassana Dalhat, a Kannywood movie analyst, to further understand how actors are paid in the Kannywood.

Dalhat said actors are paid according to personal terms and negotiations between them and the producers.

“Generally, actors are poorly paid in the Kannywood. As somebody who has been following the industry for more than a decade, I know how actors are paid. It is basically how you agree with the producer.

“Many of them collect a meagre pay and less as N2000 per movie. However, prominent actors collect up to N500,000 per movie.”

Piracy

Although the menace of piracy is ravaging Kannywood, significant players have since resorted to Youtube.

The effect of piracy has negatively impacted the livelihood of the filmmakers and actors, but that of the production houses, cinema houses, and auxiliary staff.

In separate interviews, insiders told PREMIUM TIMES that piracy had rendered the industry to a near comatose state until concerned parties began to devise clever strategies to beat pirates in their own game.

So bad are the activities of these pirates that Kannywood producers have stopped churning films in recent years.

Many actors have also become redundant, and many who have produced movies that are yet to be released could not do so because of piracy.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

CITIZEN-FM AD


Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: Why women cheat: what every Nigerian man should know







PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

I want to succeed Buhari without offending him – Tinubu

Next Post

PDP floors APC to win Kuje chairmanship election in Abuja

Mohammed Lere

Mohammed Lere

More News

Former Minister Musiliu Obanikoro

Why I’m contesting for Lagos West Senatorial seat -Obanikoro

May 20, 2022
Monkeypox Virus

Monkeypox: UK deploys smallpox vaccines as cases spread in Europe

May 20, 2022
Motorcyclists (Okada riders)

We are after foreigners operating Okada in Lagos – Police commissioner

May 20, 2022
Court

Court extends stay of sexually-abused children in govt custody

May 20, 2022
FILE: Court and justice symbols used to illustrate the story

How I was lured into prostitution in Libya – Nigerian

May 20, 2022
Progress and Zadok, Nigerian Idol S7 finalists

Nigerian Idol Grand Finale: Who will win?

May 20, 2022
Next Post
#FCTDecides2022: results

PDP floors APC to win Kuje chairmanship election in Abuja

#AbujaDecides2022: Voting if Abuja

FCT Poll: APC wins Gwagwalada

Read All Comment

Search

AUN-PT Ad





Transport-Technology


Stanbic Ad


Access Bank Ad





Glo Ad


Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,842,454 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • #PandoraPapers
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Opinion
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.