Host of popular telenovela, 'Kumkum Bhagya', Adwoa Saah has rubbished claims by actress Beverly Afaglo that the influx of telenovelas on TV is killing the movie industry.
Speaking to B Ice on Agyenkwa FM in Kumasi over the weekend, she denied the claim and said most Ghanaians no longer buy movies because of many factors.
The popular TV host explained that most actresses insult movies produced in Twi but hail ones shot in the queen’s dialect. To her, it is bad to imitate the white when you cannot be better than them.
She added that most Ghanaian movies lack good morals. Adwoa Saah opined that a married woman will not buy a movie which shows the private parts of a young lady to lure his husband to go after the actress. She alleged that actresses target husbands when shooting a movie.
“Most of the girls (actresses) in Accra say it is too local to use Twi to shoot movies but it is rather disgraceful to imitate somebody than being yourself.
You can never be like the person so instead of worrying yourself about not being fluent in English which will lead to people cracking jokes at your expense when you commit mistakes and speaking in your local dialect for people to understand and appreciate what you are doing, which of the two should we adopt?
If people are not buying the movies, it is because of many reasons. A married woman will not buy a movie which shows a half-dressed lady showing her buttocks for her husband to watch.
Anyone who wants to tell you the truth will tell you that with the job they are doing, they are not paid much. So the young lady acting in the movie has your husband as her target. If your husband watches the movie and he likes her then you the wife, you are in trouble.
Weeks after shooting the movie, then you will see them traveling to Dubai, America and other countries. Who did she go with? There is an old man hiding somewhere who is taking care of her...
A lot of things have gone wrong in the movie industry so they should sit down and look at those things.” Adwoa Saah went blunt.
Source: Zionfelix.com
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The issue is why can't we Ghanaians patronize our own stuff. Indians and Mexicans don't show African movies and shows on their tv's. Why are we allowing this stuff to shown on our tv's? Mexicans and Indians are racist towards black people and will boycott any tv stations showing African stuff but you people back home waste your lives watching their stuff and making them millions of dollars when your own stuff goes to waste. This don't make sense and then again I'm not surprised because this is how slavery started. SELL OUT
I honestly think Adwoa Saah is talking from experience and experience they say is the best teacher. So please take her advice. She has been in that situation before.
Why can't commentators discuss issues. The fact is that any discerning movie watcher will notice the unprofessional face of the Ghanaian local language movies - the storyline is predictable; the dialogue is gross containing unnecessary insults; the costumes do not place the context of the story; the sets are poorly chosen, the camera work is substandard etc. But all is not lost. It was the same with Nigerian movies especially the pioneering Asaba and Onitsa based productions. But when trained persons entered the movie industry, Nollywood changed. Check the educational background of Nigerian actors who act in both English and local language productions. The solution is to encourage budding actors to enrol with the various Departments of Performing Arts in Ghanaian universities, through scholarships and other forms of sponsorships. In the US, state and local governments sponsor movie productions. A serious government will follow this practice as the Indian and Mexican authorities have done. There is hope if .....
aahhhh Peace Fm, u cud hv done better than this! This headline doesnt match in whatsoeva way with the message put here..... very shameful!
very sad adwoa. You have dated a married man before (there is proof) and you know it, don't make statements that will let people bring out the skeletons in your closet.
Abi in school you were taught that journalism means misleading people with your headlines. What sort of ***barred word*** is that just to get fes readers. You must be ashamed of yourself
YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOO RIGHT MY SISTER
I admire this Adwoa woman... You are beautiful.....
whoever typed this headline should be ashamed of him/herself...seriously u create problems and enmity between people for nothing! dont u think Beverly will take offense upon seeing this headline without reading the story?
What kind of headline be this? the storyline and the heading doesnt match, this is a poor reportage, what kind of journalists have peacefm employed to be given fake headlines.....better sit up