{"id":273941,"date":"2011-01-14T13:04:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T13:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47302"},"modified":"2011-01-14T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T13:04:36","slug":"jide-kosoko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/14\/jide-kosoko\/","title":{"rendered":"Jide Kosoko"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jide Kosoko<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nQ<\/strong>:For some years now, we?ve known Jide \tKosoko<\/a> as an actor. Can you tell us how you started your acting career?<\/strong>
\nWell, I think the whole world ought to have known how I started because I?ve \tbeen granting interviews on that for quite a long time now. However, I will \tquickly brief you. I started way back in 1964, when I was just 10 years old \tand that was the year I also had my first television appearance in a \tproduction titled Makanjuola, produced by Ifelodun Travelling Theatre, which \thad me as a member. It happened that one of our tenants, Dele Toyibo, (he?s \tstill alive) an elderly person and a member of Ifelodun Travelling Theatre \twanted to have a production on television- LTV Bar Beach. They needed a boy \tof my age then to play (the lead role of) a character called Alabi. So they \t invited children of my age, we were auditioned and I won the role. Since \tthen, I?ve always been into acting. I formed my own group?Jide Kosoko \tTheatre in 1972.
\nQ: You rank among the few actors that started acting very early. How will \tyou compare the industry then to what we have now?<\/strong>
\nWhen I actually started we didn?t have videos. There were no movies in \tNigeria at all. The one we had then was the television thing, in fact, more \tof stage performance and my orientation is more of stage performance. If you \twant to compare what happened then and now, you will see there are a lot of \tchanges. When I started, we were only on black and white. A few homes had \ttelevision. That was the period when you saw people watching a particular \tproduction through the window of any home-You?re just going and when it?s \ttime for that production you just go to any house and stay by their window \tto watch.
\nQ: We heard you have a problem with the Video Club owners Association of \tNigeria (VCOAN) and that the association has placed a ban on you. How true \tis that?<\/strong>
\nYou should know that it?s an exaggeration that a producer of my calibre is \tbeing banned. Banned by who? You see, I must also tell you that the issue is \tbeing resolved. I don?t want to say much on that.
\nQ: What really was the problem?<\/strong>
\nWell\u2026 They were not happy that I initiated the formation of a rival video \tclub association.
\nQ: Are you contesting for the President of the Association of Nigeria \tTheatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP)?<\/strong>
\nInsha Allah, I will contest for the position of the President of ANTP and I \tknow that by God?s grace I will win .
\nQ: What about the strong opposition from people like Dele Odule?<\/strong>
\nI?ve always told people and I know what I?m saying, Dele Odule is my brother \tand I know he can?t contest against me.
\nQ: So what are your plans for the association?<\/strong>
\nI will tell you just one, and that is, I will work hard to ensure that there \tis an enabling environment for members of the association to practice their \tprofession, which means I will collaborate with other associations and \tgovernment agencies, stakeholders and players in the industry.
\nQ: If voted into office where will you start from?<\/strong>
\nI will ensure there is unity among members, it?s paramount in my mind. I \twill abide by all professional ethics, ensure that my members imbibe the \tethics of the profession, so that we can jointly move the association \tforward.
\nQ: What is your impression about the formation of YMPF?<\/strong>
\nI don?t see them as factions, I will rather say they have brilliant ideas \tand they feel there is need for the associations to move faster than what is \thappening now. Personally, I have discussed with some of them and I know \twhat they are saying. They are members of the association, they don?t need \tto form a faction and I have advised them that all they need is to bring \ttheir ideas before the association for proper scrutiny.
\nQ: Let me just take you back again, Dele Odule has said that he is very \toptimistic of winning this ANTP election. Are you scared?<\/strong>
\nDele Odule as a member of the association is entitled to express his \t opinion, his wish to seek people?s votes for any position in the \t association. He has the education and age on his side, so he?s entitled. But \twhat I?m telling you is this; first and foremost, apart from being an actor \tand a member, he?s a Yoruba man, and ANTP cherishes quite a lot of things \tthat you cannot run away from. And of course being a Yoruba man, there are \tsome other things we will also take into consideration. It is against the \ttradition of we the Yoruba for a young man to challenge his brother in \tpublic. So I say Dele cannot contest against me.
\nQ: There is this notion that the English movie industry is doing far \tbetter than the Yoruba?s. How far is this true?<\/strong>
\nDo you also believe that? When you say they are doing better, in what area \tare you talking about? Do you know that a good film is determined by the \tquality of the equipment used, the prop, the costume and to crown it all the \tstory line, complemented by the artistes invited to narrate the story line. \tThese are the things that make a good movie. So, I don?t know which of them \tyou?re talking about. If the English movies cherish glamour, the Yoruba film \tindustry cherishes good story line, and all these factors are what you can \tsay contribute to the quality of a movie.
\nQ: Generally, how will you assess the Nigerian movie industry?<\/strong>
\nBrilliant future, very bright. We have come to stay, the industry as a whole \tand that?s why most of the time I hate answering questions that border on \tdivision among the English and Yoruba actors and actresses. You are entitled \tto produce a Yoruba or English film, nobody is restricting anybody from \tdoing this or that. You can appreciate our effort, you can see that Nigeria \thas been considered as the third largest producer of home videos. We are \timproving on the quality of our productions on a daily basis and as such, we \tare happy.
\nBesides, we have a listening government. Obasanjo?s government is the only \tone that has ever shown interest in the film industry. With government \tparticipation now and little contribution, you will see that we will grow \tup.
\nI?m happy that most of the things that have happened took place when I?m \tstill alive. We now have the Motion Pictures Practitioners Council. We have \ta standing committee already and this body will definitely unite all \texisting associations in the industry. We will speak with one voice and this \twill go a long way to stabilise the industry.
\nQ: What do you think is the main problem facing the movie industry for \tnow?<\/strong>
\nLack of funding is the bane of the industry. We have proved to the world \tthat we have the talent. But with investors like banks and other financial \tinstitutions funding the industry, it will move forward.
\nQ: You combine acting with modelling, which of them is more lucrative?<\/strong>
\nI hate people calling me a model. As a star which people say, I only endorse \tproducts. In other words, I?m bigger than that product. I should not be seen \tas part of the product I am advertising, I only endorse it.
\nQ: Tell us your most challenging moments.<\/strong>
\nI have challenging moments all the time. All my productions are challenging, \tbecause I will want to make sure that I satisfy my numerous fans. But my \tmost challenging moment is when I fight for my people for a particular \treason. I fought with the Censors Board, but I don?t want to go into too \tmuch of that now.
\nQ: What about your most embarrassing moment?<\/strong>
\nThat comes almost all the time. When you see all these area boys, especially \twhen you don?t have any money with you to give them, it could be \tembarrassing, you know.
\nQ: A lot of actresses complain about producers demanding for sex before \tgiving them roles. Is it true?<\/strong>
\nThat is very bad. I have never done it before and if there are producers \tdoing it I will say it is very bad. Though some people may not see it as \tsomething bad, as they feel it happens in every industry. Personnel managers \tdo it to their staff. Teachers do it to their students, politicians do it \tamong their people, government officials do it, journalists do it. But they \tare all professional abuse on the ethics of their professions. And as I had \tsaid earlier, it is not good. But frankly speaking, as a producer, even if \tyour intention is not to give her a role because you want to have sex with \ther, you can come across somebody you love, is it not possible? It now \tdepends on who that actress is. If she?s not complaining that she slept in \tyour office to get a role, it?s nothing. But honestly, I find it difficult \t to believe that producers demand for sex before giving out roles. It?s \tfunny.
\nQ: What are you working on for now?<\/strong>
\nYou know, for the past two years, I have not released any film. I am \tcurrently working on the release of one of my films.
\nQ: Apart from the ANTP presidential race, what other things are in the \tpipeline?<\/strong>
\nOf course, before the year runs out, I intend to launch my foundation-Jide \tKosoko Foundation. One of my films will also be launched in London and \tAmerica by August. I won\u2019t disclose the title for now. The Jide Kosoko \tFoundation will be an avenue to encourage upcoming artistes and also use the \tsame forum to propagate important programmes, using the work of art to \tre-echo the existence of HIV\/AIDS, child abuse and som that are of national \tand international interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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