Kannywood movies aren’t all about love – Director

Popular Kannywood script writer and director Jameel Nafseen has debunked the news saying Kannywood movies are only love-based stories.

Nafseen was reacting to widespread insinuations that Kannywood movies are not well written and are always about love, which was said to be the main reason why they are not making it onto Netflix.

He said, “Kannywood stories are more on his front issues including marriage, and others not on love alone. I write many Kannywood blockbuster movies and I direct many and most are not on love. We are not narrowing Hausa traditions to love, we are just perhaps telling the stories in a way that will be appealing to our fans.

“One of the biggest Kannywood web series, Izzar so, even though the name includes love, it is not about love.”

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On why no Kannywood film has ever appeared in Netflix, the scriptwriter, who once contributed in a Nollywood movie said, “There are many things that are hindering our movies. Budget is indeed a very big issue, but there is a barrier that we must break.

“We must have some dedicated Kannywood enthusiasts that will do the needful. Some people on the South are thinking Netflix is only theirs, so you must be loyal to them to get it. But we are doing our primary work properly, and we are getting there in the near future,” he concluded.