This comes at a time when the practitioners and fans of this popular phenomenon were eagerly waiting for the return of filming activities after the ban was placed on Hausa film as a result of the Hiyana sex tape scandal.Now the baby is being thrown out with the dirty bath water,as innocent artistes and fans are being punished.
I am not against much needed changes and laws for the sick Kannywood,infact laws promoting education for the practitioners of Kannywood,standardization and professionalization of the art etc are welcome.
What I have a problem with is the fact that these draconian laws are being promulgated by illiterates,religious zealots and people who have no artistic blood.I think they will do well to separate religion from art.No artist is going to like a situation where he has to take his script for these people to censor and change before he goes on location.
Moreover,singing and dancing is what attracts most people to these films.Cruel censorship is only going to kill the film industry and not strenghten it.I am not supporting singing and dancing but I am of the opinion that it is left for the artist or film maker to decide.Realistically,some films should have singing and dancing and some shouldnt.What is more important is that good films should be made that show the beauty of our culture and do not bother on the obscene or indecency.
All those religious zealots are even some of the people who corrupt and have sexual liasons with these film starlets.We are tired of hypocrisy and double standards and as a film maker and practioner of Hausa film,I prophesy that that hausa film will commit artistic suicide,just as the poets and artistes of Russia committed suicide as a result of the draconian leadership and censorship of their leaders.
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I apologise for forgeting to give credit to Talatu Carmen for using her picture of `Abbas Saddiq da Budurwarsa Zaynab Idris,suna chashewa`.
Jinni, a kan hoto, ai, babu damuwa. Amma a kan abin nan--censorship na rawa da waka. Wallahi, ina da bak'in ciki, sabo da a LARGE proportion of my proposed dissertation research (the proposal of which I am handing in today or tomorrow) deals with the aesthetic elements of the song and dance in Hausa films and how it is (most of the times) integral to the larger aesthetic project of the film. This is indeed a very short sighted and unimaginative law. I am mourning the loss of such organic creativity. Abin haushi ne. All the same, I shall write on them. I assume one will still be able to purchase older films with dancing and singing?
Wallahi abin takaici ne kuma ya nuna batan basira daga gare wannan hukuma.Tabbas,´biri ya yi kama da mutum´,yanzu sun nuna mana ba su son harkan film a Kano.Sauran mu tara iye namu mu koma wane garin mu ci gaba da harkar.
Definitely u can get older works.Infact I can give u some of my films which include a lot of singing and dancing such as ´Rijiya´,´Masauki´,´Kulle´,´Jumare´ and ´Kyalli´(yet to be released).How do I get them across to u?
Jinni, na gode. Ina zuwa wata mai zuwa, insha Allah, bayan na gama da dissertation proposal defense nawa. Zan gaya maka lokacin da na sani. Na gode!
Holy Moses. Are these people cranks or what? They might as well ban indian films, then western and of course arab films and finally all multimedia items. Taleban did that in Afghanistan but they failed woefully. you just cant stop humans from enjoying music and dancing. but time will tell. meanwhile we shall fume inside and enjoy what we have.
Abubakar,I guess there is alot of human rights abuses in our society.Imagine u cant even enjoy music.How long are we going to take this?
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