In Kannywood, there are many changes, especially in the field of film production and its business, from CD to cinema, now to YouTube, and there is a lot of effort to access international programs.
This year, like every year, Kannywood filmmakers have played an important role in planning and releasing good movies, which have enthralled the audience.
Since going back to uploading movies on YouTube, it can now be said that Kannywood business has started to return to the way it was before, after the industry started to decline.
This made the BBC think, dance, and start some films that have risen in 2024.
However, this year’s films are all long-term, which shows how the industry has changed, and the way it is headed for its sustainability.
At the beginning of the start of short films, it was thought that only small producers made them and uploaded them on YouTube, and even some people thought that they were not of good quality. But now it’s dawning that big Kannywood producers have joined and they are being challenged.
Among the movies that we mentioned, there are those that were not released in 2024, but they attracted people’s attention that year.
Here’s how the list of movies fared in the year according to our analysis:
My story
My Story is a long-form film by the famous director, Malam Aminu Saira, whose name is already making noise, so that it needs no introduction to all Hausa movie watchers.
It is a film with a structured introduction to the story of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’, where from this story a different story will be introduced, which according to the director, this will make the film last longer without a pause because it is not the same story.
In 2020, the movie started with the story of Sumayya, that is Nafisa Abdullahi, who later changed to Fati Washa.
But now the story turns to Alhaji Mainasara that is Sadiq Sani Sadiq, who started from the eighth term, and is now in the 11th term.
It is a story about how Alhaji Mainasara lost his appearance, came out as a poor man to find true love after the hardships he suffered at first, where he met Jamila that is Amina Uba Hassan, and showed her his love.
Then he sent his driver to her under the name of being rich, and she accepted him instead of Mainasara. Meanwhile, my friend, Maryam, that is Fatima Hussaini, agreed to marry him in this way. After marriage everything became clear. But later on, the problem of pregnancy that made Maryam unable to give birth to him made her marry Dr. Asia, that is, Diamond Zahra.
The film brought out female heroes who are now being treated in the industry such as Firdausi Yahaya, Fatima Hussaini, Amina Uba Hassan and others.
Most of the movie releases of the week have more than 1 million viewers.
Senior Women
The movie Big Girls is also not released in 2024, but it continues to attract viewers.
It is a movie that gathers many great actors, which can be said to be rare.
Producer Abdul Amart Maikwashewa prepared and took responsibility, then Sadiq N. Mafia began to give instructions, later Ali Gumzak continued.
The film shows how some women suffer in the homes of their husbands, refugees and other poor women, and how others use their opportunities to abuse them. And on the other side, there are two women namely Laila (Hadiza Gabon) and Nadia that is Aisha Tsamiya who was replaced by Rabiatu Kafur who are trying to reclaim women’s freedom with their group ‘Manyan Mata’, and trying to show the benefits of education for girls.
Now the look has turned to heaven, after a conflict broke out between them.
Almost every big actor in Kannywood is in the movie, including those who have not been seen for a long time.
Now the producer of the program, Abdul Amart, has announced that they are about to complete the filming of the fourth season of the program.
The film’s weekly release averages around 500,000 viewers.
The Royal House
Gidan Sarauta is one of the long-running films of producer Abubakar Bashir Maishadda, which attracts the attention of viewers.
The movie was first released on November 5, 2023, and now it is in its third season, and the actor Umar M. Shareef and the actress Mommee Gombe are filming with the help of Garzali Miko and Aisha Najamu.
Ali Nuhu, Hadizan Saima, Yakubu Mohammad, Rabiu Rikadawa and Abale are all in the movie.
The movie is based on Umar M. Shareef, who appeared as the crown prince and fell in love with a poor girl, Bintu (Momme Gombe) but did not reveal it, because his younger brother had already married her. But then it was realized that there was something between them, which made the younger brother divorce her, and he got married. This made him angry, and he was given the choice of either Bintu or the kingship, where he chose his wife, and endured the kingship.
Later, Garzali also saw the girl of Tafida, that is Badariyya (Firdausi Yahaya) where he fell in love, but he was afraid to get into the situation that his brother was in.
Ali Nuhu directed the film, in which all the actors insisted on bringing out the story of Fes.
Coal
Coal is a movie that was released on August 12, 2024 on YouTube.
A film has been prepared on the challenges faced by women whose husbands have died from relatives and local people.
The heroine of the show, Asma’u, that is Firdausi Yahaya, is suffering from her husband’s family, her brothers and her workplace.
The famous writer Fauziyya D. Suleiman designed the story, and the famous director Yaseen Auwal directed.
The film has captured the attention of the viewers in a short time, especially seeing how the heroine is suffering.
Inject into water
It is a film made about Na’ima, that is Rukky Ali, who is a prostitute, who was found after her mother, that is Firdausi Yahaya, was killed.
Later, men such as Maina aka Yakubu Mohammad, whom she looked up to as her younger brother, Alhaji Hadi aka Sani Danja, Dr Hashim aka Adam A. Zango and Sadiq aka Isa Ferozhkan who had been in love for a long time, all expressed their desire to marry her.
Later it was discovered that she had a lot of property that was left to her.
It was because of her love that Maina revealed that Tijjani Faraga was not her father, so he said there was nothing wrong with marrying her.
The program was sponsored by 2Effects and directed by Yakubu Mohammed. Now the second term is underway.