Nollywood actor Obatide Kelvin has blasted his colleague Mide Martins for refusing to give him his share of revenue from her latest movie. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.
Declaring that Mide earned N500 million from the YouTube movie, Obatide revealed that the little N3 million he is asking for shouldn’t be a problem.
His words, “This woman has made N500 million from her movie on YouTube, and it has been confirmed. So we, the association of Omoonile and her supporters that have supported her to a large extent, that it is even conspicuous to the blind, have come to take our N3 million. You have made over N500 million; giving me N3 million isn’t an issue.”
Concurring with him, Debbie Shokoya added that Martins indeed made N500 million and has refused to settle her co-stars.
“I am telling you. She has made over N500 million; quote me anywhere.”
Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.
The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.
Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.
Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.
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