Why I quit banking for acting -Lepa Shandy
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Mrs. Shade Adenike Kazeem, a.k.a. Lepa Shandy
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Mrs. Shade Adenike Kazeem, a.k.a. Lepa Shandy, is a popular actress in the Yoruba home video genre. She tells LANRE FEHINTOLA about her latest movie and her passion for the Nigerian film industry.
WHY did you choose an elaborate occasion for your latest film, Ifihan?
Did you say elaborate? Was it elaborate?
Of course, it was.
Glory be to God Almighty.
Why did you choose to?
I felt that I have come a long way in the theatre industry. If you are sure of what you are doing, you will want to let people know. You want to create that awareness. It is only when you are not sure that you will not want to launch your product. If you launch your product, there is a way in which people will know if it is good or bad. If you know it is not good, you don't dare to do such. If I know the film is not good or I am not sure of what I did, I wouldn't have launched it the way I did. So, it is just to let people know what good thing is coming from my stable.
What is the film all about?
It centres on a lady that goes through hell after the death of her parents and she now has the responsibility to take good care of her ailing brother. She has to take care of him and has to go through so much to the extent that she has to go into something she does not bargain for. While going through this hell, she gets entangled in a kind of love. Not everybody will like to have that kind of love she has at the end of the day. Even before the love comes up, she goes through hell. I want something that if you watch it, you will be able to get something out of it.
How much did you spend in shooting the film?
It cost me millions of naira, but I won't disclose the exact amount.
So, who funded the film?
Ever since I started making my own films, I have always been the executive producer.
I mean how did you get the money?
That is what we call executive producer. The person that funds a film is the executive producer. So, I have been the executive producer of my films. I funded it.
So, you are a millionaire…
(Cuts in) I am not a millionaire o. I am comfortable (laughs).
When is it coming out?
Maybe before the end of the year
Can you mention some of its cast? Continued
Source: Lanre Fehintola
WHY did you choose an elaborate occasion for your latest film, Ifihan?
Did you say elaborate? Was it elaborate?
Of course, it was.
Glory be to God Almighty.
Why did you choose to?
I felt that I have come a long way in the theatre industry. If you are sure of what you are doing, you will want to let people know. You want to create that awareness. It is only when you are not sure that you will not want to launch your product. If you launch your product, there is a way in which people will know if it is good or bad. If you know it is not good, you don't dare to do such. If I know the film is not good or I am not sure of what I did, I wouldn't have launched it the way I did. So, it is just to let people know what good thing is coming from my stable.
What is the film all about?
It centres on a lady that goes through hell after the death of her parents and she now has the responsibility to take good care of her ailing brother. She has to take care of him and has to go through so much to the extent that she has to go into something she does not bargain for. While going through this hell, she gets entangled in a kind of love. Not everybody will like to have that kind of love she has at the end of the day. Even before the love comes up, she goes through hell. I want something that if you watch it, you will be able to get something out of it.
How much did you spend in shooting the film?
It cost me millions of naira, but I won't disclose the exact amount.
So, who funded the film?
Ever since I started making my own films, I have always been the executive producer.
I mean how did you get the money?
That is what we call executive producer. The person that funds a film is the executive producer. So, I have been the executive producer of my films. I funded it.
So, you are a millionaire…
(Cuts in) I am not a millionaire o. I am comfortable (laughs).
When is it coming out?
Maybe before the end of the year
Can you mention some of its cast? Continued
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