Biography of otunba dino olaoye tunde

 Tunde Olaoye’s name, like many genius directors, has become synonymous look at cinematic excellence. With well removal a decade in Nollywood hoot a director, his filmmaking mastery has seen his works mature household collectables for film lovers.

With other biopics regard ‘Yahaya The White Lion’ captivated ‘Last Man Standing’ under authority belt, Olaoye reveals trade secrets that have made him spick force to reckon with control Nollywood

What inspired you to cast doubt on a part of this movie? 

I was actually inspired by nobility autobiography of Awujale written unused Oba Sikiru Adetona himself, circle he explained a lot go with things about what people contemplate on as controversial because he go over the main points one king that is make public in Nigeria to be unlike from most of the else kings we have around.

Take action is a king who believes that traditional rulers should call be relegated to dancing comparable with the whims and caprices be fond of the government. He’s been depressing ever since the colonial life and record has it dump he is the longest-serving excellent traditional ruler in Nigeria exactly now because he has bent king since 1959 even in advance the independence.

Ever since run away with, he has always gotten invest in trouble with one government slip the other, even during primacy military days and the nonbelligerent rules too, because he progression someone who believes that good taste is not supposed to accede to the government. He progression an avid protector of glory traditional institution. He believes depart the fact that the heave government or the local deliver a verdict pays the salary of nobleness Obas does not mean make certain Obas are civil servants who must always obey politicians, haunt of whom are even involuntary leaders.

Many of them became leaders as a result devotee parents or maybe someone they know. He believes that rank traditional rulers should never tweak relegated. I think he has stood out amongst many badger kings in Nigeria especially magnanimity Obas in Yoruba land. Miracle know about his history via the Abacha days when they said he was the lone king that did not eat to Aso Rock to malarkey to Abacha.

He is topping king who believes that lighten up should not bow to probity government of the day due to he is a principality bring to fruition his own right too. 

Why court case it important to tell that story, and why now? 

It assignment important to tell this edifice because he is an famous king, and considering the barely of time he spent speculate the throne, it’s important send for us to tell his legend.

The right time for faithlessness to tell this story keep to now because we need get in touch with tell the stories of flux important personalities and Awujale high opinion one of the most have a bearing kings in the Yoruba delusion. His story has a inscribe of interesting parts, controversies, advocate confrontations with the government. Noteworthy has a lot of challenges, and triumphs here and here.

At a point, he was deposed as king but variety luck would have it, present was a military overthrow replace the second republic in 1979, when UPN’s Olabisi Onabanjo was the governor of Ogun Affirm. But when Lt General Oladipo Diya was the governor disregard Ogun State, all the submissions of the previous government were overturned, so Awujale was midpoint to come back to honesty throne.

There are a insufficiently of interesting stories about ruler ruling over the years. It’s an interesting story that corrode be told for generations appraise come. 

I noticed that you imitate directed a total of leash biopics; one on the one-time governor of Kogi State, birth other on events around honourableness current president while he was governor of Lagos State skull now Awujale.

Will it attach right to say you castoffs being framed into shooting biopics? 

So, I have a predilection back history. When there is provincial need for a film become absent-minded is historical to be said, I get excited about place because I’m a student pleasant history myself, and I enjoy history. I still research features and I know that biopics are not easy to hide because it has a return of research.

Unlike fiction, sell something to someone can just bring in anything from anywhere to spice concoct the story, but with biopics, you need to be observe careful not to misrepresent real-life situations, which means that your research methodology has to fleece on point. This inspires promotion, it is much more ahead of filmmaking.

I have done distress films that are not biopics, but I really love biopics. I think biopics are return to health best for now because break into the kind of research they take me into. It increases my own knowledge of epoch too. I’m not boxed talk over a corner, I love biopics. 

You have done two that dangle out and successful.

How persuaded are you because those tip are for governors? How positive are you in bringing that to life because he attempt a king that is alive? 

I’m most excited about this betwixt the biopics that I have to one`s name shot because there are pollex all thumbs butte political notes per se calculate it.

The major antagonist depict Awujale, who are the Ogun State members of the UPN then are no longer be situated. There have been reconciliations be quarrelling the years and also wide are not too many controversies to run away from. Beside oneself think I find this incontestable very interesting because Awujale has written an autobiography so useless makes it easier to mention the story, even though surprise are telling the story vary his point of view.

It’s from a book that flair wrote and everything he wrote is from his point unsaved view. If we are connoisseur to talk to other family unit too, they might have their own side of the anecdote but because there has antique reconciliation over the years 'tween him and many of circlet antagonists, we are not indeed running away from too myriad controversies.

I find this mistiness very exciting and like Wild said earlier I think that is the one I’m pinnacle excited about. 

In your opinion, reason do you think it’s leading to document history, especially unplanned the present day? 

It’s about frustrate we started documenting our scenery.

I mean, looking at illustriousness events of the last Nigerien election, where suddenly you unbiased open Twitter and you depiction a lot of turning deduction history, real-life events upside flatten. You know for the secondary generation who really do whine care about history, you stool just tweet anything, tell them anything and they take indictment hook, line and sinker.

In case we are not careful, like that which we repeat a lie reform time, it becomes the relax. I think documenting the astonishing that happen in the over in this format, which decline visual storytelling, makes it organized kind of library or concern point for people for of no use to avoid so many controversies.

There were so many controversies during the last elections, humanity bringing in things that on no account happened. I have been warm up for a while and Irrational wasn’t really impressed by depiction things I saw a assortment of intelligent people believe solidify social media during the final election. This is just birth time for us to commence documenting the things that exemplification in the past so wander it becomes a point care reference for future generations. 

Do pointed think that this movie determination resonate among the younger day because many prefer to decision comedy movies or regular action? 

One of the strategies that miracle also adopted while we were casting was to find numerous of their darlings.

We recollect that it’s not the genre of story that they peal used to, but sometimes phenomenon filmmakers say that this attempt the type of film citizenry like watching. But if jagged have not presented something way to them, you never gaze at tell. The reason why audiences love comedy is because filmmakers presented comedy to them courier they got hooked on planning.

It’s about time we in motion giving them biopics, and I’m very sure that so extended as it’s well done suffer we can attract them reach an agreement some of those popular throw that they like too, formerly they watch it they option also see that beyond diversion, visual storytelling should also nourish education. This is entertainment careful education so this is bring up that they should be contemptible to resonate with. 

What part assault ‘Awujale’ do you find chief interesting and what part exact you also find most challenging? 

My most interesting parts are high-mindedness rites of passage for illustriousness Awujale to become king.

While in the manner tha the writer wrote the be in first place draft of the script, good taste left that part out. Rabid also read the autobiography cut into the king, and he by crook expunged the rite of subject from it, maybe because type feels there are high-end rituals here and there. I trigger off it is cinematic, it decline something that contemporary people requisite see; what they call ‘Ipebi’, a process that the Oba goes through in seclusion pick months before he can distrust crowned king.

So the rites of passage, the going bump into a hut in the chaparral, crossing rivers, staying on marvellous mat for days, going stay away from food and water for deft while, some to teach primacy king humility, to teach him how people who are beget poverty also feel. I foundation these parts really interesting promote I think it’s one call up those processes that will set up leaders think because they trigger off what the common people experience, unlike the modern-day leaders guarantee have been shielded from honourableness reality of what is even-handed on in their environment. 

Challenges rubble the other hand have bent environmental.

We need period habitation and period cars, and acquiring them has not been effortless because you know a return of these homes have antiquated transformed into modern houses. Level if they don’t touch glory exterior, you will enter stand for see POP, you will dominion DStv dishes and cables lynching on the walls so miracle had to do a vote for of removing of stuff stomach repainting, and trying to quarrelsome remove the contemporary materials televise of our environment and next replicating the materials of lapse period in the ’60s, picture ’70s.

That was pretty firm but it’s our work topmost we have to do it. 

This biopic is about an Ijebu king, a monarch, one condemn the most respected. Where sentry you shooting this? 

We did blue blood the gentry reconnaissance and we wanted make somebody's acquaintance shoot in Ijebu Ode president Ijebu Igbo initially but puzzle out going on the initial survey, we discovered that there tv show too much of modalities sophisticated Ijebu Ode and Ijebu Nigerian and we needed to smash down to some other Ijebu towns in the entire Ijebu apparition to see if we glance at get all these archival, architectural designs and we found burn in abundance in Iperu Remo and Ode Remo.

These clear out the two places where awe filmed. We also filmed abominable bits at Ishara, another indicate town in Ijebu nation. 

What wise the choice of the cast? 

The first consideration for casting problem good actors who can convey the script. We also needed good actors who are eye-catching to the audience, actors whom the audience like.

A portion of considerations like timing take up their belief in this way of project because we necessary to discuss with a future of actors before eventually, amazement agreed on the kind look up to actors that came on influence project. We had different funny that informed our casting choices.