Jos born Kannywood actress, Nafisa Abdullahi has described the best Hausa Actress Award she won some years ago in London as an achievement she will never forget in her career. According to her, most of those who participated in the contest came from all African countries but she was chosen as the best Hausa actress in Africa, a record that no Nigerian actress has ever achieved.
Nafisa who is a graduate of Theatre Arts from University of Jos told Neptune Prime’s correspondent, Saleh Inuwa on a telephone interview that this award marks the 16th award that she has so far won since she started acting. About films that made her popular she named some of them as “Guguwar So”, “Sai wata rana” “Dan Marayar Zaki” “’ya daga Allah”, Labarina and “Madubin dubawa” among host of others. Because all in all, she featured in close to 100 films of which most are already in the market.
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“This isn’t the first or second or even the third time I am getting an award, but this African Film Awards is a very special one for me and all those who assisted me to get to where I am today, I am not only grateful to them but I also dedicate this award to them. When I received a phone call from the organizers of the award from London that I should proceed to UK to receive the award, I had to shed tears of joy. I was in London alongside King of Kannywood, Ali Nuhu who contributed a lot to make me what I am today especially when he gave me the lead role in the film Sai Wata rana which has instantly opened many doors of success for me. Ramadan Booth was also at the ceremony because he also won an award. We featured together in a film called Safeenah and that film was one of the films that made me to win the award.”
On whether by winning this international award, she will now start featuring in films especially in Nollywood, Hollywood or Ghallywood, this ebony beautiful star noted that, all along, she developed interest in acting because she used to watch Nollywood films a lot when she was small and when the opportunity came for her to start acting, she decided to start with Kannywood. But now, she has discovered that it is not going to be easy for her to act in Nollywood because as a Muslim, and an indigene of Kano for that matter, she does not want to run into trouble with religious leaders. Our people are so sensitive to anything that contradict Islamic culture that if she is to act in English films, it will definitely put her in trouble.
On her rumoured romance with Adamu A. Zango, and the allegation that they are still planning to get married, Nafisa said it is true she had a very passionate romance with Adam A. Zango in the past and that she still love and respect him but the issue of marriage is no longer there. They are no longer in a relationship and she has since learned to mind her business and stay out of his life, after all, he is happily married and he is also busy pursuing his career and has no time to mix business with pleasure.
Speaking on the challenges she faced since she joined Kannywood and how she overcame them, the screen diva is of the opinion that even though enemies tried hard to ruin her down by even alleging that Adam A. Zango once impregnated her, she has won several awards including best actress from City People Magazine Lagos. And the recent one she was won in London has made her the leading actress in Hausa Film in Africa as such, she has no regret but to thank God for achieving this feet.
Nafisa who is 32-years-old is keen on settling down whenever she come across somebody that both of them love each other passionately, but for now, having graduated in Theatre Arts, she wants to go back to University to obtain a degree in Journalism or Mass Communication, because she wants to be a Television Personality either as a reporter or newscaster. She said she likes Journalism more than she can describe and it is her desire to one day be even a part time reporter or newscaster.
Speaking on how some of her pictures that she appeared half naked appeared in the social media three years ago, Nafisa laughed and hinted that this is part of lets run down Nafisa Abdullahi’s Project. According to her, the pictures were not fake, they were real and she took them when she marked her birthday in Kaduna, at NUT Guest House to be precise. On how it got its way to the social media, she said she didn’t know because all those that attended the party where personally invited by her and she went with her own camera and took most of the photographs. In any case, we are in a computer era somebody must have taken the pictures with his phone and post them in the social media, thank God I was wearing a short nicker and not half naked as reported, she said.
On her future plans, the best Africa Hausa Award winner want to first register her deepest appreciation to many people in Kannywood like Nazifi Asnanic, Aminu Saira, Adam A. Zango, King Ali Nuhu and many other male and female actresses that she is living peacefully with them in Kannywood. So far, she will remain in Kannywood until she gets married, after her marriage, she will want to be either a part time newscaster, a reporter, or columnist with a popular television house or newspaper, and she will also be part of Kannywood for life because Kannywood made her what she is, she also want to thank her late mother for her support.
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