•My Movie, ORI, Was The Turning Point In My Career
Talking about a versatile and skilled actor in Nigeria’s movie industry,
star actor, Muyiwa Ademola’s, name will surely pop up.Muyiwa Ademola is an
award-winning Nollywood actor, film-maker, producer, and director. Popularly
known by his fans as Mr Authentic, Muyiwa Ademola is also the brand ambassador
of several companies. He is the CEO of the Authentic School of Drama and Film Production.
Although, Muyiwa was a science student in secondary school, he had always been arts-inclined, because he only thought of ways to be creative. Then, he used to flawlessly sketch and draw without supervision, and he always wanted to write stories for the Nigerian movie industry.
In 1988, he went to meet Shola Ogunshola, also known as Isho pepper with his drama script, but Shola rejected him, with claims that he was too young for the job. After his secondary education, he continued giving his scripts to different people, until he met Charles Olumo,popularly known as Agbako, who eventually gave him his first major contract.
After a while, he met a movie director, S.I Ola, who taught him all he
needed to know about acting and movie production. Following that meeting, he
commenced his acting career officially in 1991. Meanwhile, he produced his first script into a movie, Asise, meaning BLUNDER in 1995.
Since then, Muyiwa Ademola has produced, directed, and featured in several Yoruba Nollywood movie.Some of the other movies he produced in his early days in the industry, include Aderonke, Akinkanju, Iyonu Olorun, Etutu Emi, Alapadupe, Ile and so many more. At a particular point in his career, he had
his major break when he shot a movie entitled: Ogo Osupa in 1997, which
practically shot him to limelight. He has since then produced some classic and evergreen movie till date. About 3 of them which is still a must watch till today. No doubt ,one of them, Ori, was his biggest major sell out. It catapulted his career and relaunched him into hall of fame of intelligent movie producers.
Recently, on his Instagram post, he revealed that he would be premiering 3 of his old classics and he mentioned the major one, Ori (fate). He attested to the fact that Ori was the best of all, the scripts he wrote, “Ori – fate, I am seriously attached to this film and the theme song. 17 years ago and still fresh in my memory”.
In another post, he wrote, “Ori, my career turning point. This film touched my life despite being the writer, the producer and the director. I still watched it like two weeks ago and still knelt down to thank God for giving me the inspiration for this film. So symbolic in my life”.
Ori is an old Yoruba movie, but a very interesting and intriguing one. It is one of Muyiwa Ademola’s best if not the best. Ori was written, directed and produced by him and was released by Muy Authentic Presentations in 2004.
In 2005, ORI (Fate) won the best indigenous film at the maiden edition of Africa Movie Academy Awards(Amaa), in 2008. He was nominated for the 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards for Most Outstanding Indigenous Actor among others and has also been nominated for an award in Zimbabwe, USA and South Africa.
Part of the cast of the movie were Muyiwa Ademola, Saheed Balogun, Fathia Balogun, Chief Lere Paimo, Lanre Hassan, Jide Kosoko, Sola Kosoko, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe, Adebayo Salami, Rasaq Olayiwola, Laja Ogunde and others.
Muyiwa Ademola was born on the 26th of January 1971, to the family of
Rebecca and Isaiah Ademola in Abeokuta, Ogun State.. He had his primary and secondary education at St. David’s High School, Molete, Ibadan. His tertiary education was at the University of Ibadan where he obtained a diploma certificate in Adult Education and Community Development. He lives in Ibadan and happily married with children.
-TAYO FAJORIN OYEDIJI
