Entertainment
Home Video Dealers Decry Poor Sales
Gone are the days when home video dancers enjoyed a thriving business as a result of public patronage. Today, most of them have closed their shops due to poor sales. While some of them have found alternative means of survival, others have joined the labour market.
According to one of the dealers, Mr. Ignatius Okon, who spoke with The Tide entertainment recently, when he started his business 10 years ago, things were moving well and he earned a decent living with his family, but today he could hardly feed his family due to bad business.
Mr. Okon attributed his plight to the advent of cable televisions that show those movies. He noted that even the big marketers of these movies sell newly released movies to ‘You Tube’ on the net a day after the release of such movies in Idumeta.
For instance HITV as a pay TV has the consideration of all sexes in mind and they have adequately taken care of all the kids with an array of kiddies channels such as Nickledon, Kidsco among others while top range of Hollywood and Nollywood movies are being shown in Hi movies, Hi Nolly and High mix respectively.
He stressed that people now prefer to watch these movies on the net instead of patronising. He said the development has affected them negatively and has contributed to the increase in unemployment rate across the country. He, therefore, appealed to the relevant authorities to come to their aid by finding a lasting solution to their plight.
Meanwhile, movie buffs are crazy about two movies in the market namely, Soul Transfer 1 and 2 and Sorrow of the ‘Orphan’.
Soul Transfer is about Genger and Muzinda who believe and see their husband master as their god but never know that their souls were tied to each other.
The flick features top Nollywood role interpreters such as Van Vika, Chika Ike and Mercy Johnson. Produced by Onyekachukwu Afube and directed by Ifeanyi Ogbonna.
‘Sorrows of the orphan’ on the other hand is a story of love, bliss and affection, but in one night everything changed, she lost her parents, their wealth, her peace and dignity to a gang of dare devil criminals, turning her into a lonely orphan, feeding on nothing but tears and sorrow.
The movie produced by Onyemachi Udeh features seasoned Nollywood actors namely Ngozi Ezeonu, Olu Jacobs etc.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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