Upcoming actor dares film industry players
HARARE BASED upcoming actor Takunda Claude Nyakauru, who is also known as Jedza, says the local lm industry has the potential to go far if actors and directors put their egos aside and form a united front.
Nyakauru, who featured in a lm titled
Pipeline as Boston alongside musician Pamhidzai Tracy Mbirimi, aka Pachihera, said actors and directors have egos, which are affecting the lm industry in Zimbabwe to boost.
“The problem with actors nowadays is that we underestimate each other,” Nyakauru said.
“For example, if you go to another production team they will be underestimating you because you are from another produc
tion team.
“Actors also have egos, for example one might say I am better than the other and this may cause con icts in shooting lms in our industry.”
Nyakauru believes if actors and directors form a united front and put their egos aside the lming industry would be successful.
“I believe if actors and lm directors unite and put their egos aside without nepotism or looking for one’s nancial backgrounds and work with raw talent the lm industry in our country may go far,” he said.
“We have good actors and good locations to shoot our lms but egos and sabotage are a ecting our lming industry.”
Nyakauru said the poor performance of the economy was taking a toll on the lm industry.
“We are struggling to meet the transport costs and even to buy food for our actors and actresses, among others involved in lm production,” he said.
“If promoters and the corporate world intervene our lm industry could be boosted and reach greater heights.”
Nyakauru said he has a lot of projects coming up this year.
“I started acting in 2017 and my rst drama was titled Gasterforest,” he said.
“This year l will be working on a number of projects with Pachihera, starting with
Pipeline a feature lm directed by Melgin Ta renyika which premiered on Good Friday."
He said a project titled Prayers was on the cards and so is a telenovela set to be lmed in August titled Checkmate.