Okunnu Alleges Olasco Films Never Paid Him For Hit Movie Aare

<p>Okunnu Alleges Olasco Films Never Paid Him For Hit Movie Aare<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that veteran Nollywood comic actor Wale Akorede Okunnu&comma; widely known as Okunnu&comma; has publicly accused Olasco Films of refusing to pay him for a film project he claims he single-handedly created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor made the allegation during a recent interview with media personality Olugbenga Oropo Valentine on the Saworo show&period; A clip of the conversation has since gone viral&comma; drawing attention to what Okunnu describes as years of financial neglect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Okunnu revealed that the disagreement stretches back several years and remains unresolved&comma; despite his repeated attempts to address the matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the film performed well commercially&comma; yet he never received any form of payment from the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He expressed the depth of his disappointment&comma; emphasizing that the earnings were the product of his own hard work and personal investment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I once did a movie for Olasco and he didn’t give me anything&period; Not even ₦5 for pure water till this moment&period; I don’t know if I will later be paid on judgement day&period; I haven’t forgiven Olasco&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Okunnu also identified the individual running the marketing company as Akeem Balogun&comma; reiterating that the issue continues to trouble him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mr Akeem Balogun Olasco&comma; I don’t know about tomorrow&comma; but as at the moment&comma; I haven’t<br &sol;>&NewLine;forgiven Olasco&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the interview&comma; he gave more details about the project&comma; a film titled Aare&comma; which he said was released in two parts simultaneously&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Okunnu&comma; he handled every aspect of the film’s creation from writing and directing to playing the lead role&period; Yet despite the project’s success&comma; he claims he received no payment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I wrote a movie&comma; Aare&period; I directed it and played the lead role&period; Both part one and part two were released at the same time&period; I didn’t see a dime from it&period; I will be lying if I say Olasco gave me anything from the money made from my sweat&comma;” he stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor’s revelations have reignited discussions about longstanding challenges in Nollywood&comma; including unclear contracts&comma; revenue sharing disputes&comma; and the treatment of creatives by marketers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Observers note that such conflicts were particularly common in the era dominated by physical film distribution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of now&comma; neither Olasco Films nor Akeem Balogun has publicly responded to this particular Okunnu’s claims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the veteran actor seems determined to document his experience and highlight what he perceives as a serious injustice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;