![]() ![]() He also adapted Bayo Adebowale’s “The Virgin” into a film titled “The Narrow Path.” The award-winning film “Maami” was also adapted from a story by Femi Osofisan. The Lion And The Jewel Video Video / 3gp / mp4 / avi / mp3 for Free. TK as the producer is fondly referred is known for book to film adaptation. He adapted Akinwumi Isola’s “O Le Ku”and “Koseegbe” into movies. For one, the play is more of poetry than prose.” “But when I started to take a closer look at The Lion and the Jewel, trying to break it down, I discovered that it is not as simple as many people think. He said, ‘TK, why not take a look at one of my plays?’ Well, I think he said something like ‘one of the simple plays’. ![]() himself (Soyinka) who inspired me to embark on the project. ![]() It chronicles how Baroka, the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi, the titular Jewel. Speaking to Punch, Kelani revealed that he already has Soyinka’s approval to adapt the book into a film. The Lion and the Jewel is a play by Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka that was first performed in 1959. It will feature Adebayo Salami as Baroka, Ibrahim Chatta as Lakunle, and Ayisat Onitiri as Sidi. The movie which will be titled “Sidi Ilunije,” would be shot in the ancient city of Ibadan and rendered in Yoruba language. Veteran movie producer, Tunde Kelani plans on adapting Wole Soyinka’s Lion and the Jewel into a film.Ĭelebrated producer and director, Tunde Kelani, has started work on the filming of The Lion and the Jewel, one of the popular plays of the Nobel laureate, Prof. ![]()
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