(17): Kannywood Movie Review: SABUWAR SANGAYA

Director : Aminu Saira Producer : Mukhtar Young Boy Language : Hausa Year : 2014 Company : Kabugawa Production, Kano Background Only a few of the Kannywood productions, especially in these days, attract the attention of the audience and a fewer are awaited before their release. Sabuwar Sangaya scored both credits. This is however apparently connected to its title affinity with the famous film with a similar title: Sangaya, and whose song of the same name became a landmark success for both the Hausa filmmakers and the film-making industry. The ‘old’ Sangaya was produced by the recently revived studio, Sarauniya Production and directed by Aminu Muhammad Sabo, an erstwhile leading figure in Kannywood. But does this ‘new’ Sangaya satiate the thirst of the audience? Does it meet their expectation? Will it follow the path of its ‘elder brother’? Here is what I think.