(104): Kannywood Movie Review: MARIYA

Production : Maishadda Investment Ltd. Producer: Abubakar Bashir Maishadda Director : Ali Nuhu Year: 2018 Cast : Maryam Yahaya, Umar M. Shareef, Baba Karkuzu, Musa Maisana’s, Alhassan Kwalle, Jamila Nagudu and others. I keep repeating to the level of monotony, perhaps, that 2018 is a different and challenging year for Kannywood filmmakers. The market is suffocated; some describe it as crashed, others say it is dead. Howsoever it really is, a few brave people still invest in it, producing quite costly films. The movie, Mariya (dir. Ali Nuhu) is a typical example. Moreover, the publicity it received, coupled with the popularity of its songs, heightened expectation in the minds of the audience. I am one of them. I waited, with abetted breath, for the film and, finally, I watched it yesterday. Mariya does not disappoint, even though it fails to meet my high expectation. Perhaps this happened because I am keenly interested in i