[size=14pt]Funke and I are back together–Saidi Balogun [/size]
By SAMUEL OLATUNJI

Sunday, November 28, 2010
Just before Funke Adesiyan’s interview in last week paper hit newsstand, she called us to say she has made up with Saidi Balogun. She wanted us to pull the interview but it was a little too late. She extol the good virtues of Saidi and told us he’s a good man. she wanted another interview but we declined insisting on speaking with Saidi. he called us and the conversation below ensued. its a ‘part two’ of a romantic comedy.



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Saidi Balogun



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When are you releasing Eti Keta?

Eti Keta will be showing first at cinemas across Nigeria and afterwards, it will be released on CD.

When will it go to the cinemas and which cinemas ?

I won’t mention names of cinemas but all standard cinemas will be featuring it because Eti Keta is a standard movie. It will start showing from December. We are concluding the arrangements.

Have you finished shooting Eti Keta?

Totally. We are done, we are happy with it now.

Do you think this film is better than ModupeTemi?

Yes, every good producer aims higher. Look at the people making cars, they give you a better model as they grow.This is better than Modupe Temi or Gbogbo Ere.

So what makes it different from the other two?

The quality of the film is good and it’s standard. The storyline is for today’s people. There are certain things you do and you may not know it’s not good or you may think you are doing it for revenge or anything. That is not good. You must watch things you do, things you say, how, when, and where so that people don’t misquote you. The good and bad things the third party must not know.

So what is the storyline of Eti Keta?

You should watch it.

Who are the guys in Eti Keta?

A lot of guys and gals including Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Eniola Olaniyan, Jide Kosoko, Baba Wande, Sunkanmi Omobolanle, myself, Sola Kosoko, Deji, Safi who sang love me jeje love me tender, Kunle Aford, Femi Ogedengbe, and Kola Olaiya. It was directed by Daniel Ademinokan and myself . Funke Adeshiyan is there too and she played the lead role.

Can we confidently say this is the biggest film ever?

I will say yes and no. Yes, in the sense that for now it’s my biggest. The one I’m going to do after this will be bigger and it’s going to be premiered in the UK. In Dublin, the premiering is in January. We’re planning to premiere it in the UK in December too and in the US in February.

Have you spoken to the cinemas and have they agreed to run it?

They will love it by the standard of what they’ve watched. If you saw the promo, you will know what we are talking about. It’s now left for the audience to watch and accept it but as for professionalism, a lot of producers have watched it and told me “you’ve done a fantastic job”.

After Eti Keta, what’s next?

I have a lot of projects lined-up. After Eti Keta we have One Cap, You and I, and The Rider . I’m going to work harder ,because Remi Adikwu said “my boy if you want to do things, do it better than this because this is of high quality”. I’m a creative person, so I have too many things on my neck now, entertainment wise to be distracted, because we have to recoup all the money we spent.

Are you still singing?

I’m an entertainer, why not? Do you have money to spray here, and I will start singing for you, (laughs).

Would you release Dupe Temi and Gbogbo Ere into the market?

where is the "funke" part in the shashambolic interview you posted ? 

and the guy looks like a transvestite in dat pinshure

He actually looks better in real life. I don't know why journalists don't like to photoshop his picture.

Yeah, u are right. He does look better in real life. This picture didnt do him justice.

the two interviews no correlate with each other o