Sídí Ìlújinlẹ is a comedy film and a confluence of poetry and prose. Lakunle is portrayed as the civilized antithesis of Baroka and unilaterally attempts to modernize his community and change its social conventions for no reason other than the fact that he can. It chronicles how Baroka, the lion, fights with the modern Lakunle over the right to marry Sidi, the titular Jewel. The Lion and the Jewel was first performed in 1959.
While his last feature “Dazzling Mirage” was in English and an exploration of the sickle cell disease, Tunde is now focusing on cultural stories and he is continuing with an adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s “A Lion and the Jewel,” now titled “ Sídí Ìlújinl ẹ” In more than 20 years of his career, Tunde has produced works of culture, primarily using the Yoruba language as the language of communication. The Virgin, which became The Narrow Path while Maami was also adapted from a story by Femi Osofisan.There are film directors that have dedicated their careers to preserving culture through the art they make, and a director that sticks to that is Tunde Kelani. Among his other exploits, he turned Akinwumi Isola's novels, O Le Ku and Koseegbe, into successful movies. According to him, it is going to give viewers a memorable treat.Īpart from his mastery of the film and camera culture, Kelani's romance with the written text has, over the years, strengthened his films and given them identity. For one, the play is more of poetry than prose."īut TK notes that it has, so far, been a very interesting experience. 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. He says he has received Soyinka's nod on the project. This is part of what informed the cast of Sidi Ilujinle, where Adebayo Salami is playing the character, Baroka Ibrahim Chatta, Lakunle and Crown Troupe-trained Ayisat Onitiri playing Sidi. In a chat with our correspondent, the producer popularly called TK says he aims to present a movie that will be entertaining, culturally rich and at the same time educative. The movie, to be shot in Ibadan, will see Kelani go back to the down-to-earth indigenous language tradition he started with, as the movie, titled Sidi Ilujinle, will be rendered in Yoruba language. Award-winning producer, Tunde Kelani, speaks on his plan to adapt Wole Soyinka's Lion and the Jewel into a film, AKEEM LASISI writesĬelebrated 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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