People Prefer My Acting To Singing – Sani Danja — Leadership Newspaper

For 15 years the musician cum actor has been in the entertainment industry and has made a mark with endorsement from global brands. Sani Musa Danja can be said to be a Kannywood icon. In this chat with DUSTAN AGHEDO, the father of four speaks on how music paved way for him for his acting career, the need for government to fully support the film industry in Nigeria and other matters

When did you start getting the spotlight?

I actually started with music before going into movies. And I actually love music more than movies but people love me in movies more. I always get calls to come for movie cast. So I am doing this for the people.

How long have you been on the movie scene?

I’ve been here for 15 years now but mostly from the North that is Kannywood. My first movie was also about 14 years ago in Kano titled ‘Madubi’ where I was the executive producer and also acted.  Since then I have done countless movies. For seven years I shot in the Nigerian motion picture, Nollywood,…