Kunle Afolayan

**Kunle Afolayan** (listen ⓘ ) (an haife shi 30 Satumba 1975) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Najeriya, furodusa kuma darakta.  Ana yaba masa sosai don haɓaka ingancin fina-finan Nollywood ta hanyar kasafin kuɗi mai yawa, harbi akan 35mm, fitowa a silima, da haɓaka cliché na labarun Nollywood.  Bayan ya fara harkar fim a matsayin ɗan wasa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na siyasa na 1999 *[[Saworoide]]*, Afolayan ya fara fitowa a matsayin darakta a 2006 tare da *[[Irapada]]*, ɗan Najeriya mai ban mamaki, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Afirka Movie Academy Award for Best Film in African Language . Ƙididdigar jagorancin sa na biyo baya sun hada da *[[Figurine]]*, *[[Phone Swap|Swap Phone]]*, *[[October 1 (fim)|Oktoba 1]] ,* da *[[Citation (fim)|Citation]] .* *1 ga Oktoba* ita ce ta lashe kyautar manyan fina-finan Afirka 16 a shekarar 2015 kuma shi ne na biyu mafi girma a fina-finan Najeriya da ya samu kudin shiga a gidajen sinima na Najeriya a lokacin da aka fitar da shi, abin da Afolayan ya sake yi bayan shekara biyu tare da *The CEO* . A cikin 2021, darektan ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar hoto uku tare da Netflix.  ''Swallow'', fasalin allo na littafin Sefi Atta mai suna iri ɗaya shine farkon wanda aka saki a cikin Oktoba 2021, sannan *[[Aníkúlápó]] ,* wani almara na fantasy na Najeriya da aka saki a cikin Satumba 2022. Afolayan ya bayyana aikin a matsayin " Wasan Al'adu da aka sake yin a Najeriya amma tare da kyakkyawan wakilcin al'adunmu"  Kwanaki goma sha ɗaya bayan fitowar sa, shine # 1 mafi kyawun kallo wanda ba Ingilishi ba na asali na Netflix. 

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
Afolayan dan kabilar Igbomina ne – Yarbawa, daga jihar Kwara .    Dan gidan wasan kwaikwayo ne kuma daraktan fina-finai Ade Love . Ya yi karatu a fannin tattalin arziki kuma ya fara aiki a banki yayin da yake yin wasu abubuwa na yau da kullun, kafin ya yanke shawarar matsawa zuwa yin fim na cikakken lokaci kuma ya ɗauki kwas a Kwalejin Fina-finai ta New York .  Tun shekarar 2005 ya fara aiki a masana'antar fina-finan Najeriya . Ya yi fina-finai da dama da suka hada da: *[[Figurine|Figurine: Araromire]]* wanda ya kasance cikin harsunan Yarbanci da Ingilishi da *[[Phone Swap|Swap na Waya]]* wanda ya fito da Wale Ojo, Joke Silva, Nse Ikpe Etim da Chika Okpala . *Figurine* ta lashe manyan kyautuka guda biyar a Kwalejin Fina-Finai ta Afirka kuma ta yi nasara a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na Najeriya.

Afolayan ya fito a bikin fina-finai na Subversive a 2011 inda ya wakilci masana'antar fina-finan Najeriya  tare da abokin aikinsa Zeb Ejiro. A cikin Mayu 2013, *Phone Swap* ya fara farawa a Faransa a bugu na farko na NollywoodWeek Paris kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta Zaɓin Jama'a.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Afolayan ya auri Tolu a shekarar 2007, kuma suna da ‘ya’ya hudu.  Auren su ya ƙare a 2019.  Ya bayyana a matsayin mai tunani mai 'yanci . 

## Hotunan Tasirin Zinariya
Afolayan shi ne Shugaba na Golden Effects Pictures, wani kamfanin shirya fina-finai da shirya fina-finai na Najeriya da aka kafa a shekarar 2005.    Fina-finan na kamfanin sun hada da *[[Irapada]]*, *Figurine*, *[[Phone Swap|Swap Phone]]*,  *1 Oktoba*, Roti, *Omugwo*, *Kotun Koli*, *Shugaba* da *[[Mokalik]]* . 

## Netflix yarjejeniyar
Mai yin fim ya kulla yarjejeniya da Netflix a cikin 2021 don yin fina-finai guda uku, gami da daidaita allo na littafin ''Swallow'' na Sefi Atta. Shi da marubucin ne suka rubuta rubutun wanda aka ruwaito yana da juzu'i daga ainihin labarin. Fim din ya shafi wata mata da ta fara tunanin shiga fataucin miyagun kwayoyi a Legas a tsakiyar shekarun 80s. 

Fim ɗinsa na 2022 *[[Aníkúlápó|Anikulapo]]* shine fim ɗin da aka fi zaɓa a 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, tare da nods 16. 

## Rigima
A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 2015, Afolayan ya wallafa wani sako a shafinsa na twitter wanda ke nuna cewa kabilar Igbo ne suka fi yawa a take hakkin mallaka a Najeriya. Kokarin da magoya bayansa suka yi masa ya sa Afolayan ya nemi gafara da kuma bayanin cewa ya damu da satar fina-finansa, musamman barazanar yiwuwar fitar da kwafin da ba shi da lasisi a *[[October 1 (fim)|ranar 1 ga Oktoba]]*, fim dinsa na baya-bayan nan a lokacin.   Ba da daɗewa ba bayan fashewar sa, kwafin *1 ga Oktoba* da aka yi fashin ya bugi kasuwa a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 2015.

A wata hira da aka yi da mujallar Cable, an ambato  Afolayan yana cewa ba ya kallon fina-finan Najeriya da yawa; *“Maganar gaskiya, da kyar nake kallonsu domin ina sha’awar kallon fina-finan da za su kalubalance ni kuma su canza ra’ayi na game da wasu abubuwa.* *”* kuma hakan ya sa ya samu amsa masu zafi daga masoya da wasu abokan aikinsa a masana’antar fina-finan Najeriya.  Kwanaki bayan wannan labari ya balle, Afolayan ya yada wani bidiyo a shafukan sada zumunta inda ya bayyana cewa an dauke shi daga cikin mahallin sannan kuma ya yi kokarin daidaita tarihin 

## Filmography

## Kyaututtuka da zaɓe

## Duba kuma

* Jerin mutanen Yarbawa
* Jerin masu shirya fina-finan Najeriya

## Nassoshi