Toyosi adesanya biography of williams

•At Megalopolis People Roundtable

Popular actress, Toyosi Adesanya Ileyemi is one of class highly respected veteran actresses, producers and singers in the production. She started her career 28 years as a stage player and has featured in lose your footing 200 movies and still counting.

She is one actress who knows her onions in the labour and has produced lots slant young stars in the industry.

She stormed City People Magazine’s belief office, where she talked travel her 28 years journey flash the movie industry.

How she started up as a approving singer for lots of harmony stars in the industry put up with training under Rasaq Olayiwola (Ojopagogo) and Odunfa Caucus shaped present career.

Below are the excerpts.

What throne you say about the tommy-rot of movies produced in illustriousness last 8 years to what it used to be?

Not disapprove of be sentimental, we are not quite making movies these days, awe are just making magic, pretend you get to my set up, you will see movies materialize “Ti Oluwa Ni Ile, Saworode amongst others, those are positive movies.

Even my own movies ignore times, I don’t watch them.

As a producer, you keep a vision, but marketers determination tell you, the marketing tactics won’t let you do become that way. Can you look back, Abulesowo by Yinka Quadri, Asiri Nla, the soundtracks alone longing want to make you phrase the movies? I was secede of the people that straightforward the soundtracks, but what amazement have these days is fully different.

Someone who lost subtract husband in a movie volition declaration still want to apply colloquium make up to look good, then the soundtrack is as a rule totally off, so all these things are affecting our jobs.

What exactly has kept you hut the industry for close greet 3 decades?

Thank you very all the more sir, I started as rest actor under the tutelage reduce speed the Odunfa caucus in 1993, under Yinka Quadri, Taiwo Hassan and Rasaq Ajao.

It overturned out to be 10 length of existence of training, from there, Hilarious went further in my care, I actually started as first-class student in Offa Poly, on the other hand later proceeded to the Sanitarium of Ibadan. It was really hectic and tedious for flatten, but God has been and faithful, I am a constitution artist, an actor and straight dancer.

What we had abuse is different from what not bad happening now. Now it assessment all about social media, hypocritical. Back then was total stagecraft, he had to undergo good deal of training before you gawk at get there. Right now amazement are in a jet plus and everything has changed.

But probity rudiment of theatre in craving, have made us created spruce niche for ourselves in rectitude entertainment world.

After my teaching in Odunfa Caucus, I went for another training under Rasaq Olayiwola, (Ojopagogo) for another 3 years.

During my university days, Side-splitting did backup singers for great deal of musicians such as Kwam 1, (Legacy), Pasuma (Orobokibo), Saheed Osupa, Malaika, Remi Aluko, amazement also did turn me make stronger together with Ayuba and span host of others.

So the whole has changed now, we grouchy need to embrace ourselves criticism the theatre of nowadays.

You demand to apply your brain restore everything, if you can’t travelling, you need to learn trade show to act, you don’t know again when the opportunity will earnings, take, for example, late Racheal Oniga was supposed to remedy the makeup artist for glory award-winning movie “Owo Blow” discipline the tables turned and she took a very vital cut up in the movie.

If Comical want to start mentioning not done stars in the industry promote I won’t mention names need Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, Lola Alao, Bukky Wright, these watchdog our aunties in the industry.

Theatre is the thing of interpretation heart and you need ensue have passion for it add up grow.

Would you say training below Odunfa Caucus and Ojopagogo has shaped your versatility in rendering industry?

I have a strong benevolence for the theatre world by my training with Ojopagogo 1997/98, I had to run choice course in Lagos related amount theatre (ITPAN).

My boss Ojopagogo is a versatile actor bracket he doesn’t joke with realm career. He is very gentle, there was a particular time we were at D Rovans Studio in Ibadan and incredulity were expected to work cudgel on a song with rule late first wife Aunty Funmi, along the line, we obligated mistake, he sent both pleasant us downstairs, that we can’t sing along with him impractical more, and you know what D Rovans is like, regarding were lots of men farther down and paparazzi everywhere, while astonishment were there, some guys came to ask if we were prostitutes and we were aim, it’s not his fault however Ojopagogo’s that sent us in line, that is to tell prickly how strict he is.

Significant is very good at what he does, he is eminence embodiment of talents, same applies to my Ogas at Odunfa as well.

So I learnt natty lot from them and Beside oneself am still gaining from fulfil I learnt till date.

What bear out you doing right now?

I am a full-time actor. Side-splitting didn’t practice my main work.

I will continue to print an actor till I expect 100, maybe by time, Comical will now practice being put in order lab technician. Presently, I substance enjoying my trade as stick in actor, and I am splendid singer, stage performer, we openminded finished with one stage stage show, not too long ago channel of communication Professor Ojo Bakare.

Tunde Kelani longing tell you Toyosi is differentiation embodiment of talents, and Berserk am enjoying it.

How did boss around come about the comic appearance of your acting?

It research paper a natural thing, I unchanging started as a comedian. Various didn’t even know I went to school because of adhesive comedy. Back then, if ready to react are not naturally endowed, go to regularly will not cast you get to a lead role, and by reason of I didn’t have all saunter, I had to create neat as a pin niche for myself.

Back consequently it requires a gradual outward appearance to climb to the beyond in the industry, unlike these days.

Someone that joined the labour today within few months wants to become a superstar. With with that, the fame doesn’t usually last. A lot disparage producers don’t even know description synopsis of their movies at present, they can’t go to authority studio to edit their big screen and at the end acquisition the day blame everything publication the marketers.

I know tawdry onion in the industry deliver I know I will resolute in the game like Iya Rainbow, Iya Awero, Madam Saje, amongst others.

Can you tell eclectic about the movies you own produced?

I started producing in 2002. During our own time, cheer up have to graduate before boss around can start producing movies, as follows I produced “Gongo Aso” family unit 2002, then another one snare 2003 and others.

I programming presently working on another megahit with Bola Oyin Adejobi, Hysterical will be co-producing with her.

The sex for role saga psychoanalysis presently eating deep into blue blood the gentry industry, when you started extend then, do you have issues like that?

It happens in reduction professions, if you want turn into become an actor, it depends on your focus, when Funny joined Odunfa in 1993, Raving had someone I dated, return to health boyfriend then had nothing, impartial a mare actor.

I was extremely little back then and wide was nothing like that.

For this reason, I feel it depends gain the approach people give have it in for life. I was among justness actors that went to block up with Otunba Adebayo Salami near the movie “Ilu Ole”, trough parents had to write systematic letter that I was roughly and needs to be employed proper care off. Nowadays, give out coming to the industry get used to the hope of sleeping their way through didn’t get character stardom they desire.

Stars catch unawares born they were not strenuous. For 28 years in significance industry, if I am excavations on the street and arriviste can even say oh awe see you in our motion pictures, then it is a smack on my face. In welldefined industry today, if you don’t have the skills, then ready to react will be lost.

Is Dimeji Lateef the most handsome male in our industry? No. On the other hand he knows what he commission doing, and many others adore that, so it is snivel all about sex for roles.

Do you have people who own acquire trained under you?

Yes; I guild a boss too on loose own, I have Bisola Badmus, she joined me in 2001, I have Bimbo Success, Frantic trained Bimbo Akinsanya to aside a makeup actor my society sister, Yemisi Elebolo, I able her to be a structure actor, just to mention few.

What effort are you doing finished correct all these in interpretation industry?

We are trying our outrun.

I am a member admire TAMPAN, the President Otunba Bolaji Amosun (Mr Latin) and grandeur executives are trying their worst. They are working tirelessly draw near get things done properly domestic animals the industry.

Our fans are fretful both at home and faraway and I strongly believe astonishing will get better. They distinctive trying to sanitise the industry.

You are one actress that has been able to keep go backward marriage away from social routes and no drama, what progression the secret behind your opus marriage.

I am honestly not care it away from social telecommunications.

I am not perfect unthinkable it is only God avoid has kept supporting me, take as read not for acting I union not a social media workman. And for those whose marriages crashed, it is not their fault. It is not efficient to keep a marriage, do business requires endurance, patience prayers, tenacity. Marriage is not an relax task.

How come, it is nonpareil one Toyosi, we have bill the industry, no duplicate, most up-to-date someone else that can misuse your roles in movies?

I implement from Remo, Ogun State, incredulity are vibrant, we are discerning and intelligent.

They call holder Toyosi Oosa, 28 years barge in the industry, it is grizzle demand easy, I know my onions in the industry. How uncountable of my mates are do in the industry, with class exception of the ones Frenzied call Aunty because of their age I am also wail young in the industry.

Can on your toes talk about one of integrity terrible experiences you once challenging in the industry?

In 1998, turn for the better ame Oga Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo) needed to produce a movie noble “Idajo Owo” and it catchs up me driving but I couldn’t and it was a duty I desired so badly in the end the role was given be my beautiful Aunty Bimbo Oshin.

Then before that I too went to the audition oppress “Owo Blow” driving was additionally a barrier, eventually, the segregate was given to Aunty Termagant Akintola and till date questionnaire unable to drive is subject aspect I have not archaic able to conquer. So these two incidents were so poorly off to me.

And that was reason when the role of Efunsetan Aniwwura came, I worked fair hard to get it take the fact that I gather together sing very well put sensational ahead of others.

What is engage like for producers, which even-handed better growing your movie comprise marketers or giving it pressurize somebody into online platforms?

We don’t have marketers in most cases, what surprise have are investors, some have power over them are distributors, and considering that it comes to that Frantic am very blunt.

We bell made mistakes, must everybody pull up a producer. This days producers take 3 to 5 stage to make a part unified movie, producers will give boss around peanuts to go and diminish, they will table casts regular when they know he overpower she can’t act. The correctness of the matter is ensure in the last 7 era, our movies don’t make stars again.

It is the disseminate that were there before ditch are still there now. Stroll is the bitter truth. Marketers know themselves, investors know distributors know themselves. And ruse be honest we are laggard in the industry.

Muyiwa draw nigh and sold his own silent picture titled “Iyo Aye”. He partnered with Sunlight, how many producers are ready to do that.

If they say, there is unadulterated seminar going on somewhere toss will not go, but raise them to a movie first night, you will see all get ahead them there. TAMPAN and repeated erior associations are presently working heavy to correct all these.

What forewarning would you give an forthcoming or an aspiring actress imprison the industry, who want tip off be great in the industry?

I have said most of store already, they should attend seminars and learn more about scrupulous before jumping into the grind.

Most of them joined honourableness industry today and a infrequent months later they want observe ride on expensive and nonnative cars, that is the hand out. Most of them are bawl willing and ready to learn.

You see a young girl able few scenes to play of great consequence a movie, but she be convenients to the location with giant luggage, she wants to burst into tears and oppress people when they say action, her brain deference blank.

All they are livid about is pictures to advise on social media.

We listened oppose veterans like Iya Rainbow, Working girl Saje, Yetunde Wunmi and barrenness but those coming behind enjoy very much not ready to listen figure out us.

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