Saidi Balogun is a debtor!

Actor and film maker Saidi Balogun is owing a debt that runs into millions of naira after pirates dashed his hopes of making money from his latest film, reports Pulse.ngThe Yoruba actor said that he has incurred heavy  debt for his new film titled You or IThe estranged husband of Yoruba actress Fathia Balogun said that the cautiousness of himself and the movie marketer failed.He said that he had borrowed money to invest in the movie because it was a big budget film.Balogun has produced  Gbogbo Ere, Sako Jiya, Modupe Temi, Eti Keta, and most recently You Or I.” Balogun also produced Africa Magic TV series Oriki Yoruba

October 1 comes out on Independence Day

Kunle Afolayan’s latest work October 1, will be released in all Nigerian cinemas on October 3 2014,  but with special  screenings from Wednesday October 1, 2014.The movie was made with over N200million, and was shot in Lagos and Ondo state for over forty days, after four months on pre-production.
 The cast of the movie include veteran actor Sadiq Daba (hit 80’s TV drama series Cockrow At Dawn), Kehinde Bankole, David Bailie, Nick Rhys, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Bimbo Manuel, Kunle Afolayan, Femi Adebayo, Demola Adedoyin, Kayode Olaiya, and Deola Sagoe.
October 1 is a  psychological thriller that follows Danladi Waziri (Sadiq Daba), a police officer from the North who is posted to the remote town of Akote, to solve a  series of female murder cases before the Nigerian flag is raised on October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day.A grand premiere has been slated for Sunday September 28th, 2014 at theEko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. October 1 is the third film from Kunle Afolayan after The Figurine and Phone Swap