Nollywood actor and box office King Femi Adebayo has pledged his colleague, Odunlade Adekola, as he bags another award.
The box office King had bagged another award at the just concluded Odunlade Adekola Film Production Award OAFP, which was held on Sunday, October 31st in Abeokuta. While receiving his award, Femi pledged to take care of 50% of the cost of the OAFP event next year.
“With due respect, Biola there is something we need to do to honour Odunlade Adekola for this. Every year that I come here, I feel motivated; I feel I should be fully part of this. I stand here before this honorable crowd that next year’s edition, I am going to fully take care of 50% of the cost of the event to support him”.
This award will add to the numerous awards Femi Adebayo has bagged this year.
Last week, he won big at the Best of Nollywood awards where he bagged 4 awards for his 2023 movie, Jagun Jagun. He won the Best Actor award, Best Use of Costume, Best Art Design, and Best Use of Effect, which he dedicated to the people of Kwara state.
A few weeks back, Kemi Filani reported that Femi Adebayo was quite elated as his 2023 movie, Jagun Jagun bagged 7 nominations at the 2024 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Femi revealed that his movie bagged nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Achievement in Costume Design, achievement in Make-up, achievement in Production Design, Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in African Language, achievement in Visual Effect and National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) award for best Nigerian film.
Since releasing his first movie on streaming platform, Netflix, Femi Adebayo has made a mark in the world of Filmmaking. The movie shattered records on Netflix, as it went global on the streaming app with 2.1 million views. It was also ranked 5th in Non-English Charts, and was listed among the Top 10 trending movies on Netflix in 17 countries.
In August of 2023, Femi Adebayo had expressed excitement after receiving his first award for Jagun Jagun. The movie star recounted the huge role Woli Arole played in it and how he was blown away by the award presentation and the emotional speech from Faithia Williams and Bimbo Ademoye.
In May this year, Femi Adebayo bagged an award at the 10th edition of Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards AMVCA for Best Indigenous Language for Jagun Jagun. He dedicated his award to his Creator, production crew team, family, and fans, expressed how proud he was to have won the award, and promised to keep delivering bigger and better movies.