Kannywood movie review: Hauwa Kulu
The eponymous movie Hauwa Kulu is a masterpiece, one of the best films to come out of the Hausa film industry, aka Kannywood. It is a tragic, melodramatic social drama that addresses the issue of rape, which is a boiling issue in our society today. It is also a film that has attracted critical attention, especially from ‘feminists’, NGOs, other critics for its dramatic exposé of the complex politics involved in rape cases and its possible impact on the Nigerian cinema. The extraordinary plot, which is the driving force of this movie, narrates the story of a beautiful village girl, Hauwa Kulu (Hassana Muhammad), whose blind father (Abba El-Mustapha) wanted her to be well educated. He later decided to marry her off to avoid the plan of the lecherous Village Head, Maigari (Bashir Nayaya) who has a lustful feeling for her. Before the marriage, the unrelenting Maigari raped her, an event that brought tragedy into her life. After the rape, she got Vesicovaginal fistula (involuntary ur...