Rev Azigiza Jnr revels in first movie
Rev Pastor Azigiza Jnr is hoping to use his debut movie to transform society after he starred alongside the country’s celebrated actor Kofi Adu alias Agya Koo.
The movie titled ‘Asempa the Covenant’ which is expected to hit the screens in the first week of September sees Agya Koo challenging the former renowned Disc Jockey on the need to educate people about pollution and its effect on mankind.
Azigiza Jnr told Yaw Sakyi on the Rundown on Wednesday night the movie gave him the perfect platform to preach the gospel and counsel people who suffer all form of depression in society.
‘The bottom line is that it was an incredible feeling for me doing what I know do best and that is preaching the word to people through the movie’ Azigiza said.
‘I got the opportunity to bring Christ to the screens and that for me was more important than anything to me. When I got the chance to act with Agya Koo, it was fun, interesting and another experience for me.
He jokingly told the host: ‘At a point the way Agya Koo was dealing with me I asked myself whether this guy had got anything against me before we got on set. My wife has warned me to accept roles that only depict my stature like as a pastor or marriage counselor and not accept other ones that will go in tandem with my belief.
He added:’ the part I enjoyed most was when I got the opportunity to sit with a girl and her father and counsel them. That was very inspiring for me because that is what I do on routine basis and it was perfect for me to offer advice to young ladies. It was awesome.
The move is coming on the stables of Royals Production, producers of ‘Nyira’ and Adom’. Other actors in the movie include Michael Afranie, Ellen Whyte, Akua Ataa, Naana Hayford, Frankie Taylor, George Ampofo, Louis Sefa Bonsu aka Pages and Benedicta Agbomovesie.
In the movie, Agya Koo had travelled extensively to study and had acquired the status of a professor. Upon his return, he does not understand why people should pray and disturb people and was mad at the erection of statues of some of the saints.
Godfred Opku, with one daughter Benedicta, had lost the wife and had been entreated by Pastor Azigiza Jnr. to marry again so that her daughter could be cared for.
Later, Kyeiwa met her schoolmate, Naana Hayford who had become very rich. Kyeiwa, as greedy as she was, asked Naana Hayford how she became rich. Naana introduced her to the cult group which required her to kill her husband, to which she obliged.
Kyeiwa started maltreating Benedicta after the death of her father. Along the line, Benedicta fell in love, unknowingly with Naana Hayford’s son Louis Sefa Bonsu aka Pages. Ellen Whyte, the beautiful daughter of a rich king, played by Micheal Afranie, also fell in love with Pages. Ellen tried all she could to snatch Pages from Benedicta and even tried to poison her. Benedicta had to depend on the word of God ‘Asempa’ to survive. The socio-religious moral educative movie is by Frankie Taylor and directed by Jackson K. Bentum.
One unique thing about the movie is that most of the characters used their real names. Agya Koo, as usual, was in his elements; he was humorous as ever, with Kyeiwa also in full flight.
