Kunle Remi Reveals He Was Uncomfortable With Speaking Yoruba In Anikulapo

Kunle Remi played the lead character, Saro in the Kunle Afolayan’s latest blockbuster movie, Anikulapo.

Anikulapo has remained the most talked about movie across the country since it debuted one week ago.

Anikulapo is the story of Saro, a travelling clothe weaver, who was beaten to death for having an affair with the Alaafin’s youngest wife named Arolake, played by Bimbo.

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A mystical bird brings him back to life, leaving behind a gourd with the power to raise the dead.

Speaking via a post on Instagram, Kunle Remi revealed that he was not comfortable speaking Yoruba in the movie that celebrated the tribe’s culture, tradition and moral values.

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Though he is of Yoruba lineage, Remi was born in Gboko, Benue state.

Speaking on the challenges in a recent Instagram post, Kunle said:

“First I had to speak a language I wasn’t comfortable speaking, I had to climb the mountain, that river, we did not know what was beneath that river. It was a risk but we got into the river.

You see, Bimbo she is a beast. I weigh a 100kg and I put all of that weight on Bimbo and I said sorry I am doing this and she was like ‘lets go’ that’s why you will feel the pain Arolake felt. She held me up. I gave her everything and she gave me everything in return.”