Hausa Movies are like Hausa Language cinema, which is part of the larger Nigerian cinema which is popularly known as Nollywood. The Nollywood productions include the producing films in many other Nigerian Languages.
The name “Kennywood” is derived from the city of Kano and Hollywood which is the center of the American film Industry and they brought about the name ”Kennywood.
After their origins in the 1960s, some veterans like Dalhutu Bawa and Kasimu Yero had featured drama productions as pioneers and became popular with the Northern audiences. then in the ’70s and ’80s, Usman Baba Pategi and Mamman Ladan later introduced the Hausa Comedy to the Northern Audience.
Today Hausa produced a series of movies, and in this post, I have named the Top 10 rated Hausa Movies to watch. the Hausa movies have gone across different genres which include the following: Romance, Action, Comedy, and crime among others. Now let’s get to know the Top 10 Hausa movies that are interesting.
Top 10 Rated Hausa Movies to Watch
- The Milkmaid
- Jalil
- Fanan
- Tsakanin Mu (Between Us)
- Karki Manta Dani (Do not forget me)
- Hauwa Kulu
- Bana Bkwai
- Juyin Sarauta (The Royal Ascendance)
- Mati a Zazzau
- Voiceless
The Summary Of The Best Hausa Movies In Nigeria
The Milkmaid
A revolt that took place swept towns and villages in the northern part of Nigeria. It left more or less than Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand homeless, and many children were put out of school.
In the Movie, Milmaid walks the part of searching for a sister who seems to be missing, on that mission of searching for her sister, it becomes complicated.
The drama “The Milkmaid” is one of the best Hausa movies to watch and was directed and written by Desmond Ovbiagele.
The cast in the movie Milkmaid includes:
- Anthonieta Kalunta as Aisha
- Maryam Booth as Zainab
- Gambo Usman Kona as Dangana
- Patience Okpala as Hauwa
- Ibrahim Jammal as Haruna
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Jalil
Here is one of the best Hausa movies to watch. The name “Jalil” is an Arabic name. The meaning of Jalil is great, Exalted or you could simply put it as Magnificent.
In the Movie “Jalil” a child named Jalil has parents named Zarah and Yusuf, who had so much hope for things to turn out good for their only child (Jalil). But it turns out that the child faced a challenge that weighed him down, he was suffering from a Hole in his heart.
Along the line, there was a twist between the parents, where they have to choose who to save a life, would it be their only child or the child’s grandmother.
This movie was shot and produced by Leslie Dapwatda, Veronica Davis, and Kelly D. Lenka on March 22, 2020, in the United States.
The cast in this movie includes:
- Sadisu Abba
- Ibrahim Aburafiqa
- Isaac Benjamin
- Maryam Booth
Fanan
Here is another Hausa Movie that is rated among the top movies to watch. The film is about a family with an Obedient and good Wife. It turned out the Husband (Yakubu Muhammed) was cheating on his wife with Madam Jessica. Now this led to him ill-treating his wife.
As time went on, Madam Jessica failed the promises she made to him, meanwhile, his wife Fanan, who was his ex-wife had found love and married Alhaji Sammani. Kamilu turned back to his wife to make amends but was too late for him.
The movie was produced by Mansurah Isah and was released in 2019. The cast in the movie includes the following:
- Yakubu Muhammad
- Sani Danja
- Iman Sani Danja
- Sabeera
- Rahama M.K
- Khalifa Sani Danja
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TsakaninMu (Between Us)
The movie Tsakanin Mu is about the love life of Fahad, the son of a healthy businessman named Alhaji Rabi’u who falls in love with a poor lady named Nafisa. Now to fulfill his father’s wish, he had to marry the daughter of Professor Tahir.
Now, in the long run, the marriage failed, and that is because the lifestyle of the wife was out of tradition. In the course of that, they got divorced, which gracefully sent him back Fahad into the arms of his love Nafisa who was well-cultured and and religious.
The movie was produced by Abubakar Bashir Maishadda and was released in 2020. The cast in the movie includes:
- Maryam Yahaya
- Umar M Shareef
- Ali Nuhu
- Yakubu Muhammad
- Nura Hussaini
Karki Manta Dani (Do not forget me)
This is a love drama of two young adults, Nasir, and Fatima who find themselves in love. However, their love had driven them apart because of Financial Constraints, and as a result, Fatima fell into the hands of another for marriage.
Nasir who was heartbroken, indulged in drugs. this was to take his mind off his love. When his relative later found out about the new habit, he offered to send him to rehab and later to school. At the university, Nasir reunited with Fatima, whose marriage with the rich man had failed.
The movie was produced by Naziru Danhajiya and released on the 4th of June 2019. The cast in this movie includes:
- Maryam Booth
- Shamsu Dan’iya
- Ali Nuhu
- Umar M. Sharif
Hauwa Kulu
The movie Hauwa Kulu gives an insight into rape Issues, and how the aftermath was on the victims as well as justice denied and in some cases served. In the film, Hauwa Kulu found herself raped by her village head. This tragedy leads to the death of her blind Father and later her mother.
Following the death of her mother, Hauwa Kulu was adopted by Dr Hajiya, who sent her to school. The lady became a lawyer and got married to Hajiya’s son. Now years late, Hauwa became a Judge and a rape case was brought before. Unfortunately, the rapist turned out to be her only son, this left her with options of either serving his son’s life or sending him to jail.
The movie was produced by Abubakar Bashir Maishadda and was released in 2019. the cast in the movie includes:
- Abba El-Mustapha
- Hassana Muhammada
- Ali Nuhu
- Baballe Hayatu
- Hadiza Gabon
- Hajara Usman
Bana Bakwai
This is a story of a typical Nigerian Society where the your of that society get involved in thuggery. The police and the politicians served an unjust act and contributed to the menace of a typical Nigerian setting.
The producers of Bana Bakwai are Abubakar Bashir Maishadda and Nafiz Asnanic. The movie was released on the 25th of December 2020. The cast of this movie includes:
- Saddiq Sani Saddin
- Nafisa Abdullahi
- Lawan Ahmad
- Ramadan Booth
- Abdul M Shareef
The rest of the movies include:
- Juyin Sarauta (The Royal Ascendance) 2017
- Mati a Zazzau 2020
- Voiceless 2020
Conclusion
To gain access to any of these Hausa Movies, you can check different sites and download them for free. These websites included Youtube, Haousa Films TV, Kennyflix, and Netnaija.
