Movie Review — Husna Ko Huzna

Director: Falalu A. Dorayi Producer: Tahir I. Tahir Language: Hausa (2017) Company: M.M. Haruna Film Production, Kano Reviewed by: Muhsin Ibrahim, Bayero University, Kano   The film, Husna ko Huzna, comes with quite a number of novelties. The semi-horror, fantasy is an old wine in a new bottle; it repackages a usual love-triangle story. Husna […]

Director:Falalu A. Dorayi

Producer:Tahir I. Tahir

Language:Hausa (2017)

Company:M.M. Haruna

Film Production,

Kano

Reviewed by:Muhsin Ibrahim,

Bayero

University, Kano

 

The film, Husna ko Huzna, comes with quite a number of novelties. The semi-horror, fantasy is an old wine in a new bottle; it repackages a usual love-triangle story. Husna (Jamila Nagudu) and Abdul (Adam A. Zango) are set to wed, while a certain kolanut and groundnut hawking lady, Huzna (Fati Washa), tries everything possible to stop that from happening as she deeply loves Abdul. 

It eventually appears that Huzna is a genie. Her schemes nearly broke the duo’s relationship midway in the film. It takes Husna’s mother, and their friends’ assistance and insistence for them to patch up. Tired of the drama, one day Husna steals a deadly chemical from their school laboratory and pours it on Huzna’s face, not knowing that she is not human. 

The special effect artist of the film did quite well. By and large, and in accordance with the Kannywood ‘standard’, the work deserves commendation. The transmogrification of Huzna to Husna or vice versa is so swift and superb; the acid scene, and the way Huzna stretches her hand and alters her eyeballs when attacking her prey, among other scenes, are equally well crafted. Generally, the finishing leaves little to be desired in a film industry infamous for its dearth of professionals and producing poor to average films like Kannywood.

 

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