AFTER MONTHS of shooting and production, ‘Za Nduru’ a movie series that will take you through the daily ‘behind the scenes’ life of celebrities is finally coming to your screens. The film is in its nature is produced with focus on the life of local artistes, at concerts, studio and their social life in the community. The idea to produce the film came to Alex Muyoboke’s mind back in 2015 but he could not immediately start working on it because he was concentrated on music management. It was in 2020 when the music management guru approached renowned film writer Roger Niyoyita from whom he was seeking advice to help him develop a film out of the untold stories behind the scenes of artistes. “At the time, I looked at the life our artistes live behind the scenes and I approached Roger seeking advice on how we can develop it into a big film project,” Muyoboke told The New Times. As the film producer, Muyoboke later presented the project to Canada-based Judith Niyonizera who eventually sponsored its production process until the movie was finalised. The budding actress, Safi Madiba’s ex, is among the characters that feature in the movie series. She also doubles as the film’s executive producer. Muyoboke and his team have since been working on the film since October and they already have a 12-episode season ready to to be aired today March 9. It will be showing on TV 10 twice a week, every Tuesday 9.30pm and Saturday 11am. The movie comprises 10 main characters and other supporting characters and features a host of local artistes including Ziggy55, rappers Fighter P and Fireman, Radio presenter and local artiste MC Tino and Producer Sano Panda among others. It also features established characters in the film industry including female singer Aline Gahongayire and Longin Ilunga among others. People will also find some familiar faces of former Miss Rwanda contestants in the past editions acting in the film. Muyoboke said ‘Za Nduru’ will be a must-watch movie for those who want to know what a real life of an artiste is like “The movie is interesting because there is a part of an artist’s life that people want to see and have experience with. The movie is also a platform for artists to show the audience that they have another life outside of music,” Muyoboke explained. ‘When you look at what is happening in the creative industry, especially in music. There are a lot of untold stories that people are more interested to know than what they see on stages during concerts and other social events. A lot happens behind the scenes and the movie will be capturing all those stories they want to see,” he added.
