Lasun Alagbe
Consummate actor, Ibrahim Chatta, has his eyes on the big gold – an Oscar award.
He revealed this as he wonders why the organisers of the African Movie Viewers’ Choice Award are, according to him, discriminating against him.
Based on the prowess he shows while handling any role – any role for that matter – many will believe he is a candidate for any global trophy.
Multitalented, he practically ‘kills’ every role.
But he got no nomination at the 2023 AMVA – now was he invited to the glamorous event that held in Lagos.
According to him, he sees what the organisers did as a plan against him.
He said:
“My exclusion from the nomination list didn’t make me feel bad because no matter how hard you think you are working, your mates are also working, and the best has to be picked every year. But my problem is that they don’t invite me and that looks like a conspiracy against me.
“I understand that it’s not everyone that gets nominated into the categories, but at least they’re supposed to have invited me, but they don’t.
So, I do feel like – is it that my works are not worthy enough? Because I used to see my younger colleagues, including those that just joined Nollywood, all showing off in different outfits at the event.”
Chatta said he would not allow any award prize to affect his craft, adding that his target was to win an Oscar before departing from this world.
“I will receive an Oscar before I leave this world. I don’t want any award to disturb my skills or my work. When you start thinking about not receiving an award, it makes you weary, and I don’t want to be. Oscar is my target,” he noted.
