‘I make movies for only those with common sense,’ Kunle Afolayan replies Anikulapo series critics

Nollywood filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has addressed the criticism surrounding his new series, Anikulapo Season 2, stating that he does not expect everyone to like or fully understand his work.

Speaking in a recent video, Afolayan said his films are created for a specific audience and not for mass approval.

“We make films for the intellectuals. We make films for people who can think,” he said. “I don’t expect that everybody would like my film. I don’t even expect that everybody will understand my film.”

He added that although he knows not all viewers will relate to his storytelling style, he remains confident that the audience he had in mind while developing the project fully understands it.

“I expect that the people I was appealing to, the people I had at the back of my mind when I was conceiving the idea, will get it,” he said, adding that he has received feedback from scholars, professors, and deep thinkers who appreciated the work.

Afolayan also responded to complaints from viewers who said they did not understand the series or felt the storyline was disjointed, stressing that it is too early to judge a project without watching all the episodes.

“Let me break it down in layman’s terms,” he said. “It is a series that has many episodes. What you have seen are just a few. How do you conclude that it is not good when you have not seen the entire thing?”

He further compared it to international productions such as Game of Thrones, where viewers patiently wait for weekly episodes and follow the full season before forming their opinions.

“You have not seen the whole season and you have already concluded that the story is all over the place,” he said. “We have created new plots. People who understand literature will understand.”

“For those who think they understand how film criticism works, well done,” he said. “For us, we will keep appealing to those who have common sense.”

“I don’t expect everybody to like my film,” he repeated, stressing that creative direction should not be shaped solely by popular opinion.