How A Kumawood Producer Blacklisted Me For 7 Years—Salinko
Salinko has shared his experience of being sabotaged for 7 years, which nearly derailed his acting career. However, he revealed in an interview with Emelia Brobbery that his unwavering determination and resilience ultimately led to a remarkable comeback.
During his account, Salinko revealed that the mastermind behind this sabotage was none other than Karimodey, the CEO of Karimodey Ventures. It was Karimodey who allegedly orchestrated the manipulative tactics against Salinko, stemming from their previous collaboration with a different producer.
Salinko also recalled how he had supported Karimodey at the beginning of his journey in the movie industry. This support even extended to the extent of leaving other movie sets to prioritize shooting a film for the said producer.
“I was learning a lot from my acting on Barber and the Shoeshine until one producer came in. He goes by the name Karemodey the CEO of Karemodey Ventures. He was a marketer as well. When Karomodey started his producing works, I was his backbone. We started in Accra but when he wanted to add Kumasi to the job, I helped him in all the ways you could think of. There were days that I ran away from a movie set just to go and shoot movies for this producer. There was a movie we were both shooting and I got a gig somewhere so I dodged his and went to the other movie set. I got back and this producer said he wasn’t going to work with me again because I went to shoot for another producer.”
“This producer started blacklisting me and during that time, he was very popular so when the movies are sent to him for marketing and production and he sees I am included, he either ignores it or tells them to remove my part from the story. For seven years, no producer was willing to work with me. I was Salinko in the system but I wasn’t acting like I planned to. I confronted this producer and he told me he had killed me, meaning he had taken me out of the system so I should apologize to him. I did that but saw no changes”, he said.
According to the actor, he began to gain traction after he released his series and also with the help of Fada Dickson, who broadcast some of his series on UTV.
“After shooting Barber and the Shoeshine, I came up with a new series titled Bantama Kwesi Boakye series with the late Kofi B. Three years later, Fada Dickson asked me to bring my series to be broadcast on UTV and that was how I regained my popularity in the entertainment industry”, he stated.
