There Would Be No More Nollywood Soon If Piracy Is Not Addressed - Lilian Bach

Former actress, Lilian Bach who once ruled Nollywood alongside the likes of Stella Damasus has disclosed why she left the movie world. According to her, Piracy made her leave, because it ate into her movies and she didn’t want it to kill her. While speaking with Saturday Beats, Lilian said;

“I purposely took a break from doing movies. I became a producer and I wanted to be doing my own movies but piracy couldn’t allow me. In Nollywood, experience is actually the best teacher; nobody really tells you the truth. You have to go through the experience to find out what others are suffering from. We cannot continue to ignore the fact that piracy has been trying to bring the industry down. That was why I took a break. I couldn’t continue producing movies without recouping my money. It is not a good thing,” she said.

She also said the same affected a lot of big actresses.

“You don’t even see the super stars in movies anymore because producers now try to cut cost because they are not guaranteed that they would get their money back. By the time you pay the stars and settle other bills in making the movie, you wouldn’t know what would come back to you as your returns. When you release the movie on DVD or even before you do that, it is already pirated.

“We need a lasting solution to this problem, otherwise there will no longer be Nollywood because we are really going down. We are hoping the new government will have the time and come out with a stricter punishment to those who do the act", she said.

She however said she is still an actress and available for role if there are any jobs waiting for her;

“I am not always in the country because I do other businesses. Maybe the time they want to call me for a job will be when I am jetting out. But now, I am home. I am fully on the ground unlike before. I am available if any producer needs me. It is just that I feel sorry for them how they would recoup their money,” she said.