Comic actor Kehinde Olasehinde, known to many as Pa James, has shared his abilities working with former producer Wale Adenuga, the creator of the present television sequence Papa Ajasco and Company.
Talking within the direction of an interview with media persona Lucky Udu, the actor acknowledged he’s silent linked to the producer and continues to look within the present.
Naija Recordsdata reviews that he explained that engaged on the sequence played a broad goal in making him neatly-known, even bigger than his earlier appearances in Yoruba motion pictures.
He also acknowledged the job helped him financially firstly, as he used to be in a region to aquire his first automobile after becoming a member of the production.
He went on to present that issues obtain modified over time.
Per him, the present isn’t any longer produced on a odd foundation as it passe to be within the previous.
He acknowledged that after taking pictures a resolution of episodes, the solid could per chance not be called aid for a lengthy length, in most cases as a lot as two years, before filming resumes yet again.
Thanks to this wreck in production, the actor acknowledged it’s now considerable for those inquisitive relating to the present to obtain other ability of incomes cash.
He added that though he can snatch roles in other motion pictures, he cannot use the name Pa James exterior the sequence because it has been formally registered and belongs to the production.
Kehinde also spoke about how his pay has modified through the years. He acknowledged that when he first joined the present, he earned a diminutive amount per episode, however his price has increased over time to a better price for every episode produced recently.
Despite this amplify, he explained that the restricted resolution of episodes produced every year makes it subtle to depend on the present by myself for current earnings.
He acknowledged: “I silent work with Wale Adenuga. He has been correct to me. Working with him gave me standing even bigger than after I was in Yoruba motion pictures. On cash aspect, he truly tried for me. I offered my first automobile after I started working with him. Sooner than, we passe to work aid to aid however now, as soon as we shoot some episodes, they could per chance not call us yet again till two years.
“To work with him now, you desire to obtain a aspect hustle so that you’re going to pay your funds. I’m in a position to work in other motion pictures however I deserve to not undergo Pa James since the name has been trademarked. Once I first started working with Wale Adenuga, I was paid N2,500 per episode. Right this moment, it’s N45,000 per episode and it’s about 10 episodes a year.”
Papa Ajasco and Company, produced by Wale Adenuga Productions, has been on Nigerian television since the 1990s and remains one in every of the nation’s longest-working comedy sequence.
The personality Pa James has turn into one in every of the most familiar faces on the present through the years.





