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Zim youth, 14, shines on BBC TV


Published: January 19, 2012

London-This is not an American actor from Hollywood; this is a pure Zimbabwean boy with real Zimbabwean blood, style and vigor and he has already been selected as best among more than 3000 British youngsters- Khalil Madovi, a 14 year old lad has struck fortunes by making it to the BBC screens as a professional actor.
Khalil features in one of the best BBC young people’s video series which is scheduled to stretch for the next thirteen weeks, on the CBBC channel.
In the “4 o’Clock Club” program, Khalil stars as ‘Josh’, a bright and humourous lad who dribbles viewers’ eyes constantly causing his body to flow rhythmically with both the theme and the music.
Prolific both in speech and in action, Khalil is seen in one section stretching his hands re-enacting the act of going back to school in modern British homey life as he goes by the music:

Its a new day, new start, new scene

I guess I better march with a whole new me

I know that I’m the same Dude in the photo,

Little so and so but today its a no no…

Khalil is an inspiration to youngsters and also older people who feel they are not worth much in life. His father who is also an Actor/Director, Mr Tapiwa Madovi, told ZimEye that all through Khalil’s childhood they did not know he possessed such amazing talent:

“Its only quite recent..Its something that’s come up almost out of the blues.  The opportunity came out for this program. …they saw over 3000 kids for the role. So when I came across it…I just thought its something he could do, so I just thought you know what, why not let you for it, if it happens, it happens, if it doesent, it doesent” he said
Courtesy of zimeye.org

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