Luwi Hausa is another character in the series where he seems to be in love with the slum girl Maria. He is a spoilt child who despised Maria but later falls in love with her. Below are some facts about him. Brian Ogana plays the role of Luwi Hausa in Maria, a show that airs on Citizen TV from Monday to Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Luwi Hausa Real Name
Luwi Hausa is just his stage name but his real name is Brian Ogana.
Age
He was born in the year 1987. He will be 33 years old in 2020.
Family Background
He comes from a Christian family and he is a born-again Christian.
Luwi Hausa Education
He went to Mukumu boys and after completing his high school education he went to the University of Nairobi. to peruse his degree in Computer engineering.
Career and Jobs
Despite doing a degree course in Computer engineering, he later changer and did journalism. He is also a writer, communication strategist and a thespian. Brian Ogana works with Good News Broadcasting System (GBS) as a news anchor, host, and reporter. He is also an actor, where acting is his part-time job.
Girlfriend
Brian Ogana aka Luwi is currently dating but he is not dating Maria as many may assume. We don’t have information about his girlfriend because she is not in the public domain.
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Luwi Hausa and Maria Relationship
The award-winning Maria Drama series on Citizen TV is one of the local TV shows that have taken Kenya by storm in 2019. The two main acts Maria born Yasmin Said and Luwi born Brian Ogana have exhibited great chemistry on the show.
Their fans have also claimed the two do resemble the perfect match even off-camera. Luwi shared a picture of the two looking dashing in a perfect couple embrace with a caption referring to their Drama series.
“Did you say divorce papers were taking too long to process? From my girl, wishing you a happy festive season,” he wrote in the caption section.
Fans filled the comments section suggesting that the two look like the perfect item.
Luwi Hausa Interview
What made you say yes to playing Luwi on Maria?
I chose the role simply because of the plot and storyline, and I fell in love with the character because it would push me to the limit, because, in case you didn’t notice Louis (Luwi) Hausa plays along with so many emotions and switches between being sad, happy, dramatic, drunk and so on.
How do you relate with your character?
Once am on set I wear Luwi’s shoes and try to imagine how best can Luwi play the role, it takes a lot of homework for one to execute a certain character
How alike and different are you to your character (Luwi)?
We are so much different. Brian as a person is a cool, shy, God-fearing person and takes time to asses a situation. On the other hand, Luwi is dramatic, egocentric and a spoilt brat ( but we share a trait, both of us have a keen eye when it comes to dressing and style).
What’s the most challenging part about playing Luwi?
The most challenging part about playing the character Luwi is changing from one emotion to the other.
How do you prepare for crying scenes?
The tears are real!
Well for the crying scenes I summon all the painful experiences I have endured in life, and then the person who is my co-star on the scene also contributes to the crying, because theirs is just something when you go down the memory lane and think of the painful experiences and look into someone’s eyes, one tends to break down.
What should we expect from Luwi as the series progresses?
For now, what I can say, is you haven’t seen anything yet, there is more to come.
Who’s the funniest person in the cast in real life?
Ben the chef, Koros the driver and Lorna the head of servants.
Worst unexpected/ weird fan interaction, you’ve experienced?
A lady fan wanted to kiss me. Also, a fan wanted me to cry on command. I played cool, because again you wouldn’t want to sound rude, but affirm on your statement.
Are you dating?
Yes, I’m dating. But, she’s not in the public domain.
What’s your perfect Sunday afternoon look like?
After church, I go home and prepare myself a nice meal, since I love cooking then later I relax with a nice read on either Ancient Greek methodologies or any historical book.
Tell us about your studying engineering before switching to Journalism and then Communications?
I used to love computers when I was young and my dad wanted me to do civil engineering as a career. By the time I was joining campus I had a change of heart and end ended up changing to computer engineering. But that wasn’t what made me feel alive.
A friend reminded me of my high school passion that was journalism and drama, and so I changed and did journalism, worked for a local station for almost 7 years, called it quits and went for an international media station.
It’s from here that I felt alive I needed something new and that’s when I changed to communication, which I now practice as a communications officer /strategist.
How long have you been acting? What are some of the roles you’ve played?
I have been in the industry for quite a while now. What most people don’t know is that I have been acting all along, I just took a break and Maria is my comeback. I have featured in shows such as Changing Times, Wash and Set, Guy Centre just to mention a few.
I have played a mobster, a geek, a TV host with other roles that I can’t remember and now Maria as a spoilt mama’s boy, but focused (it’s only through a heartbreak that I slipped).
What do you do when you are not acting?
I love cooking, swimming, reading, and work on my sartorial suit business.
Who do you look up to (as an actor/director/etc.)?
My all-time local actor is Dennis Musyoka and Raymond Ofula internationally it has to be Denzel Washington, Will Smith especially the crying scenes and Leonardo DiCaprio.
For directors, I will go for Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg.
Worst Audition…
Back in 2007, I was trying to figure out acting, so I tried to audition for a young male role. In the middle of my auditions, the producer picks his phone and says to the person on the other end “I’m doing the last round of auditions, and this person who is auditioning can’t even get the role, “pengine ajaribu kama mascot” (maybe he should try out for the mascot role).
I swear I wanted the world to swallow me. But I kept pushing on and here we are. What most people don’t get is the fact that we have been told no so many times but we kept on pushing and working on our craft. Right now we are good pals and I always remind him of that day.
How would rate the Film/Arts industry progression?
As an artist, I would say we are still far from it, but we have come a long way. I can’t really compare now and 10 years ago. If you are keen you will notice, the patterns have changed in terms of quality in cinematography, a new breed of thespians coming up and amazing content being developed.
All in all the industry is gradually shaping up, and I believe in a few years to come we will have something to smile about. So, as an artist instead of complaining of how the industry is, I play the little part I have in shaping the industry.
