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Ali Farooq
Ali Farooq (born 18 March 1954) is a Maldivian actor. Career In 2006, he collaborated with Amjad Ibrahim for romantic drama film '' Hithuge Edhun'' (2006), which tells the story of a disabled man, with Farooq playing the role of the father of Shaniya, a caring wife who conceals the truth about her first marriage. He then appeared in Ali Shifau's suspense thriller ''Happy Birthday'' (2009) which centers around a man who receives a birthday call informing him that his wife and son have been kidnapped and will be released in exchange for a ransom. Although the film received positive critical acclaim, it struggled at the box office. In 2014, Farooq worked with Ahmed Nimal's '' Aniyaa'', alongside Niuma Mohamed, Mohamed Jumayyil, Ismail Rasheed and Fathimath Fareela. The film faced challenges during its screening and failed to generate significant attention. Farooq's next release came with Fathimath Nahula's horror film ''4426'', where he portrayed the role of Alibe, a sorcerer at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaandhoo
Dhaandhoo (Dhivehi: ދާންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Gaafu Alif Atoll in the Maldives. Geography The island is south of the country's capital, Malé Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern .... Demography References External linksSecretariat of the Dhaandhoo Council Islands of the Maldives {{Maldives-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malikaa
''Malikaa'' is a 2017 Maldivian romantic drama film directed by Ali Musthafa. Produced by Malla Nasir and Ibrahim Rasheed under ES Entertainment, the film stars Mohamed Jumayyil, Fathimath Azifa, Ali Azim and Nuzuhath Shuaib in pivotal roles. The film was released on 2 March 2017. Cast * Mohamed Jumayyil as Munaaz * Nuzuhath Shuaib as Malikaa * Fathimath Azifa as Jeeza * Ali Azim as Hassan * Mariyam Shakeela as Salma * Ahmed Shakir as Hussen * Neena Saleem as Badhoora * Ismail Zahir as Naseem * Ahmed Asim Ahmed Asim is an Maldivian actor, editor, director, and writer who works in Dhivehi films. Career Asim made his screen debut with a video single alongside Jamsheedha Ahmed. His first film release was Mohamed Abdul Hakeem and Mohamed Nasheed dir ... as Ismail * Sujeetha Abdulla as Fairooza * Ali Farooq as Munaaz Father * Mohamed Waheed * Mohamed Afrah as Doctor Release and reception The film was released on 2 March 2017. Soundtrack Accolades References 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vihaali
''Vihaali'' is a Maldivian crime suspense anthology web series written, edited and directed by Ahmed Asim. Produced by Mariyam Rasheedha under Thurukas Films, the series consists of four episodes, each episode approximately 30 minutes. The pilot episode of the first season was released on 3 April 2022 and was concluded on 2 May 2022. Cast and characters ''Lift Golhi'' * Ismail Rasheed as Asif * Nathasha Jaleel as Shazu * Ahmed Saeed as Hanim * Mariyam Shifa as Shanee * Mariyam Haleem as Ameena * Ali Farooq as Ibrahim * Abdulla Naseer as Fikuree * Ali Fizam as Hameed * Ali Nadheeh as Saif * Nadheem Hassan as Thief * Ahmed Suaad as Hussain ''Barber'' * Hamdhan Farooq as Rimzee * Shuaib Shifaz as Riffath * Ahmed Thahuseen as Mujeeb * MD Sumon as Sumon * MD Polash Miah as Muneer * Jamal Hossain as Izzudheen * Mohamed Afah as Majeed * Ismail Hossain as Muneer's father * Hussain Nazim as Hussain * Mariyam Rasheedha as Ameena ''Firimaru'' * Ali Farooq as Shakir * Aminath Rashfa as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huvaa
''Huvaa'' is a Maldivian romantic drama web television series developed for Baiskoafu by Fathimath Nahula. The series revolves around a large happy family and the impact of an incident that turns their lives upside down while revenge and discord rip the family apart. The series is produced by Baiskoafu. The series stars Yoosuf Shafeeu, Sheela Najeeb, Mohamed Faisal, Aminath Rishfa, Ravee Farooq, Mariyam Azza, Ibrahim Jihad, Arifa Ibrahim, Ali Azim, Roanu Hassan Manik, Mariyam Shakeela, Mohamed Waheed, Ahmed Easa, Irufana Ibrahim, Mariyam Haleem, Huneysa Adam and Jadhulla Ismail pivotal roles. From the second season, Shafeeu replaced Faisal as the co-director while Abdulla Muaz replaced Farooq for the role Azim. The first episode of the series was released on Baiskoafu on 29 November 2018. Plot Season 1 Hassan ( Roanu Hassan Manik) and Maariya ( Arifa Ibrahim) are a cheerful and wealthy couple living their old-aged lives with their children, Nazim (Mohamed Faisal), Hanim (Yoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatharu Manzaru
''Hatharu Manzaru'' is a series of 2021 Maldivian anthology short films produced and distributed by Raajje TV during Ramadan 1442. List of productions Premises ''Hayaaiy'' Solah (Mohamed Samah), a taxi driver, a divorced man and a father of seven years old child, is asked by her mother, Zahira (Aminath Rasheedha) to look after his grumpy, handicapped father, Nashidh (Ali Farooq) to which he reluctantly agrees. He is groomed by his uncle, Rasheed ( Mohamed Rasheed) and has a hard time adjusting and digesting his father's brutal words while trying to sort things with his ex-wife, Muna (Aishath Rishmy) and their son, Suleiman (Mohamed Ethan Jumaih). Soon after, Solah realizes that he is becoming a mirror-reflection of Nashidh, his most disliked person. ''Ruqyah'' Adhila (Aishath Rishmy), a young woman having a troubled relationship with her younger sister, Zeena (Mariyam Azza), starts having sleeping disorder and her husband, Easa (Ahmed Easa) brings home Usman (Ahmed Sharif) to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused COVID-19 pandemic cases, more than cases and COVID-19 pandemic deaths, confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history, deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from Asymptomatic, undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, Nocturnal cough, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thadhu
Thadhu is a Maldivian three-part short film series developed by Madhoship Studio with regard to COVID-19 pandemic. The film is written and directed by Shamin Nizam. It narrates the consequences of the outbreak and perception of lockdown and new-normal in Male' City, through the eyes of three people. The project was developed in association with Health Emergency Operation Center, UNICEF and Health Protection Agency. Premises Ahmed Ahmed Ibrahim (Ravee Farooq) and Aisha (Aishath Rishmy), are an unhappy married couple on the verge of separation. The couple manages to save their marriage from the brink of divorce, as they slowly become attached to each other during the lockdown period. Ahmed tests positive to COVID-19 from random sampling. As he is taken to isolation, contract tracing from his case commences, where sample is taken from his mother, father and younger sister, Ameema (Aisha Ali). Amee Ameema starts having panic attacks after the news of COVID-19 outbreak. As symptoms s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moomin Fuad
Moomin Fuad is a Maldivian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter known for the critically acclaimed films ''Heylaa'' (2006), ''Happy Birthday'' (2009) and ''Loodhifa'' (2011). Career Moomin Fuad collaborated with Ali Shifau to direct the critically appreciated crime film ''Heylaa'' (2006) featuring a cast of Ismail Rasheed, Ahmed Mauroof, Zeenath Abbas, Lufshan Shakeeb and Abdulla Muaz. The film narrates the story of a fourteen years old ambitious boy who finds himself unknowingly being involved in the smuggling of a revolver. Apart from writing and directing the film, Fuad worked as the cinematographer, marking it as the first Maldivian film to be shot in high-definition digital video. Though the film received positive reviews from critics, it was a commercial failure. Co-director of the film Shifau opined that its commercial status was a result of casting "not very prominent" faces in the film and the "film-goers were not ready to accept the genre" at the time of re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Film
An anthology film (also known as an omnibus film, package film, or portmanteau film) is a single film consisting of several shorter films, each complete in itself and distinguished from the other, though frequently tied together by a single theme, premise, or author. Sometimes each one is directed by a different director or written by a different author, or may even have been made at different times or in different countries. Anthology films are distinguished from " revue films" such as '' Paramount on Parade'' (1930)—which were common in Hollywood in the early decades of sound film, composite films, and compilation films. Sometimes there is a theme, such as a place (e.g. '' New York Stories'', '' Paris, je t'aime''), a person (e.g. '' Four Rooms''), or a thing (e.g. '' Twenty Bucks'', ''Coffee and Cigarettes'', '' Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia''), that is present in each story and serves to bind them together. Two of the earliest films to use the form were Edmund Goulding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neena Saleem
Neena Saleem is a Maldivian actress. Career In 1996, Saleem made a brief appearance in Yoosuf Rafeeu's award winning film '' Haqqu'' as a friend of Lamha, a promiscuous woman who falls in love with a married man. The film starring Mariyam Nisha, Reeko Moosa Manik and Mariyam Shakeela in lead roles, received positive reviews from critics. In 2000, she played the helpful friend of Nasiha, an attractive young woman in a relationship with a married man and a patient suffering from congenital heart disease in Abdul Faththaah's television drama series ''Dhoapatta''. Starring alongside Mohamed Shavin, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Sheela Najeeb and Niuma Mohamed, the series centers on unrequited love and complications of a relationship within and beyond marriage. The following year, Saleem played role of a college lecturer, in Hussain Adil's romance '' Hiyy Halaaku'' (2000) alongside Yoosuf Shafeeu, Niuma Mohamed and Sheela Najeeb. The plot combines two love triangles set years apart. The first hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Azim
Ali Azim is a Maldivian film actor. Career 2010–2016: Early releases Azim expressed his interest in acting at a very young age. Before he pursued a career in acting Azim worked as a dancer and stage performer. He was first recognized by the audience for his facial expressions while dancing. While working in the Animation Dance Group, the team made a short children's film ''Lollypop'' with "no serious intention but for entertainment". The film which features Azim in a "forgettable" role did not much help to accelerate his career. This was followed by Abdul Faththaah's 5 episodes drama series ''Kaiveni'', starred opposite Mariyam Zuhura. In 2013, Azim starred in a small role as a gang member in Hussain Munawwar's second direction, revenge thriller film '' Dhilakani'' (2013) along with Ismail Rasheed, Niuma Mohamed, Mohamed Manik, Mohamed Faisal and Aminath Rishfa. The film deals with a man's tumultuous journey to seek vengeance and the demolition of family bond over a girl. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
