''Badi Edhuru'' is a 2007 Maldivian suspense thriller short film directed by

Ali Shifau Ali Shifau (born 19 May 1977) is a Maldivian film director, cinematographer and editor. One of the most successful filmmakers in Maldivian Cinema, Shifau is the recipient of a number of awards, including seven Gaumee Film Awards, and four Maldiv ...

. Produced by Mohamed Ali and written by

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, the film stars

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Abdulla Muaz Abdulla Muaz is a Maldivian film actor, editor and directors and officers and Career Muaz made a brief appearance in Yoosuf Shafeeu directed horror film '' Edhathuru'' (2004) which revolves around eight friends who go on a picnic to a haunted uni ...

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, Aishath Siyadha and

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in pivotal roles.

Premise

A group of six friends ordered a pizza, where the members started teasing Fazna (

) as phasmophobic, though none of the members, except for Suheil, believes that ghosts do really exist. To validate Suehil's point, they agree to perform a ritual called "Badi Edhuru" where the ghost shall appear if they pronounce the phrase thrice in a row. Soon after, the friends leave the house and they all start experiencing horror incidents. At first, disguised as Nafiu, Farish is killed by throwing him from the terrace of his seven-storey building. Hudha, a daughter from a conservative family, is approached and killed by Badi Edhuru in disguise as her boyfriend, Nizam, by bleeding her to death. Him being the next target, dies in a road accident while Fazna is murdered by drowning her into the sea in a low tide. Suheil, who comes home after dropping Fazu, finds a videotape which shows Badi Edhuru in a corner after the friends performed the ritual is killed by stabbing himself to death. The only member of the friends, Nasih (

), who did not participate in the ritual, is approached by Police where he is interrogated as the prime suspect for the murder of his friends. The behavior of the victims and their crime scene does not correlate which makes him anxious on their cause of death, while the Police believes he has a major contribution in their murder. Nasih begins to recollect the memory of that night where he, himself perform the ritual while in police custody.

Cast

as Nasih *

as Mohamed Suheil *

as Hussain Farish *

as Moosa Nizam * Aishath Siyadha as Fathimath Hudha Naeem *

as Mariyam Fazna *

Ali Shameel Ali Shameel is a Maldivian film actor and director. Career In 1986, Shameel took part in a stage-play titled CDS-6, alongside Kashima Shakir, Mohamed Rasheed and Chilhiya Moosa Manik which was appreciated among the audience and he continues to ...

as an Investigation Officer *

Aminath Shareef Aminath Shareef is a Maldivian film actress. Career Mariyam Shauqee's widely acclaimed family drama television series ''Kahthiri'' was released in 1998, where she played the role of the sister of an indolent mother. In 2005, she collaborated with ...

as Hudha's mother * Lirar Azwar Naeem as a Police Officer * Abdulla Firash as Pizza Delivery Boy * Hussain Jameel as a Police Officer * Mohamed Ailam as a Police Officer * Abdulla Naseer as Lorry Driver * Mohamed Sobah as Badi Edhuru

Soundtrack

Response

The film was released on 29 December 2007 to positive reviews from critics where the direction, cinematography and performance of the actors were highlighted, where it was considered a positive change in the local cinema of melodrama. Aminath Luba from ''Sun'' praised the technical aspects of the film and it molded a folk story into a modern scene. The film was later made available for streaming on Baiskoafu application on 30 October 2019.

Accolades

References

{{Reflist Maldivian short films 2007 films 2007 thriller films Films directed by Ali Shifau