''Dhauvaa'' is a 1998 Maldivian film directed by
Arifa Ibrahim
Arifa Ibrahim (born 22 June 1955) is a Maldivian actress, producer, director and writer.
Early life
Daughter of late Ibrahim Fulhu and late Fathma Fulhu, Arifa Ibrahim was born on 22 June 1955. She got married at the age of fourteen and is bless ...
. Produced by Aslam Rasheed under Slam Studio, the film stars
Reeko Moosa Manik
Moosa Manik (born 9 February 1961) also known as Reeko Moosa Manik is a Maldivian entrepreneur and former actor and politician. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Maldives Parliament, and former chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Part ...
,
Niuma Mohamed
Niuma Mohamed (pronounced ; 20 October 1977) is a Maldivian film actress, director, and producer. The highest-paid actress in Maldives, Mohamed is the recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards, and four Maldives Film Awards. ...
and
Waleedha Waleed
Waleedha Waleed is a Maldivian film actress, choreographer, director, seamstress and politician.
Career
In 1989, at the age of fourteen, Waleedha Waleed made her screen debut with a video single directed by Musthafa Hussain. She went on to feature ...
in pivotal roles. The film was an unofficial remake of
Deepak Sareen
Deepak Sareen is a Bollywood film director and assistant director. His first film as director was '' Ranbhoomi'' and last film as director was '' Albela''.
Filmography As assistant director
*''Deewaar'' (1975)
*'' Kabhi Kabhi'' (1976)
*''Doosra ...
's Bollywood film ''
Aaina'' (1993), starring
Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla Mehta ( Chawla; born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and vivacious on-screen ...
,
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he ...
and
Amrita Singh
Amrita Singh (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi films. Singh made her acting debut with '' Betaab'' (1983), and established herself as a leading actress of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Singh appeared as a leadi ...
in lead roles.
Premise
Soma Hassan (
Waleedha Waleed
Waleedha Waleed is a Maldivian film actress, choreographer, director, seamstress and politician.
Career
In 1989, at the age of fourteen, Waleedha Waleed made her screen debut with a video single directed by Musthafa Hussain. She went on to feature ...
) and Seema Hassan (
Niuma Mohamed
Niuma Mohamed (pronounced ; 20 October 1977) is a Maldivian film actress, director, and producer. The highest-paid actress in Maldives, Mohamed is the recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards, and four Maldives Film Awards. ...
) are two siblings who have grown up to be entirely different to each other. The former is an arrogant, spoiled child who gets everything she desires at any cost while the latter is a soft-spoken, sensitive shy girl who lets her sister take the limelight. Complications arise between the siblings when the two sisters fall in love with the same man, Mohamed Areesh (
Reeko Moosa Manik
Moosa Manik (born 9 February 1961) also known as Reeko Moosa Manik is a Maldivian entrepreneur and former actor and politician. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Maldives Parliament, and former chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Part ...
).
Cast
*
Reeko Moosa Manik
Moosa Manik (born 9 February 1961) also known as Reeko Moosa Manik is a Maldivian entrepreneur and former actor and politician. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Maldives Parliament, and former chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Part ...
as Mohamed Areesh
*
Niuma Mohamed
Niuma Mohamed (pronounced ; 20 October 1977) is a Maldivian film actress, director, and producer. The highest-paid actress in Maldives, Mohamed is the recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards, and four Maldives Film Awards. ...
as Seema Hassan
* Sheleen as Young Seema Hassan
*
Waleedha Waleed
Waleedha Waleed is a Maldivian film actress, choreographer, director, seamstress and politician.
Career
In 1989, at the age of fourteen, Waleedha Waleed made her screen debut with a video single directed by Musthafa Hussain. She went on to feature ...
as Soma Hassan
* Shifaza as Young Soma Hassan
*
Arifa Ibrahim
Arifa Ibrahim (born 22 June 1955) is a Maldivian actress, producer, director and writer.
Early life
Daughter of late Ibrahim Fulhu and late Fathma Fulhu, Arifa Ibrahim was born on 22 June 1955. She got married at the age of fourteen and is bless ...
as Soma and Seema's mother
*
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 Hassan Manik
*
Ibrahim Wisan
Ibrahim Wisan (born 27 February 1977), nicknamed as Kandi, is a Maldivian cinematographer, actor, and director.
Career
In 1996, Wisan starred in Mohamed Rasheed's ''Hifehettumeh Neiy Karuna'' opposite Niuma Mohamed, Abdul Raheem and Arifa Ibrahi ...
as Ayaz; Areesh's brother
*
Roanu Hassan Manik
Roanu Hassan Manik (born 19 February 1958), is a widely acclaimed Maldivian film actor, who mainly works in the Cinema of Maldives, Maldivian film industry.
Early life
On 11 November 1977, while working as a Headmaster at educational centre, Mani ...
* Aminath Ibrahim Didi as an auction member (Special appearance)
*
Hamid Ali
Hamid Ali is a Maldivian film director, producer, actor and writer.
Career
In 1993, Ali starred in two films; ''Mithutu'' and ''Vari''. The following year, he starred alongside Hassan Afeef, Arifa Ibrahim, Lillian Saeed and Mariyam Haajara in Ib ...
as Seema's Doctor (Special appearance)
Soundtrack
References
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Maldivian drama films
1998 films
Maldivian remakes of Indian films
Films directed by Arifa Ibrahim
1998 drama films
Dhivehi-language films