Ali Seezan is a Maldivian film actor, producer, director and editor. He has established a career in Maldives Film Industry and is a recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards, and two Maldives Film Awards.
Ahmed Nimal is a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer.
Roanu Hassan Manik is a widely acclaimed Maldivian film actor, who mainly works in the Maldivian film industry.
Mohamed Manik is a Maldivian film actor, director and makeup artist.
Sheela Najeeb is a Maldivian film actress. She has established a career in Maldivian Film Industry and is the recipient of several awards, one Gaumee Film Awards and two Maldivian Film Awards. She made her screen debut alongside Junaid in a music video "Nudhaashey Magey Loabivaa" and featured in several films afterwards.
Arifa Ibrahim is a Maldivian actress, producer, director and writer.
Niuma Mohamed 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. She holds the record for collecting all three Maldives Film Awards for Best Actress in a feature film. In 2011, the Government of Maldives honoured her with the National Award of Recognition.
Aminath Rasheedha is a Maldivian actress and director.
Nashidha Mohamed is a Maldivian actress.
The Cinema of Maldives is the Maldivian language film industry based in Male', Maldives. The dominant style of Maldivian cinema is melodramatic cinema, which developed since 1990s and characterizes most films to this day. Cinema was introduced in Maldives in 1979. Linguistically, Maldivian films tend to use Dhivehi language, intelligible to native speakers, while modern Maldivian films also increasingly incorporate English. During the 1990s, many Maldivian films were inspired by Bollywood, with some of the films being unofficial remakes of those films. The industry continued to grow, and some successful Maldivian films were produced.
Fauziyya Hassan was a Maldivian film actress. She made her film debut in Sidha in 1985. In 1994 she was arrested by the Indian police on espionage charges relating to the Indian Space Research Organisation. She and a friend were accused of passing sensitive defence information to Pakistan. The espionage case against Hassan was not proven and eventually other charges were dropped, though she spent three years in prison under the National Security Act.
Neena Saleem is a Maldivian actress.
Nadhiya Hassan is a Maldivian film actress.
Sheereen Abdul Wahid is a Maldivian film actress.
Hiyy Halaaku is a 2000 Maldivian romantic drama film directed by Hussain Adil. Produced under Motion Pictures, the film stars Yoosuf Shafeeu, Niuma Mohamed and Sheela Najeeb and Niuma Mohamed in pivotal roles. The plot combines two love triangles set years apart. The first half covers friends on a college campus, while the second tells the story of a widower's young daughter who tries to reunite her dad with his old friend. The film was an unofficial remake of Karan Johar's romantic drama film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998).
Aaah is a 2001 Maldivian drama film directed by Amjad Ibrahim. Produced by Abdulla Shafeeq, the film stars Yoosuf Shafeeu, Mohamed Shavin, Ibrahim Giyas, Sheela Najeeb and Jamsheedha Ahmed in pivotal roles.
Hassan Ali Manik professionally known as Koyya Hassan Manik was a Maldivian film actor and producer.
Ibrahim Wisan, nicknamed as Kandi, is a Maldivian cinematographer, actor, and director.
Asad Shareef is a Maldivian film actor and politician.
Easa Shareef is a Maldivian film director, actor, screen-writer, editor and lyricist.
