Loaiybahtakaa

Loaiybahtakaa
Loaiybahtakaa
	Official film poster
Directed by	Yoosuf Shafeeu
Screenplay by	Yoosuf Shafeeu
Produced by	Mohamed Afrah
Starring	Yoosuf Shafeeu ; Sheela Najeeb ; Fathimath Fareela ; Mohamed Faisal
Cinematography	Ibrahim Moosa
Edited by	Ahmed Shah Ali
Music by	Ayyuman Shareef
Production; company	Eupe Productions
Release date	November 8, 2009;
Running time	165 minutes
Country	Maldives
Language	Dhivehi

Last updated November 01, 2023

Loaiybahtakaa (English Translation: For love) is a 2009 Maldivian romantic film written and directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu.^[1] Produced by Mohamed Afrah under Eupe Productions, the film stars Shafeeu, Sheela Najeeb, Fathimath Fareela and Mohamed Faisal in pivotal roles.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Majid (Ahmed Nimal) receives the news of Arifa's (Aminath Shareef) sudden illness who has been diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease. He promptly visits her and she makes him promise to look after their son, Najah, whose parenthood is being hidden to the world and has been forcibly relocated to another island two months back. Majid's wife, Sharmeela (Fauziyya Hassan) reluctantly agrees to welcome his son to their home although she announced her detestation. Najah, unable to survive criticism and verbal abuse from his step mother agrees to go back to his island and stays at Guraidhoo Centre.

Years later, Najah (Yoosuf Shafeeu) has been released from the Centre and Majid takes him back to his house. Majid and Sharmeela's son, Zaid (Mohamed Faisal) befriends Najah. Zaid is secretly in love with his friend Reysham (Sheela Najeeb) and struggles to express his feelings for her. Zaid is also friends with Reysham's younger sister, Shabee (Fathimath Fareela), who continuously gets harassed by a local gangster Bassan (Mohamed Shah Ali). He has been previously arrested by police, reported by Shabee, for involvement in drug dealing. One day, Najah stops Bassan from tormenting Shabee on her way back home and she starts to consider him a "hero". He is then properly introduced to the group and they start hanging out together. Najah soon finds a childhood photograph of Reysham and realizes that he has been in love with Reysham since childhood.

One night, while Najah was going home, he gets brutally attacked Bassan and his gang. Sharmeela demands Majid to kick him out of the house fearing he will tarnish their reputation as she was under the belief that Najah instigated the fight. Najah clears all the misunderstandings, but Sharmeela refuses to listen. In an attempt to smoothen things out, Majid reveals Najah's true identity in front of everyone and open-heartedly welcomes him into his family. Zaid now realizing that Najah is his brother, becomes closer to him and confides in him about his feelings for Reysham. Najah decides to distance himself from Reysham, to make his brother happy. However, Reysham starts liking Najah due to his helpful and caring attitude. Realizing this, Najah fakes a phone call and acts like he is happily married, hoping Reysham will forget him beyond as a friend. Heartbroken, Reysham storms off to home only for Shabee to reveal that she is also attracted to Najah. Reysham instantly discloses his truth to Shabee saying that he is a married man. Worsening the situation, Zaid enters their house and proposes Reysham to marry him which she politely declines.

After several conversations, Reysham agrees to marry Zaid. But soon after, she learns the truth about Najah's marital status and discovers that he has been lying to her. She confronts Najah and questions him about why he felt the need to lie to her to which Najah reveals his true feelings for her. The two have a heartfelt moment but decide to let it be. One day when they were swimming at the beach, Bassan attacks Najah once again, this time stabbing him with a knife and murdering him. Post his funeral, Zaid finds a photograph of little Reysham with a love quote in Najah's book, and realizes Najah's sacrifices for Zaid and for the peace of the family. Before the end credits roll in, a visitor also named Najah (Lufshan Shakeeb) is introduced and he helps Shabee out, leaving a positive impact on her.

Cast

Yoosuf Shafeeu as Najah
Sheela Najeeb as Reysham
Fathimath Fareela as Shabee
Mohamed Faisal as Zaid
Ahmed Shah Ali as Bassan
Ahmed Nimal as Majid
Fauziyya Hassan as Sharmeela
Aminath Shareef as Arifa
Mohamed Afrah
Zuhuree as Sham
Mohamed Rifshan
Lufshan Shakeeb as a Najah (special appearance)

Soundtrack

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Hiyy Nagaafaa Ma Dhineema"	Adam Haleem Adnan	Abdul Baaree, Rafiyath Rameeza
2.	"Ufalugaa"	Adam Haleem Adnan	Mumthaz Moosa, Hassan Ilham
3.	"Loiybahtakaa"	Adam Haleem Adnan	Ibrahim Zaid Ali, Aishath Maain Rasheed
4.	"Abadhuves Feneyey Kalaa"	Adam Haleem Adnan	Hassan Ilham, Shifa Thaufeeq

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2011	1st Maldives Film Awards	Best Film	Loiybahtakaa	Nominated	^[4]
		Best Director	Yoosuf Shafeeu	Nominated	^[4]
		Best Actor	Mohamed Faisal	Nominated	^[4]
		Best Child Artist	Shaifan Shaheem	Nominated	^[4]

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References

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↑ Nadheem, Ahmed (23 February 2012). "Top 10 Actresses in Malives". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
↑ Adhushan, Ahmed (24 February 2018). "Who are the most profitable producers?". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
1 2 3 4 Haveeru Videos (26 June 2011). "Maldives Film Awards 2011 Nominations". Youtube (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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[1] Maaha, Aishath (21 February 2018). "Best 10 Actors". Dho? (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[2] Nadheem, Ahmed (23 February 2012). "Top 10 Actresses in Malives". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

[3] Adhushan, Ahmed (24 February 2018). "Who are the most profitable producers?". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

[MFA1nom-4] 1 2 3 4 Haveeru Videos (26 June 2011). "Maldives Film Awards 2011 Nominations". Youtube (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

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