Office Loabi

*Office Loabi*
Office Loabi
Written by	Amyna Mohamed
Screenplay by	Amyna Mohamed
Directed by	Amyna Mohamed
Music by	Paighde
Country of origin	Maldives
Original language	Divehi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Mohamed Mirusan; Abdulla Hafiz
Cinematography	Ibrahim Moosa
Editors	Rafhan Shareef; Mohamed Humam
Release
Original release	April 2, 2022

Last updated September 05, 2023

Office Loabi is a Maldivian comedy web series written and directed by Amyna Mohamed.^[1] The series follows the life of colleagues, Rafhan Shareef, Ahmed Jillian Rashad, Ruby Fazal, Dheena Ahmed, Mohamed Shivaz, Mohamed Afrah, Aminath Shuha and Mariyam Waheedha. The series was announced in March 2022. The pilot episode of the first season was released on 2 April 2022 and was concluded on 14 June 2022. The series was renewed for a second season.

Cast and characters

Main

Rafhan Shareef as Rameez
Ahmed Jillian Rashad as Jaisham
Ruby Fazal as Raushan Ismail
Dheena Ahmed as Muneera
Mohamed Shivaz as Saeed
Mohamed Afrah as Mohamed Fikury
Aminath Shuha as Mauna
Mariyam Waheedha as Shiflyn
Ibrahim Salim Ismail as Hamdhaan

Recurring

Ali Inaz as the cleaning boy

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original release date
1	"New Girl"	Amyna Mohamed	April 2, 2022 (2022-04-02)
An outgoing new recruit, Raushan Ismail, starts her first job at an egg distribution business company and is introduced to her judgmental and annoying colleagues.
2	"Company Name Change"	Amyna Mohamed	April 9, 2022 (2022-04-09)
In an attempt to rebrand their company, HR Manager, Muneera opens a contest to suggest a name for their company, where the selected employee gets an exciting prize, which was ultimately cancelled much to the dismay of the employees.
3	"Boss is absent!"	Amyna Mohamed	April 16, 2022 (2022-04-16)
Fikury takes a sick leave and accidentally announces it to the whole world, leading to cancellation of his much awaited trip to Dubai BissFare. As Muneera decides to take Saeed to the fare alongside her, Fikury overrules her decision to replace Saeed with Raushan.
4	"After The Office Trip"	Amyna Mohamed	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
After the Dubai trip, Muneera summons everyone for an urgent meeting. Muneera is upset with Fikree's performance and impressed with Raushan's creativity. Meanwhile, Rameez tries to flatter Muneera in a time where she finds Saeed to act too desperate lately.
5	"Employee of the Month"	Amyna Mohamed	April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)
Muneera scolds Mauna for her records of absenteeism and abusing office time with her personal business.
6	"Office Structure"	Amyna Mohamed	May 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)
Staff complaints about their job description and level of hierarchy. Muneera requests Hamdhan to access Raushan's system and check her work progress. Hamdhan catches Shiflyn with the cleaning boy, MD Shuheil coming from the store room.
7	"Annual Bonus"	Amyna Mohamed	May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13)
Shiflyn shares a photo of Abulho, Mauna's husband, with another woman, Sobira. Mauna passes the rage on Shiflyn. Junaid disappointed with the performance of the company decides that annual bonus will not be given to the staff. Saeed's first wife, Asma, pays a visit to Muneera and makes a deal with her.
8	"Office Training"	Amyna Mohamed	May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)
Muneera interviews the only shortlisted candidate for the post the graphic designer. Muneera meets the team and shares the annual plans for staff empowerment and several opportunities including staff training.
9	"Promotion (Part 1)"	Amyna Mohamed	May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27)
Saeed gets promoted to a managerial position which creates conflict between him and Fikury. Meanwhile, Junaid offers Rameez a promotion but from another department which upsets Mauna.
10	"Promotion (Part 2)"	Amyna Mohamed	June 14, 2022 (2022-06-14)
The colleagues host a party to celebrate Saeed's promotion and Rameez's birthday. Saeed's wife, Seema, makes a surprise visit to the party which results the two women, Seema and Muneera, quarrel over Saeed.

Development

Filming for the series was completed in March 2022.^[2] It was announced that the film will debut several new faces to the industry from the nationally acclaimed Billiard player, Dheena Ahmed, model Ruby Fazal, dancer Rafhan Shareef and Ibrahim Salim Ismail, gym instructor Jillian Rasheed, along with some fresh actors, Ali Inaz, Aminath Shuha, Mohamed Shivaz, Mohamed Afrah and Mariyam Waheedha.^[2]^[3] A casting call was made on 11 July 2022 to audition new actors for the second season of the series.^[4]

Release and reception

The first episode of the series was released on 2 April 2022 in Baiskoafu, on the occasion of Ramadan 1443.^[5] Reviewing the first episode of the series, Ahmed Rasheed from MuniAvas in particular praised the performance of Mariyam Waheedha and Mohamed Afrah while highlighting the "excellent integration of a unique concept to the viewers".^[5]

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References

↑ Rasheed, Ahmed (20 March 2022). "Office Loabi to release along with Baiskoafu TV application". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
1 2 Waheedha, Mariyam (29 March 2022). "Filming completed for "Office Loabi"". Dhen (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
↑ Rasheed, Ahmed (19 August 2021). "Trailer of Hehes released". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
↑ "New faces for "Office Loabi"". Hurihaa (in Divehi). 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
1 2 Rasheed, Ahmed (2 April 2022). "Office Loabi to Baiskoafu". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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[1] Rasheed, Ahmed (20 March 2022). "Office Loabi to release along with Baiskoafu TV application". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[firstseason-2] 1 2 Waheedha, Mariyam (29 March 2022). "Filming completed for "Office Loabi"". Dhen (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[3] Rasheed, Ahmed (19 August 2021). "Trailer of Hehes released". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[seconseason-4] "New faces for "Office Loabi"". Hurihaa (in Divehi). 11 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[release-5] 1 2 Rasheed, Ahmed (2 April 2022). "Office Loabi to Baiskoafu". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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