''24 Gadi Iru'' (lit: ''24 hours'') is a 2014 Maldivian suspense thriller film directed by

Yoosuf Shafeeu Yoosuf Shafeeu also known as Eupe (20 October 1975) is a Maldivian film actor, editor, writer, and director. One of the most successful filmmakers and actors in Maldivian Cinema, Shafeeu is the recipient of a number of awards, including eight Ga ...

and Mohamed Rasheed. Co-produced by Ismail Shafeeq and Mohamed Rasheed under Hi-Raid Productions, the film stars

Fathimath Azifa Fathimath Azifa (born 28 October 1988) is a Maldivian film actress. She has established a career in Maldivian films and is the recipient of several awards, including a Gaumee Film Awards, Gaumee Film Award. Career 2010–16: Debut and breakthrou ...

and Sara Mayrhuber in pivotal roles. The film was released on 28 August 2014. The film revolved around a romantic relationship between a girl diagnosed with

mental illness A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...

and her

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

. Production of the film began in 2010, though it was theatrically released four years later.

Plot

Reesha, a girl with

bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...

and heart problem, Fell in love with her

Dr. Visham. Visham treats his patients with love and care, so Reesha mistaken it as true love. However, Visham is married to a foreigner named Sara, and doesn't have any feelings for Reesha. Reesha is adamant, and want to marry Visham at any cost. She threatened him to commit suicide and frame him for having an affair with her. Visham rebuked her words as she only threatened to commit suicide. However, Reesha, actually committed suicide, and her father beg Visham to marry her. Visham, agreed to marry Reesha for only 24 hours, after which he will divorce her. But Reesha turn the table by saying that the 24 hours will be completed the way she wants. Visham spend most night with Reesha and fell for her. This had a negative impact on Visham and Sara's relationship, and Sara started to feel insecure. Reesha's heart problem became worse. She tell Visham through a letter that she misunderstood his treatment for his love and wanted to Marry and have kids with him. She confess that she wanted to separate Visham and Sara, and was

pregnant Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestation, gestates) inside a woman, woman's uterus (womb). A multiple birth, multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy usually occur ...

with his child. She beg Visham for his forgiveness and request him to upbring their child with Sara. The film ends with Sara accepting, Reesha's child and upbringing him with Visham.

Cast

as Dr. Visham. A

, Sara and Reesha's husband *

as Reesha, Visham's second wife *

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as Hamid, Reesha's father * Sara Mayrhuber as Dr. Sara. A

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, Visham's first wife * Muflihaa as Fareedha, Reesha's personal nurse. * Mohamed Waheed as Bakur * Mohamed Rasheed as Yasir * Ahmed Aman Ali as doctor * Ahmed Rifau as office boy * Fathimath Eera as patient * Maisha Ahmed as receptionist * Mariyam Sama as secretary * Nashith as secretary

Soundtrack

Release and reception

The film was released on 28 August 2014. The film was released after being in production for four years. The film received mixed reception from critics. Ahmed Nadheem of ''

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'' favored the background music, starting of film and its execution while criticizing the flow of its presentation; "The flow of the film was lost after a sudden and led to a rushed climax creating no suspense or whatsoever. The film failed to be marked as a "different" film but the work is encouraging".

Accolades

References

{{Reflist 2014 films 2014 thriller films Maldivian thriller films Films directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu Films directed by Mohamed Rasheed Dhivehi-language films