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and Mariyam Haajara in pivotal roles. Filming took place in Kochi, India and was released on 28 March 1994.

Plot

Abdul Ghadir (

), a senior citizen, applies for a vacant accountant post at Hotel Santosh and meets the manager Shahid (

). With an emotional talk, Ghadir gets confirmed with the job. Shahid inspires to develop his hotel and succeeds in securing a loan despite his lack of his experience in the industry. He falls in love with Bank Manager's daughter Shafiya (Mariyam Haajara). Upon meeting Ghadir she stormily moves out of office, recalling a prior incident of Ghadir begging Shafiya's step-mother Majidha (

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) and uncle Amjad (

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) for a job. Witnessing Ghadir's loyalty and dedication towards him, Shahid gifted him a house. Shafiya asks for forgiveness from Shahid and they reunite. In spite of Majidha's disagreement, Shafiya's father agreed for Shahid's proposal to marry Shafiya. With the influence of her step mother and uncle, disputes between Shahid and Shafiya arises leading them to separation. A romantic link builds between Mariyam and Shahid, which Shafiya disagree to believe. Gadhir being continuously discriminated for his social status, resigns from Shahid's hotel and leaves to another city with his daughter Mariyam. She gets sick and moves to another city, lying to her father saying she gets a job offer from a sewing company while insisting her father to stay there to look after the house. Shahid gets a job from the same city where Mariyam resides and meets her with the house owner's son. Amjad sees them together and implies the kid is of Shahid and mariyam's. He breaks the news to Gadhir who gets a heart attack seeing Mariyam and Shahid together with a kid. Once the truth is revealed, Shafiya begged Shahid to come back together which he instantly declines.

Cast

as Shahid * Lillian Saeed as Mariyam * Mariyam Haajara as Shafiya *

as Abdul Ghadir *

as Majidha *

as Amjad * Shahul Hameed

Soundtrack

References

{{Reflist 1994 films Maldivian drama films Films shot in Kochi Films directed by Ibrahim Rasheed 1994 drama films Dhivehi-language films