''Vishka'' is a 2017 Maldivian

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Ravee Farooq Ravee Farooq is a Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer. Career Farooq made his film debut with Abdul Faththaah-directed romantic disaster film, '' Hureemey Inthizaarugaa'' (2005) cast along with Mariyam Zuhura, Waleedha Waleed, Ib ...

. Produced by

Aishath Rishmy Aishath Rishmy Rameez (born 15 November 1985) is a Maldivian actress film producer and director. Early life Born in Malé, Maldives, Rishmy is the daughter of actor Aminath Rasheedha. She is the elder sister of actress Mariyam Azza. They reside ...

under

Yaaraa Productions Yaaraa Productions is a Maldivian film production company based in Malé producing Maldivian films. History The company's first production was Aishath Rishmy and Aminath Rasheedha's debut direction ''Hukuru Vileyrey'' (2006), which was based ...

, the film stars Farooq, Rishmy and Ahmed Saeed in pivotal roles. The film was released on 8 May 2017.

Cast

as Vishka / Raisha *

as Ishan * Ahmed Saeed as Manik * Mohamed Waheed as Hameed * Ali Nadheeh as Yaatte * Ali Mufeed as Zarre * Ahmed Fauzan Fauzy as Reehan * Ibrahim Fiznan as Retey * Hawwa Nisha as Reema * Ahmed Aman as Janah *

Mariyam Shahuza Mariyam Shahuza is a Maldivian former film actress. Career In 2002, Shahuza appeared in a small role as a doctor in Amjad Ibrahim-directed film ''Kahvalhah Dhaandhen'' (2002). Having disappeared from the screen for almost four years, she made a co ...

as Zeenath * Mohamed Ziyad as Shaheem Ali

Development

Requested by producer

, the story for the film was written by Abdulla Wisham, while the screenplay was written by

Mahdi Ahmed Mahdi Ahmed (born 17 October 1971) is a Maldivian screenwriter, producer and film director. He made his career debut with critically acclaimed film '' Amaanaaiy'' (1998), which fetched him several awards including a Gaumee Film Award for Best Dire ...

. The first draft of the screenplay was completed in 2013, though it was re-written and revised more than 10 times before the screenplay was finalised in 2015. Pre-production of the film was completed in two months time. Madhoship was hired for all the technical works, while Hussain Anees was hired as the make-up artist of the film, marking their first film to do the technical works and make-up respectively. Several new faces will be making debut with the film in supporting roles. Noora Rasheedh worked as the stylist in the film, who chose and arranged all outfits, while Riffath designed and custom tailored some of the outfits for the lead character. Vmedia was appointed as the media partner of the film.

Soundtrack

Release

On 30 May 2016,

announced the film and revealed their first look poster and teaser of the trailer to the media. The film was slated for release at Olympus along with Schwack Cinema. The first look of the film garnered a positive hype to the film. The media compared its first look with that of AR Murugadoss-directed '' Akiras first look which features Sonakshi Sinha, for having a similar design and style, though it was revealed on 20 June 2016.

Reception

The teaser of the film was met with positive response from the critics. Ahmed Nadheem from ''Avas'' wrote: "This 43 seconds created more suspense than any other Dhivehi films released this year".

Accolades

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt5768608 2017 films Maldivian crime thriller films Yaaraa Productions films 2017 crime thriller films Films directed by Ravee Farooq Dhivehi-language films