| Heylaa | |
|---|---|
 Official film poster | |
| Directed by | Moomin Fuad Ali Shifau |
| Screenplay by | Moomin Fuad |
| Produced by | Mohamed Samee |
| Starring | Ismail Rasheed Ahmed Mauroof Zeenath Abbas Lufshan Shakeeb Abdulla Muaz |
| Cinematography | Moomin Fuad Ali Shifau |
| Edited by | Ali Shifau |
| Music by | Shaaz Saeed |
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| Country | Maldives |
| Language | Dhivehi |
Heylaa is a 2006 Maldivian crime film written and directed by Moomin Fuad.[1] Produced by Mohamed Samee, the film stars Ismail Rasheed, Ahmed Mauroof and Zeenath Abbas in pivotal roles.[2] Winning five Gaumee Film Awards, the film was also screened at several Film Festivals including the South Asian Film Festival Maldives, 2007.[3][4]
The film narrates the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who finds himself unknowingly being involved in smuggling of a revolver.[1] Though the film received positive reviews from critics, it was a commercial failure.[1][2] The film is the first Maldivian film to be shot in high-definition digital video.[5]
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- ^ "Gaumee Inaam 2018 - Ali Shifau". Presidency Maldives (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2018.