Leena (film)

Leena
Official film poster
Directed byAbdulla Muaz
Written byAhmed Zareer
Produced byAbdulla Muaz
Sayyah Abbas
StarringMariyam Azza
Abdulla Muaz
Ali Azim
Nuzuhath Shuaib
Zeenath Abbas
Ahmed Saaed
Mariyam Haleem
CinematographyIbrahim Wisan
Edited byAbdulla Muaz
Music byFathuhulla Shakeel
Production
companies
Abdulla Muaz Productions
Baiskoafu
Release date
  • July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryMaldives
LanguageDhivehi

Leena is a 2019 Maldivian thriller film directed by Abdulla Muaz. Co-produced by Muaz and Sayyah Abbas under Abdulla Muaz Productions in association with Baiskoaf, the film stars Mariyam Azza, Muaz, Ali Azim, Nuzuhath Shuaib, Zeenath Abbas, Ahmed Saaed and Mariyam Haleem in pivotal roles.

The film is based on the murder of Azleena Nafees who was found dead in a bathroom with multiple stab wounds at the Chamber of Commerce.[1] Working as a secretary at that place, Nafees was killed on 5 April 2001 by Abdullah Zuhair, who was serving as a security guard in the office of the Haveeru News Services, which is next to the Chamber of Commerce.[2]

  1. ^ "Getting away with murder in the Maldives". Maldives Independent. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Azleena's killer Zuhair freed". VNews. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.