Heylaa
| Heylaa | |
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| 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. Produced by Mohamed Samee, the film stars Ismail Rasheed, Ahmed Mauroof and Zeenath Abbas in pivotal roles. Winning five Gaumee Film Awards, the film was also screened at several Film Festivals including the South Asian Film Festival Maldives, 2007.
The film narrates the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who finds himself unknowingly being involved in smuggling of a revolver. Though the film received positive reviews from critics, it was a commercial failure. The film is the first Maldivian film to be shot in high-definition digital video.