Yaaraa Productions

Yaaraa Productions is a Maldivian film production company based in Malé producing Maldivian films.

Yaaraa Productions
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Headquarters
Male'
,
Maldives
Key people
Aminath Rasheedha
Aishath Rishmy
ProductsFilm production

History

The company's first production was Aishath Rishmy and Aminath Rasheedha's debut direction Hukuru Vileyrey (2006), which was based on a novel published by Ibrahim Waheed on Haveeru Daily 3 years before.[1] The film was a commercial success. It was considered as "one of the few acceptable horror movies the Maldives film industry has ever produced".[2] The film was later released as a 15 episode television series with the inclusion of several clips that were cut from the theatrical release.[3] The company then went on to produce a family drama film Fanaa (2010) which was directed by Aishath Rishmy.[4] Based on a novel published by Waheed titled Balgish, the film received a mixed to negative response from critics; Ali Naafiz from Haveeru Daily classified the film as the "worst Maldivian film released so far" during the year.[4]

Their next production was Ahmed Azmeel's debut direction Hiyy Yaara Dheefa (2011), starring Ali Seezan, Aishath Rishmy, Niuma Mohamed, Ahmed Azmeel and Aminath Rasheedha.[5] The film was a financial loss to the producers and received negative reviews from critics pointing to similarities with Bollywood comedy-drama film Ishq (1997) and Kundan Shah's family drama Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002).[6] Six years later, they went on to produced Ravee Farooq's critically acclaimed crime thriller Vishka (2017) which revolves around a single-minded woman, Vishka, who gets trapped between an immoral person and a corrupt politician.[7][8] Prior to release it faced controversies as Hassan Haleel requested a deferment in release claiming he allegedly owns the story and script of the film.[9] However, the film was cleared for exhibition with the court order proclaiming that the ownership of the script and story belongs to Rishmy.[10] Upon release, the film opened to a positive response from critics.[11] The film was screened at the SAARC Film Festival 2017.[12]

Films produced
Year Title Director(s) Producer(s) Cast Ref(s)
2006 Hukuru Vileyrey Aishath Rishmy
Aminath Rasheedha		 Aminath Rasheedha
[1]
2009 Mihithah Loabi Dheyshey Aishath Rishmy Ismail Aziel Azmeel
[13]
2010 Fanaa Aishath Rishmy Aminath Rasheedha
[4]
2011 Hiyy Yaara Dheefa Ahmed Azmeel N/A
[6]
2017 Vishka Ravee Farooq Aishath Rishmy
[8]

References
  1. Naseer, Ismail (20 July 2006). "Hukuru Vileyrey - Big hopes, big challenges: Ainthu". Haveeru Daily (in Divehi). Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. Naafiz, Ali (19 July 2010). "Fanaa: Proof of Yaaraa's immaturity". Haveeru Daily. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  3. Ahmed, Fazeena (23 November 2006). ""Hukuru Vileyrey" releasing as a Drama". Haveeru Daily (in Divehi). Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. Nafiz, Ali (15 July 2010). "Fanaa: Proof of Yaaraa's immaturity". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2010-07-18. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  5. Nadheem, Ahmed (13 October 2011). ""Hiyy Yaaraa Dheefa" premiered". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. Nadheem, Ahmed (20 October 2011). ""Hiyy Yaaraa Dheefa" review". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. Adhushan, Ahmed (31 May 2016). "Vishka will not be an ordinary film" (in Divehi). Mihaaru. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. Musthafa, Mohamed (10 March 2017). "Vishka: A woman ruled over an immoral man". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  9. Ibrahim, Muizzu (8 March 2017). "The request of deferment in release of Vishka declined". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. Ibrahim, Muizzu (9 July 2017). "Court proclaimed owner of Vishka as Rishmy". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  11. Nadheem, Ahmed (8 March 2017). "Vishka can't be controlled, so does its praise!". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  12. Adhushan, Ahmed (25 November 2017). "SAARC Film Festival 2017: Best Actress named as Rishmy". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  13. Rasheed, Ahmed (12 November 2019). "Additional cast of Huvaa". MuniAvas. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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