Mahdi Ahmed

Scripting waves of imagination from the sunny side of the Maldives.

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post production of HINITHUNVELAASHEY KALAA

post production of the first episode of HINITHUNVELAASHEY KALAA which is scheduled to be aired on TVM on 26th july has been near completion. sometime today, episode 1 will be completed. director FATTHAAH is aiming to hand over 4 more episodes before 26th july.
 
the first episode looks awesome with all the dubbing, natural sound and music score. composer THITTHI has done a good job with the music. full credit goes to editor SEMI and rest of the cast and crew, especially director FATTHAAH for translating what i have written visually.
 
am excited to hear comments on episode 1.  

episode 1 of THIYA LOABEEGA

despite the mysterious writer’s block of late, last thursday i have finished writing episode 1 of serial THIYA LOABEEGA. the episode ends in an eerie note with a point-of-view of someone watching the unsuspecting campers. am not allowed to give more details.
 
i have handed the script to serial director SEEZAN for comments. i will usually wait for his comments before proceeding with the rest of the episodes, however i am going to start on second episode today. hope i still don’t have that writer’s block i was talking about which was mysterious!

writer’s block or what?

presently i feel that am having a writer’s block. am unable to proceed with the 13 episodes serial THIYA LOABEEGA for actor-director, SEEZAN. i find myself struggling to get over the first scene of episode one and its been like that for days now, which is totally uncharacteristic of me who on any given day writes an episode a day. what has happened to me? have i lost my mojo? these are questions that pop on to my mind lately. but nothing doing. if am on this streak for too long, i am gonna be in trouble since i have to submit all 13 episodes by 5th August.
 

4 episodes edited

final editing of 4 episodes of soon to be premiered serial HINITHUVELAASHEY KALAA have been completed. dubbing will begin today and composing music is already underway. the serial is scheduled for 26th July. am more than satisfied with the work of entire cast and crew. am hoping that this serial will capture the hearts of the audience. i really need a break!
 
 

writing begins on THIYA LOABEEGA

after struggling to develop the story, still i haven’t completely, writing of 13 episode serial THIYA LOABEEGA to be directed by Seezan has started today. the difficulty in constructing this serial is due to the limitation i have to construct the story the way i want. the producers has given me a criteria to follow. as a writer i totally hate that! but i took this project as a challenge. how much can i write with limitations?  i hope i can finish this on time before shooting starts on 5th of next nonth.

editing begins

editing of HINITHUNVELAASHEY KALAA began three days ago and have so far edited the rough cut of the first three episodes. i must say that those episodes have lived up to my expectation and even more with regards to the locations. Ha. Kelai absolutely looks breathtaking and director Fatthaah has used the location to the maximum. as for the performances, i was nervouse about the character played by Hajja. surprisingly, she has nailed her role completely! she will be praised for her cast-against-type role. kudos also go to the girl who played young Hajja. she is a stunner!
 
the spine of the story is the friendship between Hajja and Afee. both gives an admirable performance and their friendship is clearly visible from their acting. so does in the flashback scenes of them in their childhood. totally awesome! 
 
this serial is scheduled to start on July 26th. the trailer will be aired soon, hopefully.

seezan’s 13 episodes

i will be writing actor-director SEEZAN’s new 13 episodes serial that he will be producing for TVM. the shooting is set for mid-august. am currently developing the story and have sat with SEEZAN. he has given green light on the subject. i can’t say much of the story but i can reveal this much. it’s going to be other-worldly!  

CIB part 2

MOVIE PEOPLE has commissioned me to write part 2 of their successful short film CIB: MISSION 24. part 2 will have SEEZAN reprising his AGENT JINAAH role. part 2 will have AGENT JINAAH… am not allowed to continue, sorry!

BINMAA declined

after a week of waiting for BINMAA to rewrite the first act of his screenplay, yesterday he has returned the screenplay, unfortunately without rewriting. when i called him he said that its better that either SHAREEF or i do the rewriting. cool, its okay for me. the screenplay needs a complete rewrite anyway.