Creative direction and visual leadership for film, events, exhibitions, and communication projects.
173 commercials, 21 documentaries, 18 TV dramas and 6 films.
Writing, directing and editing for screen since my first TV short in 2000.
A film by Ashar Waheed.
Ministry of Home Affairs, World Non-Violence Day. Rehabilitation and community acceptance.
An aged father faces the return of old enmities after a death in the family.
The scars drug addiction leaves on children and families.
Period drama of families stranded on an uninhabited island.
Ministry of Home Affairs with MNDF and the Ministry of Arts and Culture, for Huravee Dhuvas.
The nation's history and culture, premiered on Independence Day 2021.
The soldier who fell on 3 November 1988.
The sea ambulance crew at work in rough weather.
Ministry of Gender campaign against domestic violence.
Reethi Dhivehiraaje, Anhen Sifain, Kandumathee Gaaidhun, Labbaika, Emmeney.
Animated handwashing spot for children.
Working women and the double shift at office and home.
Identities, campaigns, packaging, billboards and websites.
Each one built around the client's own voice, in print and on screen.
Ceremonies, launches, conferences, shows and exhibitions.
As events consultant at the Ministry of Arts, Heritage and Culture and as an independent director, I design and direct events from the idea to the live moment.
Independence Day, anniversaries and official commemorations, where a large audience needs one clear story.
Brand, league and public campaign launches that have to look and feel like the identity behind them.
Ministries, institutions and corporate gatherings that need to run on time and look consistent.
Shows built around music, performers and screens, like the MNDF 127th Anniversary Show above.
Cultural and historical stories turned into spaces people walk through.
More event and exhibition projects are being added.
Planning an event? Get in touch on the About page.
16 stage shows and musicals, many of them for Independence Day.
Large casts, live drums, shadow play and silent drill, staged with the MNDF and schools.
Also staged: Odi (Independence Day 2004), a shipwreck that opens the tale of islanders fighting for sovereignty, and Minivan Vaguthu (Independence Day 2019), a silent drill showcase of the final hours before independence.
Leading the idea, the look and the story from concept to delivery.
Concept development, visual direction and 3D visualisation, so clients can see a project before it is built.
The look, feel and signature details of a cafe designed around one client's brief.
Developed for Mr. Abdulla Nashid around his vision of club islands for yacht owners.
Blender, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Twinmotion, Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite
New tools, same direction.
AI-assisted films and videos, web apps and games, and Dhivehi fonts. Authorship and final decisions stay human-led.
A browser fighting game set in Malé in 1752, with an original Dhivehi storyline.
Seating and usher guide for the official jalsa, with a colour-coded seat map.
Dhivehi fonts are being added.
Experience informs the work. Intent shapes the outcome.
I started in the late 1990s with hands-on making, learning how images, movement and story shape what people see and feel. My first TV short came out in 2000.
Film and performance grew into a wider practice: cinema, exhibitions, live events, campaigns and spatial design. That growth was never a plan. As projects became more complex, thinking beyond one medium became necessary.
I have directed work for national events, public institutions, brands and cultural projects, often at scale and under real constraints. It taught me to balance ambition with structure.
Today AI tools are part of my process for ideation, pre-visualisation and prototyping. They add speed. Authorship and direction stay with me.
First TV short.
Assistant to Munko on the Independence Day show Dhonbandaarainge Jihaad.
The Book, a giant pop-up book on stage for Independence Day.
Drum Show with more than 150 drummers.
Boduthakurufaanu, Independence Day musical drama.
Minivan Vaguthu, a silent drill showcase.
Dhonbandarain docudrama and the documentary Maldives.
Feature film Zoya and the musical Kalhuthukalaa with more than 100 MNDF performers.
AI-assisted films: Maldives Independence, a Dhivehi music video and Women's Stories.
Have a story that needs a shape?
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