Amjad Ibrahim

Amjad Ibrahim Didi (born 11 September 1967), commonly known as Amjad Ibrahim, is a Maldivian film director and screenwriter.

Early life After completing eleven years of service in Maldives National Defence Force, Ibrahim decided to pursue a career in film direction due to his "fondness" towards film-making process.

Career Amjad Ibrahim wrote and released his debut-direction, a drama film Huras in 1996, which features Hassan Afeef, Mariyam Rasheedha, Vazuna Ahmed, Koyya Hassan Manik and Arifa Ibrahim in pivotal roles. The film which focuses on an immoral relationship between a teacher and a student was developed solely with the intention of winning Gaumee Film Awards though it failed to garner any award at 2nd Gaumee Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he released the commercially successful romantic drama film Loabeega Aniyaa (1997) which appears Mariyam Nisha, an established actress her career for an underprivileged talented vocalist (Hussain Sobah).

Ibrahim next launched actor Yoosuf Shafeeu with his comedy drama film Qurbaani (2000) featuring Shafeeu, Mariyam Nisha and Hussain Sobah. Post Shafeeu's debut, Ibrahim roped him in several other projects he worked in. The same year, he released Ainbehge Loabi Firiehge Vaajib (2000) starring Yoosuf Shafeeu, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Arifa Ibrahim and Niuma Mohamed. The film revolves around a woman who has been mistreated by her step-mother and forced into a marriage she disapproves. The following year, he released two films; a horror film Sandhuravirey (2002) which narrates the story of a female jinn aiming to win the heart of a human being and a drama film starring Shafeeu and Sheela Najeeb, Kahvalhah Dhaandhen (2002).

This was followed by a series of poorly received horror films. In 2003, he released the romantic horror film Dhonkamana (2003) which depicts the romantic relationship between a young man (Yoosuf Shafeeu) and an old woman (Fauziyya Hassan). Starring additional cast including Sheela Najeeb, Niuma Mohamed, Sheereen Abdul Wahid, Amira Ismail and Aminath Rasheedha, received mainly negative reviews from critics though its inclusion of the theme portraying the relationship between a couple with a large age gap was appraised. The latter follows a temptress vampire (Mariyam Nisha) who goes into a killing spree to quench her thirst. The film received mainly negative reviews from critics though he fetched his only Maldives Film Award nomination as the Best Director. This was followed by his family drama Hithey Dheymee (2011) which received negative reviews from critics and was a box office disaster. The same year, his suspense thriller film Hafaraaiy (2011) was released starring Yoosuf Shafeeu, Ali Shameel, Mariyam Shakeela, Amira Ismail and Fathimath Fareela, which was a critical and commercial failure.

After the film Hafaraaiy (2011), Ibrahim took a break of eight years before returning to the work of film direction. In 2018, he released another horror film Reyvumun which marks his fifty-second direction. 2000

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Also the producer Short films

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