Mikoe Bappa Baey Baey

Plot

The film opens when Ahmed Fazeel/Mohamed Saleem (Mohamed Manik) wakes up to an unfamiliar environment. Everything he sees seems to be queer and were unrecognized. When he starts looking and discovering things around him, he was amazed by seeing a baby monitor. In a while he hears a baby crying transmitted from the monitor, followed by a women's lullaby. He was further astonished when he found out that he was wearing a wedding ring on his finger. As a result he gets confused of his identity.

After a few minutes, Aminath Shifa/Nisha (Aishath Rishmy) enters the room and behaves like his wife. She tried to convince him that he is Fazeel. She revealed that he met with an accident and only remembers things that happened only recently. She medicates him for recover. However, since no change has been identified, he loses control and get furious. In return she had to hurt him in order to save their baby.

She struggles enough to save their wedding and their baby. His past and present was revealed in bits before the truth was finally revealed.

Cast

Development

Pre-production of the film began in 2012, but faced various delays and some setback. Director Ravi Farooq states that the delay was necessary in perfecting the movie and improving various technical issues of it. It was the first Maldivian film that has been extensively shot using a photo camera. The story of the film was originally written by Ahmed Rasheed from Mandheyra Productions which is based in L. Fonadhoo. This was the second of the trilogy which Mahdi and Farooq have decided to produced based on the theme of one set, one day, two characters, proceeded by Ingili.

Release and response

The film was released on 12 July 2015. The film continued its run at Olympus for further two days. The film was later shown at Olympys cinema on both 20 and 21 August 2015.

The film was positively received by the critics; Aishath Rishmy's acting has been applauded by the critics in particular. Aishath Maahaa from Vaguthu gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and appraised the risk taken by the whole crew in bringing the film. She perceived that every actor in the film brought the perfect expressions to their faces. Singling out Rishmy, she wrote: "With this film, she proved that she is not only a great dancer, but also a great actor". Concluding her review, Maahaa chose the film as one of the most different film ever released in the industry and affirmed that the production team had fully justified the 3 years spent in production.