Beeveema

Beeveema is a 2023 Maldivian film written and directed by Ahmed Zareer.

Produced by Mohamed Ali and Aishath Fuad Thaufeeq under Dark Rain Entertainment, the film stars Mariyam Ashfa, Ismail Rasheed, Aminath Rashfa and Adam Zidhan in pivotal roles.

He works for the Ministry of Education and is given a task to check the infrastructure of Keyodhoo school due to the increase in the number of students.

The project was announced in August 2020 as the first feature film direction by screenwriter Ahmed Zareer.

[4] Producer Mohamed Ali shared that restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic affected the production as it became mandatory to follow the safety and health guidelines at all times of shoot.

[7] As insisted by director Zareer, trimming of the film had cut its runtime by around forty-five minutes.

It marks as the first film screened at Olympus Cinema after modernizing the infrastructure and its re-opening on 4 February 2023.

[9] Calling the film a "better adaptation of the inspiration", Luba particularly praised the work of cameraman Ibrahim Wisan for trying to immerse the audience in the 1990s.

Furthermore, Adam opined that the relevancy of the film with its backstory plugs the right emotion of the audience.

Apart from praising the lead actors, Ali wrote: "As much as Ashfa surprises us with her performance, Zareer's debut role as a director is also praiseworthy.