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Wikipedia article
'40+' is a 2019 Maldivian horror comedy film written and directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu and the sequel to his previous comedy film 'Naughty 40' (2017). Produced by Ismail Shafeeq under Eupe Productions, the film stars Yoosuf Shafeeu, Mohamed Manik, Ahmed Saeed and Ali Seezan reprising their role as Ashwanee, Ahsan, Ajwad and Zahid respectively. Fathimath Azifa and Ali Azim were also retained their in the sequel, while Sheela Najeeb, Mohamed Faisal, Ahmed Easa, Mariyam Shakeela, and Mariyam Shifa were added to the cast. The film is scheduled to release on 5 March 2019.
Cast
* Yoosuf Shafeeu as Ashvani
* Ali Seezan as Zahidh
* Mohamed Manik as Ajwad
* Ahmed Saeed as Ahsan
* Sheela Najeeb as Zarifa
* Fathimath Azifa as Thaniya
* Mohamed Faisal as Akram
* Ali Azim as Nadheem
* Ahmed Easa as Saiman
* Mariyam Shakeela as Gumeyra
* Ali Shahid as Zubeiru
* Mariyam Shifa as Laila
* Irufana Ibrahim as Shamra
* Hunaisha Adam Naseer as Mishka
* Aminath Ziyadha as Fazna
* Aishath Sam'aa as Shaira
* Ahmed Bassam as Fairooz
* Mariyam Azza in the item number "Lailaa" (Special appearance)
Development
A sequel to Yoosuf Shafeeu's commercially successful comedy film 'Naughty 40' (2017) was announced on 31 October 2017. Despite its prequel being a comedy film, the spin off was reported to include horror elements in the film, marking the first of its genre; horror comedy, in Maldivian film industry. It was believed that the film will retain majority of the cast from its prequel with inclusion of additional actors including Sheela Najeeb, Mohamed Faisal and Mariyam Shifa. A casting call was opened on 3 December 2017 to an "overwhelming" response which resulted in five new faces to join the cast post audition of over hundred candidates. Filming was commenced on 23 December 2017 in Th. Burunee scheduled to be completed within twenty five days. Shooting of the film was completed on 21 January 2018.
Soundtrack
Release
The film was initially planned to release on 1 August 2018 though they pushed the release date to the following year citing the political instability in the country in relation to 2018 Maldivian presidential election. The trailer of the film was released on 24 November 2018 while announcing the release date as 27 February 2019. However, it was again postponed to 5 March 2019 since the Olympus was being occupied during the period for an event organized by National Centre for the Arts.
References
Category:2019 films
Category:2019 comedy horror films
Category:Maldivian comedy horror films
Category:Films directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu
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