Hamdhoon Farooq

Hamdhoon Farooq
Born (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36)
Male', Maldives
NationalityMaldivian
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Hamdhoon Farooq (born 7 April 1988) is a Maldivian film actor and dancer.

Early life and career

Farooq was born on 7 April 1988 in Male'.[1] His parents, Ali Farooq and Mariyam Haleem are actors working in the film industry since 1997.[1] He is the brother of actor and director Ravee Farooq and comedy actor and dancer Hamdhan Farooq.[1]

In 2008, he appeared along with Ravee Farooq and Niuma Mohamed in Ravee's short film Erey by playing the role of a thug who get trapped at a construction site.[2] He then starred alongside Mohamed Manik, Ahmed Asim and Ibrahim Jihad in Ali Shifau's horror suspense thriller short film Ummeedh as one of the four friends who get lost at sea.[3] In 2014, Farooq collaborated with Ahmed Nimal for his drama film Aniyaa, alongside Niuma Mohamed, Ismail Rasheed and Mohamed Jumayyil.[4][5] Due to some technical difficulties while screening the film, it failed to garner enough hype and did average business with mixed reviews critics.[6][7]

2018 was a dull year for Maldivian film industry with regard to 2018 Maldivian presidential election, though he had two releases, where his first film was the suspense thriller film Dhevansoora written and directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu.[8] The film marks Shafeeu's thirtieth direction and features an ensemble cast of twenty-one actors.[9] Revolving around a murder investigating, the film received positive reviews from critics and was considered a "norm-breaker" for the Maldivian cinema.[10][9] He then starred in the first Maldivian web-series, a romantic drama by Fathimath Nahula, Huvaa where he played a brief role as a police officer.[11][12]

Filmography

Feature film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2010 Dhin Veynuge Hithaamaigaa Himself Special appearance in the song "Annaashey Hinithun Velamaa" [13]
2014 Aniyaa Zaheen [5]
2018 Dhevansoora Qalib [9]
2023 Beeveema Raniya's classmate [14]
2023 Nina Ali "Albo" [15]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2009 Silsilaa Main role; 5 episodes [16]
2012 San'dhuraveerey Main role; 5 episodes [17]
2013 Adhives Eloaibah Gadharu Kuran Hassan Guest role [18]
2019–2020 Huvaa Shaheem Recurring role; 2 episodes [11]
2021 Rumi á Jannat Jaadhu Recurring role; 2 episodes [19]
2021 Girlfriends Customer Guest role; "Episode: Money Talks" [20]
2021–2022 Giritee Loabi Lamman Recurring role; 22 episodes [21]
2022 Dark Rain Chronicles Ahdhu Main role in the segment "Party" [22]

Short film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2006 Dheke Dhekeves 4 Himself Special appearance in the song "Hiyy Thelhey Varu" [23]
2008 Erey Gaddi [2]
2008 Ummeedh Farhad [3]
2008 Kurafi Dhaadha Super Boy [24]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rasheed, Ahmed (8 November 2019). "Congratulations: Famous comedy actor Hamdhan is married". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Saeed, Yaamin (18 February 2018). "Niuma into politics". Vaguthu (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Jaishan, Ahmed (22 October 2019). "Short Film "Ummeedh" available for streaming on Baiskoafu". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ Faisal, Ibrahim (4 May 2013). "Jumayyyil is being launched to the industry with "Aniyaa"" (in Divehi). Addu Live. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b Ali, Safoora (29 March 2014). "First release of the year "Aniyaa"" (in Divehi). Vnews. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  6. ^ Naail, Ismail (25 May 2015). ""Aniyaa" and "Ran Dhari" released" (in Divehi). Vaguthu. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  7. ^ Nadheem, Ahmed (9 June 2015). "Posters of "Emme Fahu Vindhaa Jehendhen"not upto mark" (in Divehi). Avas. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  8. ^ Adhushan, Ahmed (21 October 2017). ""Dhevansoora": A suspense thriller by Eupe". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b c Adam, Ahmed Hameed (8 February 2018). "Dhevansoora: Re-writing History of Maldivian Cinema". VNews (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ^ Fareeha, Aishath (4 November 2017). "Dhevansoora is a must watch". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b Adhushan, Ahmed (27 February 2018). "Huvaa: Nahula starts her web-series". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. ^ Musthafa, Mohamed (18 October 2018). ""Huvaa" is a hard work, it will be nice!". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. ^ Naseer, Ismail (18 February 2010). "Dhin Veynuge Hithaamaigaa to release on April 5". Haveeru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. ^ Luba, Aminath (10 February 2023). ""Beeveema" Review: Better than '96 film". The Press (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Jumayyil has a small role in Nina, will not be part of future films". Dhen (in Divehi). 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  16. ^ Adhushan, Ahmed (14 September 2017). "11 years anniversary for DRE; what did they achieve?". Dho (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  17. ^ Rasheed, Ahmed (14 November 2019). "Haasaa available for streaming". MuniAvas. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  18. ^ Ifraz, Ali (14 March 2018). "Who would excel in the acting field in "Huvaa"". Avas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  19. ^ Luba, Aminath (1 January 2020). "Rumi a Jannat: A modern comedy". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  20. ^ Adhushan, Ahmed (21 July 2021). ""Girlfriends" for Mahdi and Munko". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  21. ^ Rasheed, Ahmed (6 December 2021). ""Giritee Loabi" to release on 7 December". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Dark Rain Chronicles coming to Baiskoafu". Hurihaa (in Divehi). 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  23. ^ Hussain, Fazleen (11 March 2016). "Muhamma returns to film industry after five years". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  24. ^ Maaha, Aishath (26 February 2018). "Who is the Best Actor?". Dho? (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.