Dark Rain Chronicles
Dark Rain Chronicles is a Maldivian revenge thriller anthology web series directed by Ali Shifau.[1] The series focuses on six stories of ultimate revenge. The first episode titled Assalaam Alaikum featuring Adam Rizwee and Sharaf Abdulla, follows a protective son avenging a scammer for the death of his mother. The second episode titled Fureytha features Aishath Yaadha as a helpless wife committing a heinous crime against her abusive husband.
| Dark Rain Chronicles | |
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| Written by | Ahmed Tholal Ali Shifau |
| Directed by | Ali Shifau |
| Country of origin | Maldives |
| Original language | Divehi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Ali Shifau Aaim Zamyr |
| Editor | Ali Shifau |
| Production company | Dark Rain Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original release | November 12 – December 19, 2022 |
The third episode Rankolhaa focuses on the sensitive child who has been molested by her step-father and her fruitful revenge years later. The fourth episode titled Surprise narrates a manipulative, wealthy businessman and his revenge on his unfaithful wife. The fifth episode titled Party features Ali Shameel as a drug addict father avenging his son's murder while the last episode of the series Nostalgia narrates the vengeance of a person bullied during childhood.
Cast and characters
Assalaam Alaikum
- Adam Rizwee as Naail
- Sharaf Abdulla as Ahmed
- Mariyam Haleem as Hafeeza Ali; Naail's mother
- Ahmed Mohamed
- Ibrahim Shiyaz as Matheen
- Fathimath Latheefa as Ahmed's mother
- Ahmed Sunie as Matheen's friend
Fureytha
- Ahmed Sunie as Lirar
- Aishath Yaadha as Ainth
- Mohamed Shivaz as Nafiz
- Fathimath Zuhair as Ainth's friend
Rankolhaa
- Ismail Rasheed as Shareef
- Fathimath Sara Adam as Anoosha
- Mohamed Vishal as Adam
- Fainaz as Areesha
- Adam Rizwee as a customer
Surprise
- Ahmed Saeed as Azee
- Ismail Jumaih as Nadey
- Aminath Aseela as Liu
- Ali Nadheeh as Azee's subordinate
Party
- Ali Shameel as Yasir
- Hamdhoon Farooq as Ahdhu
- Ali Shazleem
- Azmee Adam Naseer
- Ahmed Mohamed
- Izzak
- Mohamed Naail
Nostalgia
- Ahmed Shakir as Nagidh
- Ahmed Sharif as Riyaz
- Adam Rizwee as a customer
Chapters
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Camera by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Assalaam Alaikum" | Ali Shifau | Ahmed Tholal | Ali Shifau | November 12, 2022 | |
| Hafeeza, a patient suffering from short term memory loss, receives a fraud call from a desperate young man, Naail, impersonating as a staff from a Bank. The scammer cunningly transfers her life saving to his account. Hafeeza ultimately finds out about the scam and dies from the trauma. Few months later, Hafeeza's only son, Naail traces Ahmed and blackmails him to retrieve the money. | ||||||
| 2 | "Fureytha" | Ali Shifau | Ahmed Tholal | Ali Shifau | November 21, 2022 | |
| Ainth, a housewife is constantly abused by her dominating husband, Lirar, a renowned comedian. Later one night, a fight ensues resulting Ainth stabbing Lirar on his neck by a scissor and cleverly disposing his body. | ||||||
| 3 | "Rankolhaa" | Ali Shifau | Ahmed Tholal | Ali Shifau | November 27, 2022 | |
| Adam and Anoosha continues having casual sex. Adam starts having romantic feelings towards her while Anoosha insists them to remain only as sexual partners. During one such conversations, Adam declares he will murder any person who harms Anoosha. Contended, she invites a pervert, Shareef and Adam to a guest house which results the invitees sharing shame, confusions and anguish, while Anoosha receiving her long awaited revenge. | ||||||
| 4 | "Surprise" | Ali Shifau | Ali Shifau | Ali Shifau | December 5, 2022 | |
| Liu, married to a manipulative and wealthy businessman, Azee, has an extramarital affair with Nadey, who insists her to poison Azee. On their anniversary, Liu attempts to execute their plan and everything goes smoothly as planned. However, as Azee falls to the ground, Liu tries to call Nadey but unable to connect to him. In a turn of events, she realized that Azee is several steps ahead of them in their ploy and there is no escape for them. | ||||||
| 5 | "Party" | Ali Shifau | Ahmed Tholal | Ali Shifau | December 12, 2022 | |
| Yasir, a high-ranked police officer becomes a drug addict after the demise of his loving son. In his sever condition, Yasir goes to extreme measures to ensure that his son murderer receives the treatment. | ||||||
| 6 | "Nostalgia" | Ali Shifau | Ahmed Tholal | Aaim Zamyr, Ali Shifau | December 19, 2022 | |
| Riyaz, is joined by a stranger, Nagidh, at a restaurant, who claims to be a classmate of Riyaz at fifth grade. During their interactions, Riyaz recollects his memories of their childhood and faintly remembers Nagidh as his classmate who was bullied by him and his friends, Naufal and Imad. Nagidh, currently working as medical trainee, get his opportunity to take revenge on his bullies by poisoning every one of them. | ||||||
Development
On 14 September 2020, on the occasion of Dark Rain Entertainment's fourteenth anniversary, they announced several projects including Dark Rain Chronicles, written and directed by Ali Shifau.[2] Filming for the last episode titled "Nostalgia" commenced on 20 July 2022, which was anticipated to be the pilot episode of the series. During the time, the team announced that the first season will consist of a total of five episodes, later adding another episode to the season.[3] Filming for the second episode titled Fureytha was completed in August 2022.[4]
Release and reception
In August 2022, Dark Rain Entertainment announced that first season consisting six episodes will premiere in October 2022.[5] The series was later pushed for a November release.[6] The first episode of the series titled "Assalaam Alaikum" was released on 12 November 2022 through Baiskoafu.[7] The six episodes of the first season received positive reviews from critics.[7]
References
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- Rasheed, Ahmed (24 July 2022). "Filming started for "Nostalgia" from DRE". MuniAvas (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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- Luba, Aminath (29 October 2022). "Dark Rain's Anthology to release next month; trailer is very different". The Press (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- Jaishan, Ahmed (18 November 2022). "No more "Gudhan", awaiting Dark Rain Chronicles". Sun (in Divehi). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.