Maldives army releases trailer of first feature film
The Maldives National Defence Force has released a trailer of the military’s first feature film, Handharu, based on the failed coup attempt on November 3, 1988 by a group of Maldivians and Tamil mercenaries.
01 May 2016, 9:00 AM
The Maldives National Defence Force has released a trailer of the military’s first feature film, Handharu, based on the failed coup attempt on November 3, 1988 by a group of Maldivian and Tamil mercenaries.
Chief of Defence Forces Major General Ahmed Shiyam launched the trailer Thursday night at the Kalhuthukkala Koshi barracks in Malé ahead of the film’s official release next month.
Handharu was filmed in Laamu atoll over the course of six months. The trailer shows scenes of a wife and child bidding farewell to a soldier as well as action sequences of trainees running through forests and fields and soldiers storming an island on a powered dinghy.
It also features gunfights between tattooed men, the Sri Lankan mercenaries, and soldiers.
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