Ehenas

Ahmed Iqbal initiated penning the first draft of Ehenas Hama Loabiveyey in 2009 when he was posting stories on blogs.[2] In need of trying a different genre than his previous fictions, Iqbal focused the novel on major three themes; sexual abuse to men, domestic violence and bullying.[3] In an interview Iqbal said; "I initially struggled to develop the story considering the fact that its themes are labelled to be disgusting in the Maldivian culture".[3] After posting three to four episodes of his narration, Iqbal received positive comments from readers and decided to build the story further.[3]

On 11 March 2016, it was announced that a new production studio, Me studio, has acquired the rights to develop a film based on Ahmed Iqbal's 2012 novel, Ehenas Hama Loabiveyey.[4] The production team expressed their interest to produce the film due to the "lukewarm response" the novel has received despite its "fragile issue" the original story touches upon.[4] They projected to start filming in May 2016 and release the film before the year ends.[4] However, on 30 January 2019, it was reported that the producers later changed the project to be developed as a web series rather than a feature film, citing the idea of expanding the story and hence "incidence can be fully elaborated and justified" in a series without being "trimmed" for a film.[5] A casting call was opened for interested actors on the same day by actress Aishath Rishmy.[5] Workshops were held for those actors who were selected to star in the film from the audition.[6] Director, Ravee Farooq revealed that majority of the actors are newcomers though the film will feature established actors like Sheela Najeeb and Mohamed Manik.[6] Filming for the series began on 15 February 2019.[5]