Ujaalaa Raasthaa

Ujaalaa Raasthaa is a Maldivian television series developed for Television Maldives in association with UNFPA. Directed by Mohamed Shareef and Muawiyath Anwar, the series narrates the journey of two best friends in three generations. The series developed as an attempt to aware the audience on several social issues, was widely accepted by the audience and received positive reviews from critics.

Main

 * Zeenath Abbas as Ameena Adam
 * Ahmed Saeed as Afsal
 * Ali Shameel as Adamfulhu
 * Hussain Nooradeen as Khalid
 * Thahumeena Rasheed as Zuleikha
 * Ahmed Asim as Majid
 * Ahmed Azmeel as Adheel
 * Chilhiya Moosa Manik as Basheer
 * Hassan Afeef as Hussain Manik
 * Aminath Rasheedha as Sobira; Afsal's mother
 * Hawwa Sana as child Ameena Adam
 * Naza Adam as child Sithura

Recurring

 * Mariyam Suza as young Ameena Adam
 * Nazeema as young Sithura
 * Mariyam Zuhura as Wadheefa; Adamfulhu's daughter
 * Abdulla Muaz as Asim
 * Aminath Shareef as Nadhira
 * Ismail Shifan
 * Yaameen Rasheed
 * Abdul Shamaam
 * Shareefa Moosa
 * Fathimath Nazeeha
 * Fathimath Latha
 * Fathimath Arifa
 * Rilwan Rasheed
 * Ahmed Shuhad
 * Ibrahim Manik
 * Abdul Rahman Ibrahim

Guest

 * Sameema as Asma; Adamfulhu's wife

Reception
Upon release, the series was met with positive reviews from critics, for the director and screenwriters work to present several moral values in an attractive way and touching several taboo topics for a mainstream release including, mensuration, sexual abuse within family, domestic abuse by husband, gender inequality and discrimination to name a few. Having similarities with the anthology series Vaisoori, directed by Arifa Ibrahim and released in 2003, the series was included in the "must watch television productions" in Maldives.