Zaharu () is a 2011 Maldivian psychological romantic thriller film written and directed by Ali Shifau. Produced by Mohamed Ali under Dark Rain Entertainment, the film stars Ali Seezan, Niuma Mohamed and Sheela Najeeb in pivotal roles. The film is inspired from Adrian Lyne-directed American psychological erotic thriller film Fatal Attraction (1987). The film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and becomes obsessed with him. The film was released on 5 May 2011. Upon release the film received mixed response from critics and was declared a "flop" at box office. Plot Hussain (Ali Seezan) is a successful, happily married interior designer whose work leads him to meet Shaheen (Sheela Najeeb), a long lost friend. While his wife, Aminath (Niuma Mohamed), and daughter, Shumakko (Fathmath Aflaz Faisal), are out of Male' for the weekend, Hussain has an affair with Shaheen. Though it was initially understood by both as just a fling, Shaheen starts clinging to him. Hussain spends a second unplanned evening with Shaheen after she persistently asks him over. When Dan tries to leave, she starts crying, he consoles her and leaves. He thinks the affair is forgotten, but she shows up at various places to see him. She comes to his office one day to apologize. She then continues to call him until he tells his secretary that he will no longer take her calls. One day she waits at his office, claiming that she is pregnant and plans to keep the baby. When Hussain opines to abort the baby, she cuts her wrists. He helps her bandage the cuts and then leaves. Hussain's colleague Adhil (Mohamed Faisal) breaks into Shaheen's apartment and discovered her lies about pregnancy. He also find a report which states Shaheen has been sentence to a mental asylum of Malaysia and she has been accused of killing her husband. She helps Aminath to catch a thief who stole her handbag and befriends with Aminath. The next day, Shaheen sends some photographs of Hussain and Shaheen taken that night, to his apartment. Shaheen then phones his home at all hours, claiming that she misses him. On Shumakko's dismissal time, Shaheen picks her up at schools and spends an evening hanging out. Anxious about her well-being, they informs police, while Shumakko returned home that night. Hussain immediately goes to Shaheen's apartment and