Gulf | |
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Directed by | P. Sunil Kumar Reddy |
Produced by | Yekkali Ravindra Babu Ramani Kumar |
Starring | Chetan Maddineni Dimple Hayathi |
Music by | Praveen Immadi |
Production company | Sravya Films |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Gulf is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language film directed by P. Sunil Kumar Reddy and starring Chetan Maddineni and newcomer Dimple Hayathi.[1] The film is about Indians who move to the Gulf in search of jobs.[2][3] The film depicts several real incidents.[4]
The director collected experiences of Indian working in the Gulf through email.[5] The film (which was initially planned as a multilingual) is based on the struggles of Indians in the Gulf and stars Chetan (as a weaver's son).[6][7] The film was mostly shot in Dubai and Ras-Al-Khaima.[8]
The music for the film was composed by Praveen Immadi.[9]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Edure Paduthunte" | Sirasri | Geetha Madhuri, Deepu | 3:25 |
2. | "Nenellipotha Dubai Ki" | Suni, Pravin | Lipsika, Dhanunjay | 3:37 |
3. | "Aashala Rekkalu Kattukoni" | Kasarla Shyam | Anjana Sowmya | 4:18 |
4. | "Sufi Song" | Master Jee | K. M. Radha Krishnan, Hymath, Mohana Bhogaraju | 4:05 |
5. | "Arabic Song" | Ahmed U. A. E. | Ahmed U. A. E. | 2:06 |
Total length: | 17:31 |
Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars and wrote that "He [The director] manages to touch upon sensitive topics like physical and sexual abuse of the Indian workers in the Gulf, and does an effective job of it".[10] A critic from 123Telugu gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and said that "On the whole, Gulf is a very realistic film about the problems that Indians face in the Gulf countries".[11]