It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 8 August 2025.[3] The story is based on a real-life incident that occurred in 2018, depicting how Pakistani forces captured the fishermen from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh in international waters.[4]Thandel, a film released in February 2025, is also based on the same story.[5]
Post the release, in August 2025, Satyadev issued a clarification related to the similarity of story with Thandel. The pre-production work of the series began in 2023 and it took time for the team to get approval from Amazon Prime Video and to design the screenplay in an episode-wise format.[5]
Release
Arabia Kadali was released on Amazon Prime Video on 8 August 2025 in Telugu along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages.[6]
Reception
Rating it 3.5 out of 5, BH Harsh of The New Indian Express praised the dialogues written by Chintakindi Srinivas Rao and cinematography work done by Sameer Reddy, while noting the inconsistent writing.[7] Comparing the narrative design with Krish Jagarlamudi's war film Kanche (2015), T Maruthi Acharya of India Today mentioned that, "the execution doesn't fully match the writing's promise".[8]Scroll.in praised the cinematography and production design while mentioning that the themes are over-explained and stated, "...at times, Arabia Kadali veers into docudrama territory, offering too much fish-ology and exposition".[9]The Hindu has cited that, "Satyadev, Anandhi are the saving grace of this underwhelming drama".[10]
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