Gulf (film)

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Gulf
Gulf 2017 poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by P. Sunil Kumar Reddy
Produced byYekkali Ravindra Babu
Ramani Kumar
StarringChetan Maddineni
Dimple Hayathi
Music byPraveen Immadi
Production
company
Sravya Films
Release date
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

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]

Music

The music for the film was composed by Praveen Immadi. [9]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Edure Paduthunte"Sirasri Geetha Madhuri, Deepu3:25
2."Nenellipotha Dubai Ki"Suni, PravinLipsika, Dhanunjay3:37
3."Aashala Rekkalu Kattukoni"Kasarla ShyamAnjana Sowmya4:18
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

Release

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]

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