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1995 Indian film
Gulabi
Poster
Directed byKrishna Vamsi
Written byKrishna Vamsi
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
StarringJ. D. Chakravarthy
Maheswari
Brahmaji
Narrated byVikas Nallajerla
CinematographyRasool Ellore
Edited byShankar
Music byShashi Preetam
Production
company
Varma Creations
Distributed byKAD
Release date
  • 3 November 1995 (1995-11-03)
Running time138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Gulabi (English: Rose) is a 1995 Telugu romantic thriller film starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Maheswari in the lead roles. The film was written and directed by debutant Krishna Vamsi, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and was co-produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and was declared a hit at the box office. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Idhayame Idhayame. The film was remade in Hindi as Aashiq (2001).

Plot

Gulabi is an action-packed love story set in the backdrop of human trafficking of young girls to Dubai. It is inspired from a real incident that came in news dailies when police arrested a few Dubai-based businessmen trying to smuggle girls from Hyderabad.

Cast

Production

Initially producer Suresh Babu offered a project to Krishna Vamsi and asked him to narrate the story. Vamsi asked the assurance of confirming the film before narrating the story. Suresh babu told that he will give Venkatesh's dates after the first narration, but Krishna vamsi asked confirmation of the project before the narration. On the other side, Ram Gopal Varma who heard the script of Gulabi from Vamsi, decided to produce the film under 75 lakhs "As long as I control the budget under 75 lakhs, he would not be interfering. Suresh Babu, who also expressed interest to do the film with Vamsi had two options. One was to go for the Varma's film, that would give me creative freedom and no interference and other one was to go for Suresh's film where I need to prove myself. Obviously, I preferred the choice number one". Chakravarthy and Maheswari were selected as actor and actress respectively. Jeeva made his acting comeback with this film. Chandra Mohan was the only senior established actor acted in this film. Vamsi said he "picked the raw people up so that they suit our budget". Vamsi recorded the first song ("E Rojaithe Choosano Ninnu") in Ramanaidu recording theatres, as that song a uses minimal number of instruments, mixing and background score was also held in that studio. Gulabi was the first movie to be recorded in Ramanaidu Recording Theaters.

Soundtrack

Gulabi
Soundtrack album by Shashi Preetam
Released19 February 1995
Recorded1995
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length23:40
LabelAditya Music
ProducerShashi Preetam

The music was composed by Shashi Preetam. The soundtrack contains five songs and was very popular upon its release with "Ee Velalo Neevu" becoming a classic hit.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Beat In My heart"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryMano, Gayatri Ganjawala5:23
2."Ee Velalo Neevu"Sirivennela Seetharama SastrySunitha Upadrashta4:20
3."Class Room Lo"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryHariharan4:35
4."Dream Girl"Sirivennela Seetharama SastrySuresh Peters, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi4:45
5."Ee Rojaithey Chusanu"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryShashi Preetam4:37
Total length:23:40

Awards

Nandi Awards

References

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  2. Srivastava, Priyanka (13 September 2014). "Going regional: How celebs stars are taking to cinema here in a big way". India Today. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. Zamin Ryot review
  4. Jeevi (16 July 1999). "Interview with Krishna Vamsi Part - 1". Idlebrain.com.
  5. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)

External links

Ram Gopal Varma
Films directed
Written or produced
Filmography of Krishna Vamsi
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