Gulabi (film)
| Gulabi | |
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Poster
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| గులాబీ | |
| Directed by | Krishna Vamshi |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Starring |
J.D. Chakravarthy Maheswari Brahmaji |
| Music by | Shashi Preetam |
| Edited by | Shankar |
| Distributed by | KAD |
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Release date
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1995 |
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Running time
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138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Gulabi (Telugu: గులాబీ) is a 1995 Telugu musical film starring J.D. Chakravarthy and Maheswari in the lead roles. The film was directed by Krishna Vamsi and produced by Ram Gopal Varma and was co-produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and declared a hit at the box office.
Gulabi is an action-packed love story set in the backdrop of girl-smuggling to Dubai. It is inspired from a real incident that came in news dailies when police arrested few Dubai-based businessmen trying to smuggle girls from Hyderabad.
It is one of those films that carved a new trend of film making in Telugu cinema. Excellent songs by Sasi Preetam, breath-taking cinematography by Rasool, stunning direction, action-packed narration and natural performances by the cast turned Gulabi into a big success. Every college-going student could relate to the characters. Characterizations are naturally etched.
Some segment of the audience identified that Gulabi had the touch of Ramgopal Varma, who is also the producer of the film. Krishnavamsi was depicted as a shadow under the guidance of Ramgopal Varma. Krishnavamsi proved his critics wrong with his future projects and got a brand name for himself.
The DVD rights of this movie sold to KAD Entertainment, who had also brought the home video copyrights for all the Telugu movies made by Ram Gopal Varma.
From the words of Vamsi,
Suresh Babu was also keen on doing film with me, as he came to know about my script. He was trying to locate me. At the same time, he wanted to inquire Ramuji about me regarding 'Anaganaga oka roju' budget fiasco. Ramuji gave me a choice of Suresh being the producer as he too was keen to produce a movie with me. When I approached Suresh, he made it clear that he must be convinced about the script before starting up the project. I 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.
When Anaganaga Oka Roju announced, many Big heroes sent feelers that they were willing to work with me. When I was thrown out of 'Anaganaga Oka Roju', I approached all of them only to get politely rejected. When I approached Jagapathi Babu, he told me that he needed big banners and big directors, as he could not do experimentation at that time. He assured that he would do a film for me later. I was really frustrated. I was having an excellent script. I was capable of doing very good job. Still I was not getting any chances.
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