Gulabi (1995 film)

Gulabi
Poster
Directed byKrishna Vamsi
Written byKrishna Vamsi
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
Dialogues by
  • Nadiminti Narsinga Rao
StarringJ. D. Chakravarthy
Maheswari
Brahmaji
Narrated byVikas Nallajerla
CinematographyRasool Ellore
Edited byShankar
Music bySashi Preetam
Production
companies
Varma Creations
ABCL
Distributed byKAD
Release date
  • 3 November 1995 (1995-11-03)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Gulabi (English: Rose) is a 1995 Telugu romantic crime film written and directed by debutant Krishna Vamsi. Produced by Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited, the film stars J. D. Chakravarthy and Maheswari in the lead roles. Music was composed by Sashi Preetam and dialogues written by Nadiminti Narsinga Rao.

The story was inspired by a real-life incident involving a young girl rescued from a Dubai Sheikh. Upon its release, Gulabi received positive reviews and became a box-office hit. The film won two Nandi Awards, including Best First Film of a Director for Krishna Vamsi. It was later dubbed into Tamil as Idhayame Idhayame and remade in Hindi as Aashiq (2001).