Gulf

The director collected experiences of Indian working in the Gulf through email. 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). The film was mostly shot in Dubai and Ras-Al-Khaima. The music for the film was composed by Praveen Immadi. Neeshita Nyayapati of 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”. A critic from 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”.