The Deccani film industry, also known as Dollywood is the Deccani language/
Hyderabadi Urdu
Hyderabadi ( ur, ) is a variety of Dakhni Urdu, Dakhini Urdu, spoken in areas of the former Hyderabad State, corresponding to the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the ...
film industry based in
Hyderabad, Telangana
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The films have gained popularity not only in the Deccan region of India, but as well as other
Hindi/Urdu
Hindustani (; Devanagari: ,
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* ; Perso-Arabic: , , ) is the '' lingua franca'' of Northern and Central India and Pakistan. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi and Urdu. Thus, the lan ...
speaking areas of the world. The films are produced in the
Deccani language
Deccani (also known as Deccani Urdu and Deccani Hindi). https://knowledgehubadda.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post_74.html? m=1 or Dakni, Dakhni, Dakhini, Dakkhani and Dakkani (, ''dekanī'' or , ''dakhanī''), is a variety of Hindustani spoken ...
, an Indo-Aryan Dravidian Hindustani tongue spoken in
Southern India
South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and T ...
, and more specifically, in
Hyderabadi Urdu
Hyderabadi ( ur, ) is a variety of Dakhni Urdu, Dakhini Urdu, spoken in areas of the former Hyderabad State, corresponding to the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the ...
, while some films incorporate standard Urdu dialogues as well, especially in its music. Originally labelled as "Hindi" films by the
central board of film certification
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...
, the industry has now gotten its own language tag of Dakhini.
List of Deccani films
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
movies of Deccani dialect
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Ankur'' (1974)
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Nishant'' (1975)
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Bazaar
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
'' (1982)
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Nikaah
In Islam, nikah is a contract between two people. Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. A formal, binding contract – verbal or on paper – is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic ...
'' (1982)
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Mandi
Mandi may refer to:
Places
* Mandı, Azerbaijan
India
* Mandi, Jammu and Kashmir, a town on the Mandi River in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir
* Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, a city in Himachal Pradesh
** Mandi State, former princely sta ...
'' (1983)
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Hero Hiralal
''Hero Hiralal'' is a 1988 Indian film directed by Ketan Mehta, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjana Kapoor in leading roles. It is a movie about an auto rickshaw driver who falls in love with a film actress. The movie showcased performances by ...
'' (1988)
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Hyderabad Blues
''Hyderabad Blues'' is a 1998 Indian drama film written, directed, and produced by Nagesh Kukunoor. Primarily shot in the English language, the film explores culture clash from an Indian American's perspective, vacationing back home in Hydera ...
'' (1998)
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Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities'' (2004)
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Well Done Abba
''Well Done Abba'' () is a 2010 Indian political satire Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, starring Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba and Sameer Dattani in pivotal roles. It is the remake of the 2007 Marathi film, Jau Tithe Khau. It was based on thr ...
'' (2010)
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Daawat-e-Ishq
''Daawat-e-Ishq'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapur. The soundtrack was composed by ...
'' (2014)
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Bobby Jasoos
''Bobby Jasoos'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha. The film stars Vidya Balan and features Ali Fazal, Arjan Bajwa, Supriya Pathak, Rajendra Gupta and Tanvi ...
'' (2014)
References
Cinema of Telangana
Culture of Hyderabad, India
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