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The '''Deccani film industry''', also known as '''Dollywood''' is the [[Deccani language|Deccani]] and [[Hyderabadi Urdu]]-language film industry based in [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/06/deccanwood-indian-film-industry-bollywood-160623102912455.html|title=Deccanwood: An Indian film industry taking on Bollywood|last=Mumtaz|first=Roase|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref> The films have gained popularity not only in the Deccan region of India, but as well as other [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]] speaking areas of the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/deccani-filmmakers-all-set-to-create-hungama-in-bollywood/article2926617.ece|title=Deccani filmmakers all set to create 'hungama' in Bollywood|last1=Farida|first1=Syeda|date=24 February 2012|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 February 2018|last2=Farida|first2=Syeda|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The films are produced in the Deccani language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the [[Deccan]] region of [[South India|southern India]], and more specifically, in Hyderabadi Urdu, while some films incorporate standard [[Urdu]] dialogues as well, especially in its music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/deccani-filmmakers-all-set-to-create-hungama-in-bollywood/article2926617.ece|title=Deccani filmmakers all set to create 'hungama' in Bollywood|last1=Farida|first1=Syeda|date=24 February 2012|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 February 2018|last2=Farida|first2=Syeda|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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Originally labelled as "Hindi" films by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]], the industry now has its own language tag of Dakhini.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Dollywood-films-get-Dakhini-stamp/articleshow/53715692.cms|title=Dollywood films get 'Dakhini' stamp - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==List of Deccani films==<br />
{{main|List of Hyderabadi-language films}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Film<br />
!Year<br />
|-<br />
|''[[The Angrez]]''<br />
|2005<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Hyderabad Nawabs]]''<br />
|2006<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Hungama in Dubai]]''<br />
|rowspan="2"|2007<br />
|-<br />
|''[[FM Fun Aur Masti]]''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Stepney (film)|''Stepney'']]<br />
|2014<br />
|-<br />
|''[[The Angrez 2]]''<br />
|2015<br />
|-<br />
|''Dawat-E-Shaadi''<br />
|2016<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Dubai Return]]''<br />
|2016<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Stepney 2 Returns]]''<br />
|2017<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Hyderabad Nawabs 2]]''<br />
|2019<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Bolo Hau]]''<br />
|2021<br />
|}<br />
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==Films featuring Deccani==<br />
===Hindi films===<br />
{{Main|Hindi cinema}}<br />
* ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' (1982)<br />
* ''[[Nikaah (film)|Nikaah]]'' (1982)<br />
* ''[[Mandi (1983 film)|Mandi]]'' (1983)<br />
* ''[[Hero Hiralal]]'' (1988)<br />
* ''[[Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities]]'' (2004)<br />
* ''[[Well Done Abba]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''[[Daawat-e-Ishq]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Bobby Jasoos]]'' (2014)<br />
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===English films===<br />
* ''[[Hyderabad Blues]]'' (1998)<br />
* ''[[Hyderabad Blues 2]]'' (2004)<br />
* ''[[Deccani Souls]]'' (2012)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Cinema of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Cinema of Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian films|*]]<br />
[[Category:Film production districts]]<br />
[[Category:Deccan Plateau]]<br />
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