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The Deccani film industry, also known as Dollywood is the Deccani and Hyderabadi Urdu-language film industry based in Hyderabad, India.[1] The films have gained popularity not only in the Deccan region of India, but as well as other Hindi-Urdu speaking areas of the world.[2] The films are produced in the Deccani language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Deccan region of southern India, and more specifically, in Hyderabadi Urdu, while some films incorporate standard Urdu dialogues as well, especially in its music.[3]

Originally labelled as "Hindi" films by the Central Board of Film Certification, the industry now has its own language tag of Dakhini.[4]

List of Deccani films

Film Year
The Angrez 2005
Hyderabad Nawabs 2006
Hungama in Dubai 2007
FM Fun Aur Masti
Stepney 2014
The Angrez 2 2015
Dawat-E-Shaadi 2016
Dubai Return 2016
Stepney 2 Returns 2017
Hyderabad Nawabs 2 2019
Bolo Hau 2021

Films featuring Deccani

Hindi films

English films

References

  1. ↑ Mumtaz, Roase. "Deccanwood: An Indian film industry taking on Bollywood". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Farida, Syeda; Farida, Syeda (24 February 2012). "Deccani filmmakers all set to create 'hungama' in Bollywood". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Farida, Syeda; Farida, Syeda (24 February 2012). "Deccani filmmakers all set to create 'hungama' in Bollywood". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dollywood films get 'Dakhini' stamp - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2018.