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 has now gotten its own language tag of Dakhini. [4]
Film | Year |
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The Angrez | 2005 |
Hyderabad Nawabs | 2006 |
Hungama in Dubai | 2007 |
Stepney | 2014 |
The Angrez 2 | 2015 |
Dawat-E-Shaadi | 2016 |
Stepney 2 Returns | 2017 |