Deccani film industry

Indian cinema

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]

  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.