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List of Hyderabadi-language films

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ27660927 ↗
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This is a list of the Deccani film industry's movies filmed in Hyderabadi Urdu and based on Hyderabadi culture. The movie does not need to be produced in Hyderabad. Films produced about Hyderabad should include words that are typically spoken by Hyderabadi working-class people. Going by this rule, one of Shyam Benegal's 2009 comedy classic Well Done Abba can also be called a film in 'Hyderabadi Urdu' and deserves a mention here although not listed below.

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