Hyderabad Blues
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Directed by | Nagesh Kukunoor |
Produced by | Nagesh Kukunoor |
Written by | Nagesh Kukunoor |
Starring | Nagesh Kukunoor, Rajshri Nair |
Editing by | Renu Saluja |
Release date(s) | 1998 |
Language | English, Hindi |
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Hyderabad Blues (1998) is a Bollywood movie directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. The film is about an Indian American vacationing back home and finding himself a foreigner in his own land.
The protagonist of Hyderabad Blues is Varun, played by the director Nagesh Kukunoor. The movie revolves around his visit home after 12 years in the USA and his resulting culture shock. The movie is a romantic comedy, following Varun's attempts to romance an Indian doctor and balance the local customs of arranged marriage with the Western tradition of dating. The dialogue is primarily in English and Hindi, with some Telugu spoken as well.
Nagesh Kukunoor made a sequel in 2004 called Hyderabad Blues 2: Rearranged Marriage.
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