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{{short description|1998 film by Nagesh Kukunoor}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hyderabad Blues
| image = Hyderabad_Blues.jpg
| director = [[Nagesh Kukunoor]]
| writer = Nagesh Kukunoor
| starring = Nagesh Kukunoor<br />[[Rajashree (actress)|Rajashree]]<br />[[Elahe Hiptoola]]<br />Anoop Ratnaker Rao
| producer = Nagesh Kukunoor
| music = Bunty
| cinematography = [[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|Ram Prasad]]
| editing = K. Ramesh
| distributor = Kukunoor Movies
| released = 17 July 1998
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = India
| language = English
| budget = {{INR}}12 [[lakh]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/nagesh-kukunoor-movie-hyderabad-blues-trivia|title=Nagesh Kukunoor On Making Hyderabad Blues With Rs 12 Lakhs And Untrained Actors|first=Team|last=FC|date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''Hyderabad Blues''''' is a 1998 Indian [[drama film]] written, directed, and produced by [[Nagesh Kukunoor]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/886474/its-going-to-be-a-total-failure-how-nagesh-kukunoor-proved-everyone-wrong-with-hyderabad-blues|title='It's going to be a total failure': How Nagesh Kukunoor proved everyone wrong with 'Hyderabad Blues'|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81243992|title=HYDERABAD BLUES (1998)|website=BFI}}</ref> Primarily shot in the English language, the film explores culture clash from an [[Indian American]]'s perspective, vacationing back home in [[Hyderabad, India]] and finding himself a foreigner in his own land.<ref name="auto"/>
The film starred non-mainstream actors, including Kukunoor in his directorial and acting debut, as well as his family members and friends.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web|author=IANS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/20-years-on-hyderabad-blues-prequel-on-nagesh-kukunoor-s-mind-118071300410_1.html |title=20 years on, 'Hyderabad Blues' prequel on Nagesh Kukunoor's mind | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |date= |access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref> The film heralded new age Indian independent cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiememe.org/dhanak|title=Dhanak | An Indie Meme Presentation|website=indiememe}}</ref>

Hyderabad Blues was premiered at the [[Eros International]] Mini Theatre, Mumbai; the [[Denver Film Festival]], the "View From Abroad" section of the [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image|First MAMI Film Festival]]; as well as the [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|National Centre for the Performing Arts]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/nagesh-kukunoor-movie-hyderabad-blues-trivia|title=Nagesh Kukunoor On Making Hyderabad Blues With Rs 12 Lakhs And Untrained Actors|first=Team|last=FC|date=16 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/Z91zkiRWa8PEs5OOZfkr1N/When-movies-lose-money-I-dont-lose-any-sleep-over-it-Nage.html|title=When movies lose money, I don't lose any sleep over it: Nagesh Kukunoor|first=Sudhish|last=Kamath|date=14 July 2018|website=livemint}}</ref> It was premiered as a three part television series in [[Doordarshan]].<ref name="auto1"/>

Hyderabad Blues garnered the "Audience Award for best film" at the Peachtree International Film Festival in Atlanta, as well as the [[Rhode Island International Film Festival]].<ref name="auto2"/> In 2018, Hyderabad Blues, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special screening in [[Mumbai]] by "Drishyam Films" where it was featured in the "Indie Film Masters" edition.<ref name="auto2"/> Hyderabad Blues was followed up by its direct sequel [[Hyderabad Blues 2]] which was released in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july042004/mr2.asp |title=Hyderabad Blues 2 |newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=4 July 2004 |access-date=5 Dec 2011}}</ref>

==Plot==
The protagonist of ''Hyderabad Blues'' is Varun, played by the director, Nagesh Kukunoor. The movie revolves around his visit to his homeland 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 [[Telugu language|Telugu]], with some [[Hindi language|Hindi]] spoken as well.

==Cast==
*[[Nagesh Kukunoor]] as Varun Naidu
*[[Rajashree (actress)|Rajashree]] as Ashwini Rao
*[[Elahe Hiptoola]] as Seema Rao
*Vikram Inamdar as Sanjeev Rao
*Anoop Ratnaker Rao as Harish Chandani
*D V Ramana as Darshan Naidu
*Revathi Alwar as Kusuma Naidu
*Anne Chengappa as Shashi Naidu
*Zain-Ul-Wara Zaheer as Sandhya
*Vidhya Uthappa as Woman riding scooter

==Production==
In producing the movie, Nagesh Kukunoor invested the money he made from his engineering career in the United States.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/> It was made on a shoe-string budget of [[Rupee|Rs.]] 1.7 million (roughly equivalent to [[American dollar|U.S. $]] 40,000) and shot in 17 days entirely in Hyderabad, India.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Release==
The film performed well commercially.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tmcafe.com/interview/naser/nasser_interview.htm |title=Archived copy |website=tmcafe.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010702185543/http://tmcafe.com/interview/naser/nasser_interview.htm |archive-date=2 July 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0195814|Hyderabad Blues}}

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[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian-American films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about immigration to the United States]]
[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Asian-American drama films]]
[[Category:1998 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Nagesh Kukunoor]]
[[Category:1998 independent films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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