HYDERBADIS ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR

HYDERBADIS ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR

 It all started out in Old City in the early sixties (1962) when common Hyderabadis were still adjusting to the political and geographical changes after the painful partition of the country followed by Police action on Hyderabad State, few enthusiastic youngsters with a sense of humor rose from such situation to form a group, which they named Zinda Dilane Hyderabad. The aim of the group is to promote and propagate humor, says the authors of Shugoofa magazine on their website.

 Tragedy and comedy are tightly connected. There is nothing more freeing than talking about a heavy subject only to lighten the mood with some laughter. The humor culture gets evolved to bring people together, or to bring perspective to serious topics, and to expose deep truths.

The Padma Shri award recipient Hyderabadi humorist and literary figure  Mr. Mujtaba Hussain was quoted in a blog saying “Hyderabadi humor has evolved over the years and despite passage of time still has that spark”. “Humor grew in Hyderabad as a fine art” he added.

 The Hindu news paper writes “Mr. Hussain’s writings open up the lips and the heart and at the same time show the pearls and the soul. At a time when the Urdu language has few takers, Mr. Hussain has revived interest in it through his satirical writings. The simple but literary touch in his works comes as a breath of fresh air. “His humour is laced with a bitter truth which only a honest person can perceive,” says his daughter, Rashida Samdani. Those who have read his “Apni Yad Mein” composition will know. It is a masterpiece of self obituary wherein the author highlights his own follies while taking pot-shots at life.

The Hyderabadi humor is authentic, light-hearted and "Zarra Hatke". What's interesting is that most people speak it without knowing that it is a language which has a rather rich history. There is a popular story floating on internet of an Hyderabadi born auto driver, Mallana Anna, who spoke Hyderabadi Hindi without knowing what it's really called, “Isko kya bolte? Yeh to Hindiich hai?”. “Isme sab mixing hai. Hindi hai, Urdu hai, Telugu hai. Ye mast hai. Hau idhar sab longan yeich bolte”.

 Apart from a few individual efforts to promote humor through media, there are no concrete efforts to improve and develop Hyderabadi humor. The veteran journalist and the author of the book Mehmood: Man of Many Moods writes “Intelligent comedy in Hindi films began only in the sixties and at the peak of this new comedy stood Mehmood”.  His versatile style and Hyderabadi humor is fondly remembered in the filmi world.

In 80’s Hamed Kamal and Subhani took Hyderabadi humor and comedy to new

heights as they completed 5,000 live shows around the globe, with the title of Dedh-Matwale.

The movie Angrez released in 2005 directed by Kuntaa Nikkil was a trend-setter in that, it was one of the first to effectively and humorously, portrayed the dialect of the Old City, Hyderabad and the Hyderabadi style. After the success of Angrez another blog buster movie “Hyderabad Nawabs”  hit the Indian cinema.

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