Deccani Souls

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Deccani Souls
Directed by Kaz Rahman
Written byKaz Rahman
Produced byKaz Rahman
StarringM.A. Siddiq
Sathya Bhama
H.K.S. Babu
CinematographyKaz Rahman
Edited byKaz Rahman
Music byHédi Hurban
Production
company
Charminar Films
Release date
  • 27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesCanada
India
USA
LanguagesUrdu
English

Deccani Souls is a 2012 art film written and directed by Kaz Rahman. It tells the story of three characters: Hamza, a traveller from an unknown land; Babu, a census collector and Siddiq, an Urdu poet struggling with writer's block as they wander through Hyderabad and are unknowingly connected by the history of Operation Polo. [1] [2]

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Cast

Production

The film was shot in Hyderabad and Bidar in India and in Ontario, Canada. [3]

The details of Operation Polo mentioned in the film are taken from the Sunderlal report. [4] [5]

Screenings

Deccani Souls was screened at The Hollywood Theater in Pittsburgh, USA. [6] on 14 June 2012. It was screened at the Transmissions Film Festival in New Delhi, India and was later screened to public at Cochin, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Hyderabad and Mumbai. [7]

The film was screened as part of the 31st Three Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh, USA in November 2012. [8]

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