A Tongue Untied: The Story of Dakhani from deccan Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 65 sec
✓ Published: 16-Feb-2017

Description:
The trailer of a feature documentary on Dakhani mizahiya shayri, the humour-satire performance poetry tradition of the Deccan. The film takes a close look at the poets, from the earliest ones in the 1940s to contemporary humourists and satirists. The film simultaneously uncovers the history of the language Dakhani, a parodied and poorly regarded spoken vernacular which fell into decline in the early 18th century after three centuries of continuous literary creations. From early mystical composit