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Stories Set in Hyderabad
On a rocky plateau in central India, Hyderabad is a broad city of lakes, old bazaars and new office corridors. Founded in 1591 around the Charminar by the Qutb Shahi dynasty and long ruled by nizams (hereditary princes), it kept Deccan court manners that later mixed with software wealth. Vedam and HIT: The First Case sit on its shelf. Open Hyderabad on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 3 books and 19 movies set in Hyderabad.

Daawat-e-Ishq
A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez “Gullu” Qadir a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq “Taru” Haidar a Lucknawi cook who can charm…

Janatha Garage
Anand is an environmental activist who lives in Mumbai. A chance exchange programme takes him to Hyderabad and here a chance encounter with Satyam results in him taking over the Janatha Garage from the latter.

Vedam
Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator a runaway prostitute a desperate woman drowning in debt a rising musician and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the…

HIT: The First Case
Vikram Rudraraju is a 30-year-old cop working for the Telangana State Police. While Vikram is battling with his own traumatic past the stakes get high when a girl called Preethi mysteriously disappears in Hyderabad and…

Pelli Choopulu
Fed up with his carefree attitude Prasanth's father fixes his marriage to make him responsible. However meeting an ambitious girl changes his life for the better.

Ala Modalaindi
Gowtam works as a reporter for a television channel. He is nursing a heart break after his girlfriend dumped him for another guy. He attends the wedding of his girlfriend where he meets the another girl Nitya dumped by…

Ishq
Fate brings two individuals together after their flight to Hyderabad is forced to land in Goa. Along the way they forge a special bond that changes their lives forever.

Falaknuma Das
A group of youngsters headed by Das attempt to monopolise the meat business in Falaknuma. However they encounter some unexpected problems which lead them to the path of crime.

Bobby Jasoos
A film that celebrates the aspiration of Bobby who wants to become the number one detective in the old city area of Hyderabad.

My Name Is Shruthi
Shruthi embarks on a career in an advertising agency in Hyderabad sharing accommodations with a friend in the city. However a routine return to her room during a commercial shoot unveils a series of startling events…
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