So you love to hear the Dakhni dialect? Besides the funny sound of the dialect when spoken, do phrases like baingan ka baataan , pani nahana , photo- batao etc amuse you? Then there is someone who will give you your daily fix of Hyderabadi baataan . Vlogger and brothers made the most of the lack of a vloger in Dakhni dialect at a time when vlogging was just about catching up. The outcome was ‘Hyderabad Dairies’ a daily video-blog of everyday happening in the life of a true-blue Hyderabadi, narrated in true blue ‘ Hyderabadiishtyle’ .
For instance if you watch the vlog ‘School Days’ the brothers depict the what kids go through before they actually set out to for class in an auto or bus. Shahrukh clearly reels off dialogues between the mother and child during arguments and the whole exercise of organising their ‘ bookan-wookan ’ according to the time table in to their bags which he describes as ‘bastaan’
The two do not act or over-act and in simple Dakhni speech have viewers in splits..
Abrar explains about how his brother came up with the idea of short one-minute long videos and then slowly increased the length as the vlog hits began to go up. “I started in 2010 as minute long skits with pure Hyderabadi slang or let’s call it Hyderabadi twang. As the audience grew we began increasing the duration of the video and soon we had suggestions on the topics to choose,” says Abrar who says Superwoman is his inspiration and follows YouTubers like Ray William Johnson.
Abrar is working in Process Engineering in United Arab Emirates and mostly finishes his part of vlogs by sending recorded videos to his brother Shahrukh in Hyderabad. “He does the editing, adds his bit and uploads it on YouTube,” explains Abrar.
Born and brought up in Hyderabad the brothers did their schooling in Hyderabad and “I did my graduation from St Marys and Shahrukh from G Pulla Reddy. We live near Masab Tank and enjoy doing our vlog. Our intention isn’t to mock at anyone; we belong to this culture and feel proud about it. There are many who love to hear us talk in Dakhni especially people who cannot speak the dialect,” says Abrar.
As a sample there are people who think direct translation works just fine when they say, ‘press your car here’ which is a direct translation to “ Gadi daba ke laga ” or how about ‘Hey mother moon come here a bit’ for “O C hand ki amma idhar aa zarra” . This and several other nuggets of Dakhni are unleashed by the duo in their vlogs.
Try and think a translation for dabaake khana (meaning ‘eat a lot’). Best is when boys try to explain “ Ägar biryani hai toh 3 taima koottu apan ,” it comes to ‘ If it is Biryani I will crush it three times’ . The most common is jhumta minar or dancing minaret to describe someone who is footloose,” giggles Abrar.
When the vlogs require more than two people, thy duo rope in their friends, like vlogs of hamare teachers. The skits of everyday life events of Hyderabadis of all ages are mostly conceptualised by Shahrukh while Abrar writes the script and dialogues.
Besides the fun and laughter there is a vlog on Amazing facts: Nizam of Hyderabad. Even as it informative, it comes with the wry digs on the Nizam’s fancy for all things glamorous.
So what have been their most popular vlogs till date? “It has to be our version of Deepika Padukone’s My choice videos’ and the old Bollywood songs in Hyderabadi series,” says Abrar.
