Hyderabad Blues

<p>The protagonist of is Varun, played by the director, Nagesh Kukunoor. The movie revolves around his visit to his homeland after 12 years in the USA and his resulting . The movie is a , following Varun’s attempts to romance an Indian doctor and balance the local customs of with the Western tradition of . The dialogue is primarily in English and , with some spoken as well. In producing the movie, Nagesh Kukunoor invested the money he made from his engineering career in the United States. It was made on a shoe-string budget of 1.7 million (roughly equivalent to 40,000) and shot in 17 days entirely in Hyderabad, India. The film performed well commercially.</p>