Hyderabad biryani film lands Friday

Ameer Log hits theatres on Friday, August 21 — a Telugu comedy‑drama set squarely in a Hyderabad basti, not a generic “somewhere in India” the national crowd prefers when it forgets the South exists. BookMyShow lists it at 2 hours 20 minutes with a UA13+ tag and a Hyderabad synopsis built on three friends, biryani, and an old cook’s secret recipe that tests what matters more: quick fame or the taste of home.

The film is written and directed by Ramana Reddy Soma, produced by Madhavi Reddy Soma under Awwal Number Productions, with Manohar Reddy Manchuri as co‑producer. Spirit Media — Rana Daggubati’s banner — is releasing it in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Lead faces are Hari Munnangi, Sasidhar Kocharlakota, Manoj Aavula and Vedha Jalandharr; the Charminar and an Irani chai signboard make supporting appearances, per the first‑look notes.

Reddy says the team shot in a real basti with sync sound to keep the language and texture natural, spending most of the roughly 43‑day schedule on location. Music director Smaran Sai calls it “pakka Hyderabadi”, with the lanes around Langar Houz and music work in Kachiguda. Cinema Express and ticketing copy align on the friendship‑and‑food arc; a cricket‑rivalry plot floated elsewhere isn’t confirmed by the makers’ material.

Telangana on screen, in its own accent and lanes, is a novelty only to people who think culture stops at the Delhi ring road. Hyderabad will manage just fine without their permission.