Love Dakhni comedy? This Hyderabad content creator is making people laugh with his skits

Gaining popularity for his Dakhni comedy content, Mohammed Furkhan Ahmed makes unique rhyming videos to the ‘marfa’ beat

Until a couple of weeks ago, Mohammed Furkhan Ahmed was happy posting videos and creating Hyderabadi comedy to the beats of the traditional marfa — a form of celebratory rhythmic music and dance from Hyderabad. “Out of the blue, the number of likes for my video Accident After Reaction, which went online in September last year, jumped from a mere 51 to 1,49,000,” says an elated Furkhan. “Now the views are at more than seven million. I feel discovered even though I have been on YouTube for the past 18 months.” Furkhan rhymes in Dakhni — an amalgamation of Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Persian, Marathi and Telugu that is spoken in Hyderabad. Furkhan (Furkhan Kick on YouTube and @furhankick on Instagram) chose the marfa style as it is synonymous with celebration in Hyderabad. “The beats from the marfa drum cannot be ignored and when it is clubbed with a band, it can make anyone want to break into dance.”