In Deepa Dhanraj’s 1984 film on Hyderabad riots, a record of early signs of communalism in Indian politics

With Kya Hua is Shahar Ko? Deepa Dhanraj not only puts forth a portrait of the city of Hyderabad amid communal violence, but also documents the birth of a politically-infused fundamentalist ideology that over the years would become a dominant narrative in Indian politics.

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