| ID | 182848 |
| Title Proper | Language and Cinema |
| Other Title Information | Schisms in the Representation of Hyderabad |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Krishna, C Yamini |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The city of Hyderabad has had a distinct linguistic and political history. It was a multilingual city with Urdu (and Persian) as the court languages under the Asaf Jahi dynasty until 1948, when it was annexed by the Indian union. While Hyderabad continues to be multilingual with Telugu, Urdu, Marathi, Kannada and Tamil being spoken in the city, its identity has undergone many changes. It became the Telugu capital city with the formation of Andhra Pradesh state in 1956. In 2014, it became the capital of the newly-formed Telangana state and Urdu was added to Telugu as the official language of the state in 2017. This article examines the transforming image of the city as constructed by Urdu, Telugu and Deccani language films from the 1950s to the present. Reading these films for the discourse on the city, it argues that each addressed its own imagined audience, claimed a specific identity for the city and invisiblised all others. The schism of representation reflected in the films is rooted in the city’s historical past and its multiple contested identities. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 44, No.6; Dec 2021: p.1027-1040 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol: 44 No 6 |
| Key Words | Muslims ; Telangana ; Hyderabad ; City and Cinem ; Deccani Films ; Linguistic State ; Telugu Cinema ; Urdu Cinema |