In Popular Culture
The Delhi pogroms have been the core subject of several films and novels.
- 2005 English film Amu, by Shonali Bose and starring Konkona Sen Sharma and Brinda Karat, is based on Shonali Bose's own novel of the same name. The film portrays story of a girl, orphaned during the pogroms, reconciling with her adoption years later. The film which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English was censored in India and was released on DVD without the cuts.
- 2004 Hindi film Kaya Taran (Chrysalis), directed by Shashi Kumar and starring Seema Biswas, is based on the Malayalam short story "When Big Tree Falls" by N.S. Madhavan. The film revolves around a Sikh woman and her young son who have taken shelter in a nunnery in Meerut during the 1984 Anti-Sikh pogroms.
- 2003 Bollywood film Hawayein, directed by Ammtoje Mann, is based on the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, the nationwide 1984 Anti-Sikh pogroms and the subsequent victimisation of the people in Punjab (India) in the years that followed.
- Khushwant Singh's novel "Tragedy of Punjab: Operation Bluestar & After" focuses on the events surrounding the pogrom.
- Jarnail Singh's non fiction book 'I Accuse' describes various incidents that took place during the genocide
Read more about this topic: 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots
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