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Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam’s Haq is eyeing a November 7 release, and while the movie has been cleared by the CBFC, it has now landed in trouble. The movie, revolving around the landmark Shah Bano case, is embroiled in controversy after Shah Bano’s daughter, Siddiqua Begum Khan, filed a petition in the Indore bench of the High Court, claiming the film was made without her family’s permission and misrepresents her late mother’s life. Now, while speaking to HT, Yami and Emraan spoke about whether they felt jittery while signing the movie because of the controversial nature of the script. Yami Gautam shared, “Controversy, debate, discussion, that is not the first thought as an artiste. It’s always how I feel after reading the script. Of course, it’s the powerful story of a very courageous woman back in the 1980s. Today, there are multiple conversations to express what we want, what can be done to make things better. Back in the day, there was nothing of that sort. That woman did it without the intent of making it controversial, but just to literally do what every mother does for their child. How can she provide the best for her children? I thought Haq was a wonderfully written script.” Meanwhile, Emraan Hashmi shared, “There were questions when I signed this film. I have done films of a certain nature. But it’s very important as an actor to do a gamut of characters. That, for me, is growth as an artist. If you don’t risk things, that’s not art, that’s empty marketing. You do those popcorn flicks that release and are forgotten after the first week of theatrical release, which is fine; that’s part of the business. But films like Haq are important, too. You want to do films that leave behind a message and will stay in people’s conversations… Haq is not singling out people from a certain community or maligning it. It’s about people from a community; it could be any community.” About the Haq Movie Haq draws inspiration from the 1985 Supreme Court verdict in the Mohd. Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum case — a ruling that upheld a Muslim woman’s right to maintenance under Indian law. The film adapts journalist Jigna Vora’s book Bano: Bharat Ki Beti and dramatises the legal, emotional, and societal turmoil that surrounded the case. Yami essays the role of Shazia Bano, a woman who takes on the legal system to fight for justice, while Emraan Hashmi portrays her husband, lawyer Abbas Khan.
