Haq

Drama Hindi

In 1980s India, Shazia Bano takes her husband to court after he abandons her and their children, sparking a national battle over faith, women’s rights, and justice.

Cast:	Yami Gautam, Emraan Hashmi, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chaddha, Vartika Singh, Aseem Hattangady
Director:	Suparn Verma
Writer:	Reshu Nath
Editor:	Ninad Khanolkar
Camera:	Pratham Mehta

Guild Reviews

Simple-Minded Solidarity

Shilajit Mitra | The Hollywood Reporter India

Thu, November 6 2025

Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam Dhar star in a well-meaning but blandly linear film inspired by the Shah Bano verdict

Hindi cinema operates in extremes. On the one hand, you have the blatant Islamophobia and sectarianism of recent propaganda films. These films dig around in history to single out a particular community. The other approach is rarer: calm, sober-sided films made with a measure of dignity and intent. Yet these films also have a tendency to hedge, to oversimplify. Too often, they reduce complex realities to pat displays of solidarity. I felt that way about Ground Zero, a Kashmir-set military film with a passing yet palpable concern for local lives. And I feel much the same about Haq, which dramatises the landmark Shah Bano case from the 1980s. Incidentally, both films star Emraan Hashmi.

Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi are terrific in this court room drama

Shomini Sen | Wion

Wed, November 5 2025

Suparn S Verma's new film Haq starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi goes back in time and narrates the incidents that led to the iconic Shah Bano case. The film takes a deeper look at the Sharia law and how it deprived Indian muslim women of basic rights.

Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi’s latest film, Haq, brings a landmark case from the past to the forefront. The Shah Bano case, where the Supreme Court upheld Allahabad High Court’s verdict that gave senior lawyer Mohammed Ahmad Khan the order to pay lifelong maintenance to his estranged wife Shazia Bano Begum, is a case that changed the trajectory of muslim women and their rights in India. Inspired by the case and based on Jigna Vora’s book Bano: Bharat Ki Beti, Suparn Verma’s film fictionalises the landmark case, adding emotional depth and drama to make it into a solid and impactful film.