“Haq” is based on the true story of lawyer Mohd. The movie revolves around Ahmed Khan and 62 years old woman from Indore Shazia Bano Begum case. The movie was released in theatres on Nov. 7, 2025. Shazia filed a maintenance petition under section 125 which is secular law designed to shield divorced women from poverty.
The movie is directed by Suparn S. Verma with actress Yami Gautam Dhar and actor Emraan Hashmi in lead roles and unfolds as a tense, emotionally charged legal battle that questions justice, faith and gender equality.
The film follows Shazia Bano, played by Yami Gautam Dhar, a woman abandoned after decades of marriage. When she approaches the court seeking basic maintenance, her personal struggle escalates into national controversy. What begins as a fight for survival turns into the larger debate on secular law and religious personal law.
The movie opens in 1980s India, inside the modest home of Shazia Bano, where life moves quietly between household chores and caring for her three children. There is little drama at first, only the steady rhythm of women devoted to her family. That calm is abruptly disturbed when her husband announces his second marriage and abandons Bano and the children, leaving them behind without warning or support.
Khan agrees to send monthly maintenance that offers Bano brief relief. But money stops coming and with it vanishes any sense of security. Struggling to provide for her children, Bano takes an unexpected step: she goes to court, seeking nothing more than what is necessary for survival.
As the case unfolds, the film moves beyond Bano’s personal suffering into the larger public sphere. Her fight draws national attention, igniting debates around religion, law and women rights. Each courtroom appearance strengthens her resolve, transforming her from a vulnerable, abandoned wife to a woman determined to be heard. At last the court ruled in her favour. Her right to maintenance is upheld, justice, long delayed, finally speaks.
By the end of the movie Bano stands as more than an individual seeking justice. The film closes by reminding the audience that her fight was never only her own. Bano’s struggle becomes a turning point, proving that courage can challenge centuries of silence. She became a symbol of resistance against patriarchy. Haq ultimately portrays how one woman’s courage can challenge long standing traditions and reshape the meaning of justice.
Edited by Anushma Dahal and Bidhya Sapkota
