Overview
- The courtroom drama is now available to stream on Netflix.
- Rotten Tomatoes lists an 83% critics' score and a 92% audience rating for the film.
- Netflix describes the plot as Shazia Bano taking her husband to court, setting off a national conversation about justice and women's rights.
- The story is inspired by the Mohd Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum case, in which a 62-year-old from Indore sought maintenance under Section 125 after a triple talaq divorce that ultimately led to a Supreme Court ruling.
- Directed by Suparn Varma and starring Yami Gautam, Emraan Hashmi and Sheeba Chaddha, the film has drawn effusive audience reviews on IMDb even as The Hollywood Reporter India calls it well-intentioned but reductive.