Overview
- The theatrical rollout remains scheduled for November 7, subject to the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s Indore bench ruling on a stay request.
- Siddiqua Begum, who says she is Shah Bano’s daughter, has petitioned the court alleging unauthorised depiction, factual distortion, and lack of consent tied to her late mother’s life.
- The producers’ lawyer says the film is a fictionalised work inspired by the 1985 Supreme Court judgment and Jigna Vora’s book, and has questioned the petitioner’s claimed lineage.
- Certification boards in India, the UAE, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand cleared the film with zero cuts, including a CBFC UA 13+ certificate dated October 28 and PG/PG15 ratings overseas.
- Pre-release screenings in Delhi drew strong endorsements, with Kiren Rijiju and Hardeep Singh Puri praising the film, as industry figures lauded performances by Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi under Suparn S. Varma’s direction.