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Haq Teaser Unveiled as Yami Gautam, Emraan Hashmi Lead Courtroom Drama on Shah Bano Case

The first look sets up a November 7 release that revisits the 1985 maintenance ruling through a contemporary debate on personal law.

Overview

  • The makers released the official teaser on September 23 following a poster reveal the previous day.
  • Directed by Suparn S Varma and produced by Junglee Pictures with Insomnia Films and Baweja Studios, the film is slated for theaters on November 7, 2025.
  • The story is inspired by the 1985 Mohd Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum judgment, centering a woman's Section 125 fight for maintenance.
  • Yami Gautam Dhar portrays the woman at the center of the case, while Emraan Hashmi appears as a courtroom lawyer.
  • Framed as a fictionalised retelling drawn from Jigna Vora’s Bano: Bharat ki Beti, the film engages themes of gender rights, personal law and the Uniform Civil Code, with Sheeba Chaddha, Danish Hussain and Aseem Hattangady in support.