Emraan Hashmi has defended his upcoming film Haq, claiming that the movie presents the Muslim group sensitively.
Emraan Hashmi is scheduled to be seen in a unique avatar in his upcoming movie, Haq. The authorized drama relies on the long-lasting Shah Bano Case, which began the reforms for Muslim girls with respect to divorce rights. The movie stars Emraan Hashmi alongside Yami Gautam, who performs a personality impressed by Shah Bano. After the film’s trailer was launched, it acquired appreciation from many but additionally criticism from some, who felt that it was focusing on or slandering Muslims. However, Emraan Hashmi cleared it along with his assertion.
Emraan Hashmi’s assertion about Haq
Speaking with ANI, the actor mentioned, “I read the script of this film, I saw it from the perspective of a creative actor, but for the first time in my career, I had to see that there is a sensitivity regarding a community, regarding my community. I have to be a little cognisant, and I have to analyse it differently. What I have extrapolated from this film is that there is a very balanced point of view… So we are not talking about anything that we are not pointing a finger at a community or passing a judgment.”
“I do not know what folks will say, however as a liberal Muslim, I can say that I had no issues with the perspective of the movie. Because we’re not maligning any group, if we have been, I would not have achieved this movie…And simply to offer a viewpoint of the sort of Muslim I’m, I married Parveen, who’s a Hindu. Meri household mein mere bete puja bhi karte hai, namaaz bhi padhte hai. This is my secular upbringing. So from my standpoint, I’m watching this movie. Everyone watches a movie in response to their conditioning, spiritual tenets, upbringing, surroundings, and viewpoint,” the actor shared.
What is the Shah Bano case?
The Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, or the Shah Bano upkeep case, has been deemed a authorized milestone within the battle for the safety of Muslim girls’s rights in India. In 1978, 62-year-old Shah Bano filed a petition within the Indore courtroom, looking for upkeep from her divorced husband, Mohammed Ahmed Khan, an prosperous and well-known lawyer. The two married in 1932 and had 5 youngsters. The Shah Bano case was a couple of 62-year-old Muslim girl who was divorced by her husband and left with no cash. She went to courtroom asking for monetary assist (upkeep). In 1985, the Supreme Court mentioned that each divorced girl, regardless of her faith, has the precise to get upkeep if she can’t assist herself. This resolution made many Muslim spiritual leaders sad, as they felt it went in opposition to Islamic private regulation. Facing stress, the Rajiv Gandhi authorities handed a brand new regulation in 1986 known as the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, which restricted this proper. The case turned an essential instance of the controversy between girls’s rights and spiritual legal guidelines in India.
All about Haq
Haq is directed by Suparn S Varma, starring Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam additionally options Vartika Singh, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chadha, and Aseem Hattangady in outstanding roles. Produced by Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Juhi Parekh Mehta, and Harman Baweja, the movie will launch in theatres on 7 November.
