Emraan Hashmi's Haq maligns Muslims? Actor makes a BIG revelation

Emraan Hashmi has defended his upcoming movie Haq, claiming that the film presents the Muslim community sensitively.

Emraan Hashmi is scheduled to be seen in a different avatar in his upcoming film, Haq. The legal drama is based on the iconic Shah Bano Case, which started the reforms for Muslim women with respect to divorce rights. The film stars Emraan Hashmi alongside Yami Gautam, who plays a character inspired by Shah Bano. After the movie’s trailer was released, it received appreciation from many but also criticism from some, who felt that it was targeting or slandering Muslims. However, Emraan Hashmi cleared it with his statement.

Emraan Hashmi’s statement about Haq

Speaking with ANI, the actor said, “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 don’t know what people will say, but as a liberal Muslim, I can say that I had no problems with the viewpoint of the film. Because we are not maligning any community, if we were, I wouldn’t have done this film…And just to give a viewpoint of the kind of Muslim I am, I married Parveen, who is a Hindu. Meri family mein mere bete puja bhi karte hai, namaaz bhi padhte hai. This is my secular upbringing. So from my point of view, I am watching this film. Everyone watches a film according to their conditioning, religious tenets, upbringing, environment, and viewpoint,” the actor shared.

What is the Shah Bano case?

The Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, or the Shah Bano maintenance case, has been deemed a legal milestone in the battle for the protection of Muslim women’s rights in India. In 1978, 62-year-old Shah Bano filed a petition in the Indore court, seeking maintenance from her divorced husband, Mohammed Ahmed Khan, an affluent and well-known lawyer. The two married in 1932 and had five children. The Shah Bano case was about a 62-year-old Muslim woman who was divorced by her husband and left with no money. She went to court asking for financial support (maintenance). In 1985, the Supreme Court said that every divorced woman, no matter her religion, has the right to get maintenance if she cannot support herself. This decision made many Muslim religious leaders unhappy, as they felt it went against Islamic personal law. Facing pressure, the Rajiv Gandhi government passed a new law in 1986 called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, which exclusive this right. The case became an important example of the debate between women’s rights and religious laws in India.

All about Haq

Haq is directed by Suparn S Varma, starring Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam also features Vartika Singh, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chadha, and Aseem Hattangady in prominent roles. Produced by Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Juhi Parekh Mehta, and Harman Baweja, the film will release in theatres on 7 November.