Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam’s upcoming film Haq has been facing legal trouble just days before its much-anticipated release.
The legal drama film – which is based on the iconic Shah Bano Case – is facing a legal lawsuit from her family over consent and privacy breach.
On November 3, Siddiqua Begum Khan, daughter of Shah Bano Begum, filed a petition in the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Misrepresentation without consent
The lawsuit alleged that the filmmakers did not obtain their consent before making the film and misrepresented her mother’s personal life.
The case seeks an immediate stay on the film’s screening, promotion, and exhibition, which is slated to hit theatres on November 7.
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“This film is based on the landmark case of M.A. Khan vs Shah Bano Begum. For the first time in Indian history, a Muslim woman fought for maintenance and won the case… It is mandatory to obtain someone’s consent before using their personal life or name, as this falls under the right to privacy,” Siddiqua’s lawyer, Tauseef Warsi, told Indian media.
Meanwhile, Jubair Ahmad Khan, the grandson of Shah Bano, said that they only learnt about the film when the teaser was released.
“A lot of facts in the teaser are distorted. It is our private matter that has been given a commercial angle,” he said.
The makers of the film, through their lawyer Ajay Bagadiya, stated that liberties had been taken to dramatize the events and that the movie is a fictional depiction.
Haq, directed by Suparn S Verma, is based on the landmark 1985 Shah Bano case, which concerned women’s rights and maintenance laws in India
