There’s something deeply powerful about 'Haq'. It’s not the kind of film that screams for your attention, raises its voice or sensationalises its message, and yet, it leaves you shaken in ways few films manage to. Directed by Suparn Verma, 'Haq' takes inspiration from the historic Shah Bano case, but instead of being a courtroom saga built for headlines, it becomes a human story of a woman finding her voice in a system built to silence her.
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The film opens with Shazia Bano (Yami Gautam) smirking as she’s forced to wear black to avoid the muck thrown at her. From there, the story travels back to 1967, to a small town in Uttar Pradesh, where her journey really begins. Verma builds the atmosphere slowly, letting us feel Shazia’s life before it begins to fall apart.
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