Mumbai, Nov 6 || Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming film ‘Haq’, has revealed what drew him to the project.
The actor spoke with at a 5-star property in the Juhu area of Mumbai in the run-up to the release of the film, and said that the film has different facets like a woman's voice, truth, justice, betrayal, love and personal faith, which make it a cinematically rich experience both for him as a performer, and for the audience in terms of consumption.
He told, “I found the subject very intriguing because it was about a case that inspired by a case that I have known about probably just on a surface level, I didn't know what the details of this case, I didn't know the emotional story behind this case and this was something that the director and the writer have researched”.
‘Haq’ is inspired from the landmark case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum. Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim woman, sought maintenance from her husband after being divorced through triple talaq. The Supreme Court ruled in her favor under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, stating that maintenance applies to all citizens irrespective of religion.