Shah Bano

Haq Review: Strips Off Patriarchal Prentension

Haq narrates the pretension our society holds. Feels almost rhetorical. It smashes patriarchy inch by inch, within the layers of fight, fought by a woman, Shazia Bano, played by Yami Gautam. The narrative stems from the Shah Bano case in 1985. The 1985 Supreme Court ruling in Shah Bano’s favour, granting her lifelong maintenance under the secular provisions of Section 125 of the CrPC, was a watershed moment for Muslim women’s rights and revived calls for a Uniform Civil Code. The courtroom sequence in Haq gets the monumental praise. It thoroughly weaves in concepts such a | Click Here...