The trailer of HAQ, featuring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi, is out, providing an enthralling peek into a plot that involves love, betrayal, and the clash of religion and justice. Suparn S. Varma directs the courtroom drama based on one of India’s most defining legal cases — the Shah Bano case — which still influences discussions on women’s rights and secular law.
The film trailer begins with a depiction of what appears to be a euphoric marriage between Abbas (Emraan Hashmi) and Shah Bano (Yami Gautam). Their peaceful life, however, disintegrates when Abbas decides on a second wife, leaving Shah heartbroken. What starts out as an intensely personal broken heart quickly evolves into a greater legal and ethical struggle when Shah will not accept her husband’s unilateral divorce under the practice of “triple talaq.”
Resolute to resist, she seeks redress in court, and a compelling confrontation between religious dogma, communal forces, and the Indian Constitution is initiated.
Against the backdrop of the historic 1985 Supreme Court ruling, HAQ tells the story of Shah Bano’s fight to establish her identity as an Indian as well as a Muslim woman who wants justice under the secular law. Yami Gautam gives a moving performance as a woman caught in between religion and justice, while Emraan Hashmi as Abbas personifies the onus of tradition and personal belief.
The trailer also includes Sheeba Chaddha and newcomer Vartika Singh in crucial supporting roles, adding depth to the layered narrative of the film. With his experience from Rana Naidu, Acid Factory, and The Family Man 2, Suparn Varma infuses the socially relevant story with intensity as well as sensitivity.
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The title HAQ—”right” spelled in Urdu—conveys the film’s spirit: a woman’s unrelenting battle for dignity and fairness. The film will open theatrically on November 7, 2025, and early word is that it may kindle important conversations on gender, religion, and justice in contemporary India.
