With just a few days left for its scheduled November 7 release, Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi ’s upcoming film Haq has hit a major controversy. The movie, inspired by the historic Shah Bano Begum case, is now facing legal action from the late Shah Bano’s family.

Petition filed in Madhya Pradesh High Court

According to Siasat, Siddiqua Begum, daughter of Shah Bano Begum, has filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court against the film’s release. She claims that the movie uses her mother’s story without any consent from the family and that it misrepresents important facts.

The petition, filed through advocate Tousif Warsi, also alleges that Haq ‘misrepresents Sharia law’ and could ‘hurt Muslim sentiments.’ Warsi, told ANI that the filmmakers did not obtain the family’s con

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