Filmmaker Suparn S Varma says though the society frequently discusses issues faced by various marginalised groups, the largest ''backward class'' continues to be women as gender discrimination cuts across class, religion and geography.

Varma, known for his work on popular OTT series such as ''The Trial'' and ''Rana Naidu'', has directed ''Haq'', a courtroom drama inspired by the Shah Bano Begum case of 1985. The film, starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi in the lead roles, released in theatres across the country on Friday and received rave reviews from the critics.

The director said ''Haq'' is fundamentally about a woman's fight for dignity, self-respect and basic human rights in a system that is structurally biased against her.

''She is fighting a system that is already preordained,

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