Movie:
HAQ

Director: Suparn Verma

Author: Reshu Nath

Solid: Yami Gautam Dhar, Emraan Hashmi, Paridhi Sharma, S M Zaheer, Vartika Singh, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chaddha, Aseem Hattangady, Rahul Mittra

Runtime: 136 minutes (2 hours, 16 minutes)

Platform: In Theatres

HAQ Overview

“Quran rakhne, Quran padhne, aur Quran samajhne mein bahut fark hota hai.” With such power-packed dialogues, Suparn Verma’s HAQ – starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi, is a drama that sheds mild on the landmark Supreme Courtroom judgement of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum whereby the SC delivered a judgment in favour of offering upkeep to an aggrieved divorced Muslim girl. Whereas each Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi ship hard-hitting performances as Shazia Bano and Ahmed Khan, is HAQ price a watch in theatres? Learn our overview to know the reply.

Set in post-Unbiased India, Shazia – the daughter of Muslim instructor/Maulvi marries Ahmed Khan – a nicely to do lawyer whose grandfather helped draft the structure of India. After 12 months of residing collectively as husband and spouse – regardless of the rising distance as time handed, Ahmed marries a youthful girl (distant cousin) after her husband passes away with out informing Shazia. After initially making an attempt to regulate whereas asserting her dominance within the family, Shazia leaves her husband residence together with their three youngsters and goes to her father’s abode on account of continued disrespect and snubs from her husband.

What begins as Shazia asking Ahmed Rs 400 a month to take care of their three youngsters whereas they dwell aside quickly snowballs right into a court docket room drama that final years and sees the identical youngsters spend nearly all their time within the court docket’s compounds. From preventing for simply cash to offer her youngsters an excellent life whereas she works herself, the struggle goes to the apex court docket of India to ship a judgement that noticed extreme backlash, political interferences and households breaking.

What Works

The issues that work for the movie are 1) Yami Gautam’s stellar efficiency, 2) Emraan Hashmi’s restrained appearing and three) A few dialogues which might be certain to stay with you even after the tip credit roll

What Doesn’t Work

Whereas movie’s having a shorter runtime is at all times a boon – right here it wasn’t. 136 minutes was too brief to inform the story that created historical past. 1 tune captures almost everything of Shazia and Ahmed’s marriage and married life feeling shallow and never letting the viewers join with the characters on a deeper stage. For a courtroom drama movie, the courtroom drama is restricted and options simply a few appearances and power-packed monologues solely within the last session.

The sound design too falters with the pitch and tempo fluctuation a number of instances within the 2 hours.

Star Solid

One of many solely purpose why this movie has the ability to shine and work nicely is the performances by the movie’s lead stars Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi. The duo have as soon as extra proved why they’ve been actively kind after in Bollywood and followers nonetheless don’t thoughts spending cash to look at them on the large display.

Yami as Shazia Bano is every part you’d count on from a Muslim girl whose first precedence is at all times her Allah. From showcasing her bond along with her father, husband, in-law, youngsters and even her shauhar’s second begum, Yami’s efficiency is nuanced. Regardless of the brief runtime and no deep dwelling extra into her character, Yami’s efficiency from going from Ahmed’s begum to pehli biwi will contact your coronary heart. Her monologue is hard-hitting and has the potential to encourage ladies who going throught one thing related converse up.

Whereas Emraan Hashmi has delivered a stellar efficiency, the makers did do him soiled however not giving him extra highlight (we aren’t complaining, however we’re.) He’s loving, he’s restrained and his ego and anger are at all times simply across the nook ready to pop up and create havoc each single time. He’s delivered what’s anticipated of him.

The supporting forged ship however fail to shine within the shadows forged by the lead stars.

Conclusion

Except for stellar performances from Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi, the movie suffers with a severely fast-paced narrative that might have and will have been developed additional – we wouldn’t have thoughts one other 10-15minutes to the runtime for. The sound mixing too faulters, disturbing the move.

Hope our Haq overview helps you decide whether or not or not you must watch the movie in theatres this weekend.

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