HAQ by Junglee Pictures starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi has continued to earn praises on the OTT platform Netflix after a successful theatrical run. It is one of the most popular films. Yami Gautam especially has received lot of applaud for her performance.  

Adding to the list of admirers of the film, Alia Bhatt, Karan Johar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu have lauded the film calling it a true cinema. 

Samantha Ruth Prabhu revealed how deeply ‘Haq’ has affected her.  She described the script or the narrative very rare and it is made without bias. A movie that touches the humans deeply and is layered free of judgement. 


Haq reaffirms belief in good cinema. 


The actress was all praises for Yami Gautam Dhar’s performance calling it rare and that such stories that are brought alive by an actor of her calibre is indeed to be highlighted. She said her portrayal stayed with her long after the credits rolled and felt the movie had everything that a story requires, from love, rage, strength, vulnerability and hope.   Samantha Ruth also went on to applaud the writer of the film Reshu Nath and director Suparn S. Varma for the script and the story telling which is made with so much of sensitivity and power. 

Inspired by the Supreme Court Judgement which became a landmark in the journey of Shazia Bano essayed by Yami Gautam Dhar who fights the courageous battle against her husband Abbas essayed by Emraan Hashmi, the film delves into the issues that are based on equality gender, triple talaq and the uniform civil code.   The film also features Vartika Singh, Sheeba Chaddha, Danish Hussain and Aseem Hattangady. 


About the film Haq 


Haq which means the Right, is based on the sensational Supreme court Judgement of Mohd Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum, is directed by Suparn Verma. Besides Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi, Sheeba Chaddha is also playing a pivotal role. The film is produced by Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Juhi Parekh Mehta and Harman Baweja under the Junglee Pictures banner, Insomnia films and Baweja Studios.  The film deals with matrimonial issues related to Muslim Households hence had faced pre-release legal controversies over Shah Bano case. 

However, the film released in the theatres on November 7th 2025 with positive reviews and is now doing extremely well on Netflix OTT as well reaching out to the masses proving that a powerful storytelling still impacts the cinema.