Yami Gautam will play the role of Shah Bano, the story of the historic decision of the Supreme Court will be seen

Uniform Civil Code, Waqf Board, Three Divorce and Shah Bano are not just headlines – they remind them of echoes that came out of one of the most sharp judicial cases of India. A case that divided public opinion, took the test of secularism of the country, and a new spark to the debate of equal versus identity – a debate that continues even today.

And now, 40 years later, this story is returning- this time, on the big screen. According to reports, work is going on on a strong feature film inspired by Shah Bano case and other cases like this, which is being directed by Suparna Verma. Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi are the lead actors of this film.

According to sources, the shooting of the film has recently been completed in Lucknow. The film is considered to be the next big cinematic release after Yami’s ‘Article 370’, which will reveal the human price of legal battles that become a national debate issue.

In 1978, the mother of 62 -year -old Shah Bano, after giving three divorces by her lawyer husband Mohammad Ahmed Khan, filed a petition for the allowance of living in the Supreme Court under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Her husband refused to give any kind of alimony after three months, citing Muslim personal law.

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After a seven -year -long legal battle, in 1985 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Shah Bano and said that Section 125 applies to all citizens, and divorced women, whether of any religion, have the right to get alimony – this decision was a milestone in the direction of sexual justice and constitutional equality.

But this decision led to a sharp response to radical groups, and the Rajiv Gandhi government passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Diete) Act in 1986, which made the Supreme Court verdict to a great extent. This episode gave rise to debate again on vote bank politics, uniform civil code and secularism – the debate that is equally relevant today.

Leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah still consider the Shah Bano case to be a decisive turn of Uniform Civil Code and legal reforms. Once the voice of Shah Bano was echoed in the walls of the Supreme Court. Today, after four decades, that voice is returning – even more loud, even more courageous – this time through cinema.