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After becoming a mother, Yami Gautam is once again going to make a comeback on the big screen. According to media reports, the actress will be seen in the lead role in a film based on the life of Shah Bano.
Let us tell you that Shah Bano had fought a legal battle to get maintenance after divorce from her husband. This case was related to triple talaq, women’s rights and Muslim personal law in 1985. The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Shah Bano became a topic of social and legal discussion across the country.
Shah Bano has contributed a lot in the triple talaq case. Yami Gautam will explain the importance of this case to the audience through this film. It is being told that Yami is working hard to play the character of Gautam Shah Bano. This will be an iconic role of his career. He is very excited about this new challenge.
The film going to be made on the life of Shah Bano will be directed by Suparn Verma. Who has previously directed The Family Man Season 2, Rana Naidu and The Trial. The film will be produced by Junglee Pictures in association with Vishal Gurnani and Juhi Parikh Mehta.
Who was Shah Bano?
Shah Bano was a resident of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. In 1978, at the age of 62, her husband Mohammad Ahmed divorced her and threw her out of the house. Shah Bano had 5 children. The matter of getting maintenance allowance from her husband reached the Supreme Court in 1981. The husband said that he is not obliged to pay maintenance to Shah Bano. The Supreme Court gave its verdict on Section 125 of CrPC in 1985. This section is related to determining the maintenance allowance in the case of divorce. The Supreme Court had upheld the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to give maintenance allowance to Shah Bano.
Rajiv Gandhi government had reversed the decision
Muslim Personal Law Board started a nationwide movement against the court’s decision in favor of Shah Bano. All the Muslim organizations of the country said that the court is violating their rights by interfering in their family and religious matters.
When there was opposition to this in the country, the then Rajiv Gandhi government made a law in 1986. This law was called The Muslim Women Protection of Rights Act 1986. This diluted the Supreme Court’s decision. Under the law, women were allowed to ask for maintenance allowance only during Iddat (time of separation). The then Minister of State for Home Arif Mohammad Khan had resigned against this decision of the Rajiv Gandhi government.
Law on triple talaq made in 2019
At that time BJP had said – If we come to power, we will make changes in personal laws. In 2017, the Supreme Court declared triple talaq unconstitutional and asked the government to make a law on it. The Modi government, with absolute majority, felt that this was the right opportunity to complete its decades-old agenda. On July 30, 2019, Modi made a law against triple talaq.