
Recently, Haq, the courtroom drama directed by Suparn S. Varma, was released on Netflix. Ever since, the film was released digitally on January 2, 2026, it has become the talk of the town. The courtroom drama stars Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam in lead roles. The courtroom drama is a fictionalised version of the Shah Bano case and is based on Jigna Vora’s book, Bano: Bharat ki Beti.
The film is inspired by the 1985 Shah Bano case. For the unversed, Shah Bano was a Muslim woman who resided in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Shah Bano filed a petition against her husband, Mohd. Ahmed Khan, as he abandoned her and their five children. Amid the rising success of Haq after the digital premiere, let’s meet Vartika Singh, who played the role of Emraan Hashmi’s on-screen second wife.
Who is Vartika Singh?
