Holy Rights
Directed byFarha Khatun
Produced byPriyanka More
CinematographyDebalina & Priyanka Biswas
Edited bySankha
Music bySantajit Chatterjee
Distributed byFilmotor
Release date
  • March 2020 (2020-03) (IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival)[1]
Running time
53 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu

Holy Rights is a 2020 Urdu documentary film directed by Farha Khatun on Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan's work on Muslim women's divorce issues relating to triple talaq in India. It was presented at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival.[2][3][4][5]

Awards and recognition

Holy Rights documentary shared the 2021 Indian National Film Awards for best film on social issues.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Philip, Susan Joe (10 April 2021). "Filmmaker Farha Khatun's documentary 'Holy Rights' discusses the topic of triple talaq and woman qazis". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Goethe Institute shows film on triple talaq". Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Dasgupta, Priyanka (22 December 2020). "Kolkata director's documentary on triple talaq makes it to film fests". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Chatterji, Shoma A (16 March 2021). "Holy Rights: Farha Khatun's celluloid statement against triple talaq". Indian Cultural Forum. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Ghosh, Sankha (13 May 2021). "Farha Khatun: 'Holy Rights' captures the desperation that enables women risk everything to change an oppressive system". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Dasgupta, Priyanka (23 March 2021). "Gumnaami, Jyeshthoputro bag national honours; Bong connection laurels in other categories, too". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2021.


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