How an incident of pronouncing Talaq twice, inspired Farha to make the film

Director

Farha

Khatun’s

Holy Rights

(Muqaddas Safar) focuses on triple

talaq

which is selected at the Indian Panaroma. It all started off by an incident that made an impact in her

life

. “I was in school when this happened, a distant relative of mine came over to my nani’s house and she was crying her hair and

sari

was disorganised – she was in a very vulnerable state. She came to my grandmother and said that her husband pronounced talaq twice and before he said it the third time she shut his mouth – this was in the middle of a fight and if this had to happen her life would have ended. The term talaq was pronounced out of anger and rage and her husband didn’t mean it. Though things were settled, the incident stayed with me. I had to express it,” says Farha.