India, April 23 -- Actors Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi are all set to headline a courtroom drama inspired by the landmark 1985 Shah Bano vs Ahmed Khan case. HT City has exclusively learnt that Yami, who will play Shah Bano, and Emraan whose role is inspired by her ex-husband, Ahmed Khan, have wrapped up the film's shoot.

This film is the second instalment in filmmaker Suparn S Varma's courtroom trilogy. The first was Manoj Bajpayee's Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (2003).

Today, on the 40th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court verdict in the Shah Bano case in which it upheld the right of Muslim women to claim maintenance after divorce, a source close to the project tells us, "Yami and Emraan are leading this impactful courtroom drama an...