Holy Rights

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| director = Farha Khatun

| producer = Priyanka More

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| music = Santajit Chatterjee

| cinematography = Debalina & Priyanka Biswas

| editing = Sankha

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| distributor = Filmotor

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|03||IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival|ref1={{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/filmmaker-farha-khatuns-documentary-film-holy-rights-discusses-the-topic-of-triple-talaq-and-woman-quasis/article34289636.ece|title=Filmmaker Farha Khatun's documentary 'Holy Rights' discusses the topic of triple talaq and woman qazis|work=The Hindu|first=Susan Joe|last=Philip|date=10 April 2021|access-date=24 July 2021}}}}

| runtime = 53 Minutes

| country = India

| language = Urdu

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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.{{Cite news|work=Sunday Times, Sri Lanka|title=Goethe Institute shows film on triple talaq|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/210321/magazine/goethe-institute-shows-film-on-triple-talaq-436511.html|date=21 March 2021|access-date=2021-03-23 }}{{cite news |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Priyanka |title=Kolkata director's documentary on triple talaq makes it to film fests |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/city-directors-documentary-on-triple-talaq-makes-it-to-film-fests/articleshow/79846213.cms |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=22 December 2020 }}{{Cite web|last=Chatterji|first=Shoma A|date=2021-03-16|title=Holy Rights: Farha Khatun's celluloid statement against triple talaq|url=https://indianculturalforum.in/2021/03/16/holy-rights-farha-khatuns-celluloid-statement-against-triple-talaq/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Indian Cultural Forum}}{{Cite news|title=Farha Khatun: 'Holy Rights' captures the desperation that enables women risk everything to change an oppressive system|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/farha-khatun-holy-rights-captures-the-desperation-that-enables-women-risk-everything-to-change-an-oppressive-system/articleshow/82598592.cms|access-date=2022-01-01|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Sankha|last=Ghosh|date=13 May 2021}}

Awards and recognition

Holy Rights documentary shared the 2021 Indian National Film Awards for best film on social issues.{{cite news |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Priyanka |title=Gumnaami, Jyeshthoputro bag national honours; Bong connection laurels in other categories, too |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/gumnaami-jyeshthoputro-bag-national-honours-bong-connection-laurels-in-other-categories-too/articleshow/81639806.cms |access-date=25 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=23 March 2021 }}

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