India, Oct. 25 -- Actor Paridhi Sharma is set to make her silver screen debut next month with the film Haq, a transition she calls a "big one."

It's a coincidence, Paridhi says, that her first film is a story based on her hometown. "When the film came my way and I was on-board, I was like, 'Oh! This story is a real-life incident of the famous Shah Bano case, and it took place in Indore in the '80s.' It's my home town, so I had already heard about it," the actor says.

The film has landed in legal trouble as the daughter of the late Shah Bano Begum has issued a legal notice to the filmmakers and the Central Board of Film Certification, demanding an immediate halt to the film's release. Paridhi states, "We are living in a democracy; someon...