SaralnamaPallavi Joshi reveals seeking the help of Indian President to ensure full release of the upcoming controversial drama on genocide. Vivek Agnihotri’s latest film, The Bengal Files, the third installment in his controversial ‘Files trilogy’ after The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files, has sparked a heated political storm even before completing its first weekend at the box office. While the film opened in multiplexes and theatres across India and abroad, it has conspicuously not been released in Kolkata or any part of West Bengal — a move that has escalated into a full-blown political tussle. The political drama, written and directed by Agnihotri, revisits one of the darkest and most debated chapters of India’s history: the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings and the Noakhali riots. Portraying the events as a “genocide of Bengali Hindus,” the film alleges that… (Updated 6 Sep 2025, 13:05 IST; source: link)
Key Points
- Pallavi Joshi reveals seeking the help of Indian President to ensure full release of the upcoming controversial drama on genocide
- Vivek Agnihotri’s latest film, The Bengal Files, the third installment in his controversial ‘Files trilogy’ after The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files, has sparked a heated political storm even before completing its first weekend at the box office
- While the film opened in multiplexes and theatres across India and abroad, it has conspicuously not been released in Kolkata or any part of West Bengal — a move that has escalated into a full-blown political tussle