The Bengal Files
Pallavi Joshi seeks President Murmu's intervention to ensure release of Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files in West Bengal
Mumbai/IBNS: Set against the harrowing backdrop of Direct Action Day on 16th August 1946 in Calcutta, filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files marks the concluding chapter of his acclaimed truth-revealing trilogy after The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files.
The film's trailer launch last month was disrupted in Kolkata where police entered a private hotel and stopped the video citing no permission was granted.
The incident sparked a massive confrontation between cops and Agnihotri, who claimed all permissions were secured.
Now on Thursday, producer-actor Pallavi Joshi wrote a letter to the President Droupadi Murmu requesting her intervention to help ensure the film’s release in Bengal, as multiplex chains have allegedly denied screening it due to political pressure.
Pallavi Joshi also took to her social media, sharing a note addressed to the President urging her to protect their constitutional right and facilitate the film’s release in Bengal.
Pallavi wrote on Instagram, "URGENT APPEAL. Your Excellency, @presidentofindia, As Producer of #TheBengalFiles, I am pained that multiplex chains in Bengal have refused the film’s release under political pressure and threats by the ruling party.
"I plead for your intervention to uphold my constitutional rights and ensure its release in Bengal."
The Bengal Files is written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and produced by Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri.
It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, and Darshan Kumar.
The film, presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal & I Am Buddha Productions, is part of Vivek’s Files trilogy, which includes The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files.
The film will arrive in theatres on September 5, 2025.
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