Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri SLAMS Bollywood For Portraying Half-Truth On Partition; Prepares To Tell Bengal’s Forgotten Story With The Bengal Files

Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, known for critically acclaimed films The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files, is gearing up for the final instalment of his Files Trilogy, The Bengal Files. The film, already stirring conversation and controversy ahead of its release, aims to shed light on a lesser-known chapter of India’s Partition.

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri On The Bengal Files

In a conversation with a portal, Agnihotri highlighted how Bollywood has shaped public perception of Partition largely through Punjab’s lens. “When I ask people about the first visual image of Partition that comes to their mind, everybody thinks of dead bodies coming in trains and all of this happening in Punjab. Bollywood has contributed to creating a half-truth in people’s minds.”

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He added, “But in reality, the entire playground, the Kurukshetra, is in Bengal. Bengal has been divided thrice: first in 1905, into Hindu Bengal and Muslim Bengal. Then again, in 1947, between East Bengal and West Bengal, and then in 1971, when it was culturally destroyed.”

With The Bengal Files, Agnihotri says he intends to tell a story that delves into Bengal’s overlooked and painful history of Partition.

About The Bengal Files

The Bengal Files is written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. It has been produced by Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, and Darshan Kumar. The film has been presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal & I Am Buddha Production. It is a 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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