EXCLUSIVE: ‘Amarjeet’ Eklavya Sood Admits He NEVER Was In The Dark About The Bengal Files’ Narrative; Reveals, “The Moment I Signed The NDA…”

Eklavya Sood is all set to leave a lasting impression on millions with his raw and heart wrenching performance as Amarjeet Arora in Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files. As the film continues to create a stir worldwide with its narrative, the you fresh face – who essays the role of a World War returned soldier and a sympathizer for the Hindus in 1946 Bengal – exclusively interacted with Bollywood Bubble and got candid about several things.

From revealed whether he, like actor Saswata Chatterjee wasn’t aware about the film’s entire narrative to its name being changed from The Delhi File: Bengal Chapter to TBF, Sood opened up about several topics. Read on to know all he shared.

Eklavya Sood Reveals Receiving The Full Script Of The Bengal Files

Given that a couple of The Bengal Files cast members revealed that they weren’t fully in the loop about the film’s complete script or its title change, we asked Eklavya if he too was in he dark. Answering us, the actor – who plays Amarjeet Arora in the political drama – said, “The moment I signed the NDA, I was given the full script, so I was aware of the entire story from the beginning.”

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He continued, “As for the title, initially it was The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter. Since the film is entirely about Bengal, the audience often questioned why it was called The Delhi Files. In Hollywood, it’s common to have ‘chapters’ in titles, but for us, The Bengal Files felt much clearer and more suited to the story we were telling.”

Eklavya On Anticipating Controversies Surrounding TBF

When asked if he anticipated controversies to surround the film when he signed the dotted line – especially given that several Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri films have previously created much noise ahead of their release, Eklavya replied, “I don’t like to box cinema into labels like ‘controversial’ or ‘non-controversial’, ‘Bollywood or independent’. For me, it always starts with the script.”

He continued, “When I read The Bengal Files, I knew it was exploring one of the darkest chapters of Indian history, and I immediately wanted to be part of it. I came here to do meaningful, content-driven cinema—and this film is exactly that.”

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About TBF

The Bengal Files is written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. The political drama is produced by Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal & I Am Buddha Productions. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, and Darshan Kumar alongside Simrat Kaur, Saswata Chatterjee, Namashi Chakraborty, Rajesh Khera, Puneet Issar, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Sourav Das and Mohan Kapur.

Giving the film a 4-star rating, Bollywood Bubble wrote in its review, “The raw storytelling is the star of the film beautifully supported with strong, impactful performances by the entire cast. The film’s music, especially the BGM, beautifully adds layers of emotions to the narrative.” It also noted, “Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files is not for the faint of heart. It’s a haunting and cinematic representation of what happened to the Hindus in Bengal on and after Direct Action Day that aims to re-educate the citizens of the county of their history and make sure the new generation know of thing that aren’t part of all our text books.”

The film is part of Vivek’s Files trilogy, which includes The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files. It released in theatres worldwide on September 5, 2025.

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Also Read: The Bengal Files REVIEW: Vivek Agnihotri Haunting Drama Tackles All The Right Issues – Politics, Corruptions And The Inhumane Reality Of 1946 Calcutta

Grinell Jacinto

With nearly 10 years of experience, Grinell Esther Jacinto is the Desk Head of Bollywood Bubble. Her interests lie in everything that is kaleshi and she loves to dig deeper into the lives of B-town actors. She has a problem though – she loves horror films but will have chills the minute the theatres lights dims. She’s previously worked with Koimoi, UrbanAsian and SpotboyE.