EXCLUSIVE: Abhishek Agarwal DENIES The Bengal Files Being Made With The Aim To Create Waves Ahead Of West Bengal’s 2026 Legislative Assembly Elections

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files is set to release theatrically this week, on September 5. With just a couple of days left until the political drama – focused on the 1946 Great Calcutta Killings and the Noakhali riots releases in theatres, the film’s producers, Abhishek Agarwal, interacted with Bollywood Bubble over the telephone.

During the exclusive telephonic conversation, the producer spoke a length about the film, Mithun Chakraborty being the first choice o play he role of the ‘madman’ and the film’s title being changed from The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter to TBF. During the conversation, he also spoke about whether the film’s release being months before the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections was intentional. Scroll below to read a few snippets from the exclusive interaction.

Abhishek Agarwal On Releasing The Bengal Files Ahead Of West Bengal’s 2026 Legislative Assembly Elections

When asked if The Bengal Files’ release has been timed in a manner that it releases just months before the 2026 Legislative Assembly Eelections in West Bengal, producer Abhishek Agarwal replied, “No, it’s (being made) just to talk about the history (of Bengal).” He continued, “We have taken 4 years to make the film. If we wanted to make it for the elections, we would have released it in January.”

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During the same chat, when asked if he was happy with the film receiving an ‘A’ certification from the CBFC and if such a rating would limit the footfalls in theatres, the producer replied, “I can’t comment a lot on that because that is the government’s rule, so it must be thought through. I don’t know what to comment on that.”

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.

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

Interview transcribed by Simrandeep Sohal

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