The Bengal Files

Released On - 05 Sep 2025 2hr 20min

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To Have First Screening In Kolkata Amid Political Row

Calcutta HC Dismisses Petition By Freedom Fighter’s Grandson Against The Bengal Files

The Bengal Files Box Office Collection Earns 1 Crore On Day 1 Of Its Release

The Bengal Files Faces Censorship Delays In Overseas Release

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Mithun Chakraborty

Main Lead Actor

Anupam Kher

Main Lead Actor

Pallavi Joshi

Main Lead Actress

Darshan Kumar

Main Lead Actor

Anupam Kher

Main Lead Actor

Simrat Kaur

Main Lead Actress

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Abhishek Agarwal

Producer

Vivek Agnihotri

Producer

Pallavi Joshi

Producer

Vivek Agnihotri

Director

Vivek Agnihotri

Story Writer

Attar Singh Saini

Cinematography

The Bengal Files is one of the recently released movies of the drama genre. This new film’s story is a powerful historical drama that revisits one of modern India’s darkest moments, the Great Calcutta Killings that followed Direct Action Day on 16th August, 1946.

The film’s plot is set against the simmering tensions of pre-Partition India; the narrative captures the aftermath of the Muslim League’s call for Direct Action, which is a stark political declaration meant to assert the demands for Pakistan. Instead, it ignited four days of bloodshed in Calcutta, igniting widespread communal riots that claimed thousands of lives, tore apart neighborhoods, and triggered mass migrations across the subcontinent.

It is the film’s plot that plays out through these three intersecting perspectives—victims and survivors caught in the carnage, political leaders and power players grappling with the aftermath, and saviors like Gopal Patha, who emerges as an elusive, difficult, important gangster-turned-vigilante whose actions in the midst of terror saved hundreds of civilians.

Covering images of menacing street rioting, frantic migrant movement across the Howrah Bridge, and a razed village, The Delhi Files is one of the recent movie releases that have transfixed the spectators with its intensity and excitement interleaved with the action and play as well as the historical tale itself.

DAY	DATE	In India	In Cr
1	Fri Sep 05 2025	1.63	1.63
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