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Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's latest project, The Bengal Files, got its first screening in Kolkata at the National Library on Saturday. The invite-only event took place at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Bhasha Bhavan auditorium, nearly a week after the film's nationwide release. The socio-cultural platform "Khola Hawa" organised the screening, restricting entry to the venue. A massive contingent of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was deployed inside the National Library to maintain la ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Television and Bollywood actress Madalsa Sharma recently took to her social media account to express gratitude for being an important part of the recently released movie "The Bengal Files" Sharing a picture with the director and producer of the movie Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi, Madalsa wrote, "It was an absolute honour and privilege to be a part of this amazing film and to be directed by the master craftsman @vivekagnihotri ji and all my love and respects ...Read More >
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The new Tamil film Madharaasi has created major buzz at the box office in its debut weekend - the Indian film ranked among top global scorers for the weekend ending September 7, according to Comscore. Directed by AR Murugadoss, Madharaasi earned $7.2 million at the ticket windows since its release on September 5, and is the ninth top-scoring film worldwide this weekend. The much-hyped Bollywood release - Baaghi 4 - scored jus ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra has urged people to watch the film "The Bengal Files', emphasising that it portrays the "bitter truth" about the Partition and the politics of appeasement. Speaking after viewing the movie, Mishra stated, "The movie shows the bitter truth about Partition and appeasement politics. It is the cinema's responsibility to show the truth. All citizens should watch this film...Only those who have something to hide try to stop people fro ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 12 (PTI) Despite an "unofficial ban" on theatrical release in West Bengal, filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's movie 'The Bengal Files' is set to have its first screening in Kolkata on September 13, nearly a week after its nationwide release. The special show, an invitation-only event, will be held at 4 PM at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Bhasha Bhavan auditorium on the complex of the National Library, which functions under the Union Ministry of Culture. The film, which revisits th ...Read More >
Story: A CBI officer probing a journalist's disappearance uncovers Bengal's violent past, revisiting Direct Action Day and the Noakhali killings.Review: 'The Bengal Files' is a tough watch, the kind of film that makes you squirm in your seat and sit uneasy through its relentless portrayal of violence. The third in Vivek Agnihotri's "files" trilogy, the film trains its gaze on the mayhem that followed Direct Action Day -- the call given by Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1946 demanding a separate state fo ...Read More >
Mithun Chakraborty discusses "The Bengal Files", a film about the 1946 Calcutta riots. He expresses concern over the dismissal of truth-based films as propaganda. Chakraborty defends the film's depiction of historical events. He criticizes those targeting the movie before its release. He also addresses the controversy surrounding "The Kerala Story"'s National Award. "The Bengal Files" is a film that speaks about what happened in Bengal in 1946, says veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty who is upset ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took a dig at the Mamata government over the ruckus at the trailer launch of his upcoming movie The Bengal Files in Kolkata, alleging that it was already planned, and that no event of this scale, with 150-200 people and media present, could be halted without official involvement. The incident, which took place at the ITC Royal Bengal in Kolkata on August 16, saw the screening of the film trailer abruptly stopped. While speaking to A ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) "The Bengal Files" is a film that speaks about what happened in Bengal in 1946, says veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty who is upset that when filmmakers depict the truth, they are dismissed as "propaganda". Third in Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's "Files" trilogy, the movie revolves around the Calcutta riots of August 16, 1946, which were triggered after the All-India Muslim League called for 'Direct Action Day' to demand a separate homeland. Chakraborty, who has been a regular in ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
Mumbai: Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files', which explores Bengal's Direct Action Day and the 1946 Calcutta killings, has landed in controversy even before its release. Defending the film, veteran actor and former Rajya Sabha MP Mithun Chakraborty lashed out at the detractors. "Why are they calling it a propaganda film? If you're making a film to tell the truth, that becomes a propaganda tool? This is the problem with so-called secularism and pseudo-intellectualism!" said Mithun. "It's beca ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 12 (PTI) Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri will unveil the trailer of his controversial Hindi film 'The Bengal Files' in Kolkata on August 16, the producers said on Tuesday. 'The Bengal Files' delves into the communal violence in undivided Bengal during the 1940s. The film is slated to be released in theatres on September 5, the producers said in a statement. Agnihotri will seek blessings of goddess Kali at the Kalighat temple in the city on August 16, and then unveil the trailer ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 12 (PTI) The West Bengal unit of the BJP on Saturday claimed that an "alarming demographic shift" is taking place in the state under "political patronage", and the number of voters has increased by more than 40 per cent in 46 assembly constituencies between 2011 and 2021. In seven of those 46 seats, the increase is over 50 per cent, the party claimed in a post on X. "The dream of turning Bengal into an Islamic state, once crushed by forefathers like Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Ji and ...Read More >
Mumbai, November 27 (IANS): Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani announced the second season of 'Freedom at Midnight', which is adaptation of Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre's 1975 non-fiction book about India's independence, with plans for a second season already in motion. The seven-episode first season ends on a cliffhanger, with showrunner Advani confirming that Season 2 will tackle the refugee crisis that followed India's partition. Speaking to variety.com, Advani said: "Twenty to thirty million ...Read More >
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