The much awaited trailer of The Bengal Files was launched in Kolkata on August 16, directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and produced by Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Agnihotri himself.
Set against Bengal’s violent political history, the film draws from real testimonies and incidents, highlighting accounts of violence that the makers claim have not been widely addressed in mainstream discourse.
Powerful lines in the trailer, such as “Yeh Pachim Bangal hai, yaha do constitution chalta hai,” underline its focus on communal and political divides.
Starring Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Simratt Kaur and Darshan Kumarr, the film is positioned as part of Agnihotri’s Files trilogy after The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files.
With stark visuals of conflict, the trailer raises difficult questions on whether communal politics still defines India decades after independence. The filmmakers describe it as a cinematic wake up call meant to confront forgotten truths.
At the launch, Vivek Agnihotri called the film “a roar that Bengal will not become another Kashmir.”
Pallavi Joshi described it as powerful cinema born from deep truth, while Mithun Chakraborty said it reflects what audiences need to see.
Producer Abhishek Agarwal stressed that the film is not just storytelling but an attempt to bring Bengal’s buried history into the public domain.
The Bengal Files will release on September 5, 2025.
