Vivek Agnihotri Alleges Death Threats Ahead of The Bengal Files Release!

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is gearing up for the release of #TheBengalFiles, the final chapter of his Files Trilogy after The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2022). The film, starring his wife and National Award–winning actress #PallaviJoshi, is slated to release on September 5, 2025. Much like his earlier works, the film has already sparked controversy, with critics labeling it “propaganda.”

Speaking about the backlash, Agnihotri revealed he has received death threats over the film. In a recent interview, he shared, “Yes. I mean, I have a family, a wife, and a child. Of course, I’m worried about the state of affairs. The problem is, we have a history of making socio-political films in this country. Many great filmmakers have made them. But now it has become very difficult to make such films. How many of them actually tell the truth? You know, we’ve had great films on the freedom struggle, the communal riots, the holocausts in India and abroad. So if I’m reaching into the past to tell a story that even I didn’t know much about, why am I being targeted?”

Earlier, in a conversation with News18, Pallavi Joshi brushed off allegations of the film being propaganda. She said, “I don’t even hear it anymore. When a child doesn’t get his toy, he keeps crying for it, and sometimes you just have to ignore until the child forgets about it. I mean, that is how I treat this whole situation. For how long will you react to a falsehood?”

The Bengal Files is written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and produced by #AbhishekAgarwal and #PallaviJoshi. It stars National Award Winners Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Saswata Chatterjee, Namashi Chakraborty, Puneet Issar and Darshan Kumar. The film, presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal & I Am Buddha Productions, is part of Vivek’s Files trilogy, which includes The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files. The film will arrive in theatres on September 5, 2025.

By Keerti Kadam