Vivek Agnihotri Retitles The Delhi Files to The Bengal Files: Right to Life
- The Delhi Files is now officially renamed The Bengal Files: Right to Life.
- The film is set to hit theatres on September 5, 2025.
- Highlights the 1940s Bengal violence, including Direct Action Day and Noakhali riots.
Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is set to conclude his much-discussed 'Files' trilogy with the upcoming film The Bengal Files: Right to Life, scheduled for theatrical release on September 5, 2025. Originally titled The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter, the film has been renamed to better reflect its focus. The final decision was taken by Agnihotri along with co-producers Abhishek Agarwal and Pallavi Joshi.
This film follows the critically-acclaimed The Tashkent Files (2019) and the box office hit The Kashmir Files (2022). The third installment explores the gruesome communal violence in undivided Bengal during the 1940s, focusing on tragic episodes such as Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots. Agnihotri has referred to these incidents as a 'Hindu genocide' and intends to highlight this often-forgotten chapter of Indian history.
The Bengal Files: Right to Life boasts a powerful cast led by Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, and Darshan Kumar. The film faced multiple hurdles during production, including safety concerns which led the team to shoot in Mumbai instead of Kolkata. Nonetheless, filming has been successfully completed.
The teaser, released a few months ago, generated significant attention. It featured Mithun Chakraborty in a haunting portrayal walking through a desolate corridor, rugged and white-bearded, reciting the Preamble to the Constitution with a charred tongue, symbolizing the horrors of the past.
Written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, the film is produced by Abhishek Agarwal and Pallavi Joshi under the banners of I Am Buddha Productions and presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal. With The Bengal Files: Right to Life, Agnihotri aims to provoke national reflection on a turbulent era that still echoes today.
