The Bengal Files: Real-Life Events Behind Vivek Agnihotri’s Upcoming Film Explained
The Bengal Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, draws inspiration from true historical events. Find out the story behind the upcoming September 2025 release.
The Bengal Files: Real-Life Story (Photo Credit – YouTube)
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Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is gearing up for his next project titled: The Bengal Files. The trailer has already been released by Zee Studios, featuring communal violence and aggressive scenes. The film is set to hit big screens on September 5, 2025. Following the trailer, audiences are eager to know the real-life events that inspired this powerful story.
The Bengal Files Is Inspired By A Real-Life Story
The Bengal Files seems to be an inspiration from a real-life incident that took place during the partition between Indian and Pakistan. One of the major events was the Direct Action, where thousands were killed in a riot between Hindu-Muslim. As per Daily Jagran, on July 29, 1946, Muhammad Ali Jinnah declared August 16 as the Direct Action Day. On this day, the All-India Muslim League made a direct demand for the creation of Pakistan and protested against the British government.
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Before the direct action day, Jinnah already put everyone on notice by asserting that they were ready to use any means to get their demands fulfilled. One of the dialogues from his presential speech is “I am not prepared to discuss ethics. We have a pistol and are in a position to use it”. Even after the ‘Direct Action’ resolution was passed, Jinnah marked it as the most historic act in history.
Following this massacre, riots erupted in Kolkata, and around six thousand people were killed, and twenty thousand were raped and injured. This continues from August 15 to August 19. The riots did not stop here and soon expanded to Noakhali, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and other parts of the country. The Noakhali riots in October 1946 also witnessed an attack on Hindu communities by Muslim mobs. Even rapes, abductions, looting, and arson of Hindu properties also took place.
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In memory of the victims of Direct Action Day (16th August 1946), I present to you the official trailer of #TheBengalFiles — the boldest film ever on the untold story of the Hindu genocide.
The Bengal Files primarily focused on portraying the story at its best and doesn’t have much star power as part of the cast. Still, the cast of Bengal Files features Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Pallavi Joshi, and others.
Before this, Anupam Kher and Mithun already worked with Vivek Agnihotri on The Kashmir Files, which was a major success at the box office and the talk of the town for many months. Now, it remains to be seen whether the Bengal Files will have the same impact.
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Did you know?
In 1946, in Noakhali, Hindu women were forced to watch their husbands being slaughtered and then forcibly married to their killers.
They were converted, silenced, erased from memory.
