Overview

• Joshi says the August 16 trailer launch at Kolkata’s ITC Royal Bengal was abruptly stopped and alleges police on site did not intervene to help.
• She contends the disruption left her angry and notes she had not encountered such resistance even during work related to Kashmir.
• The Bengal Files is slated to release in theatres on September 5, 2025, with Zee Studios handling the worldwide rollout.
• Joshi says the team was denied permission to shoot in West Bengal, prompting construction of large outdoor sets in Mumbai to recreate Noakhali and increasing VFX and production costs.
• Positioned as the third entry in Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s trilogy, the film draws on research that Joshi says began before The Kashmir Files and dramatizes 1946’s Direct Action Day, starring Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Darshan Kumar.