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The Bengal Files’ Selected for IFFI Indian Panorama, Sets Nov. 21 ZEE5 Debut

Festival recognition plus a streaming date signal a wider audience after its September theatrical run.

Overview

  • IFFI has officially picked Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s film for its Indian Panorama section, a selection the director framed as a win for truth in cinema.
  • ZEE5 announced the digital premiere for November 21, with the platform positioning the release for worldwide availability.
  • The drama revisits the 1946 Direct Action Day and Great Calcutta Killings, presenting the story as a reckoning with contested historical memory.
  • The film opened in theatres on September 5 and, after an initial ban in West Bengal, was later cleared to screen in the state.
  • Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, Simrat Kaur, and Saswata Chatterjee star in the third entry of Agnihotri’s Files Trilogy.