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'The Bengal Files' Trailer Launch Halted by Licence Row and Sabotage Claims

Organisers allege police-driven sabotage at a Kolkata hotel screening—wires cut, laptop seized, no municipal licence permission on record.

The Bengal Files trailer: Sourav Das as Gopal Patha in a still from the film.
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Film director Vivek Agnihotri alleged that the Kolkata Police stopped the trailer launch of his film 'The Bengal Files'.

Overview

  • Vivek Agnihotri and his team said Kolkata Police interrupted the August 16 event after organisers shifted the trailer launch to a private hotel following a multiplex cancellation.
  • A senior Kolkata Police official maintained that no amusement licence was obtained from the municipal corporation, necessitating police intervention.
  • Multiple FIRs were lodged against Agnihotri, Pallavi Joshi, and Abhishek Agarwal, with the Calcutta High Court granting an interim stay on one case until August 26 and scheduling the next hearing for August 19.
  • Producers released the trailer online on August 16, and the first installment of The Bengal Files remains scheduled for theatrical release on September 5, 2025.
  • Trinamool Congress leaders denied any role in the disruptions and labelled the film propaganda, while BJP figures condemned the shutdown as an attack on free expression.