Overview

• A leading multiplex cancelled the Kolkata trailer launch under alleged political pressure, and organisers say police cut power and seized the laptop at the hotel event
• Kolkata Police maintain the screening lacked a mandatory amusement licence under the West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation) Act and intervened after organisers failed to produce permissions
• Despite the disruptions, Agnihotri’s team released the trailer online, with the director accusing state authorities of censorship
• FIRs filed at Lake Town police station name Vivek Agnihotri, Pallavi Joshi and producer Abhishek Agarwal, prompting legal challenges and the High Court’s interim relief
• The Bengal Files is set for theatrical release on September 5 as the third entry in Agnihotri’s Files trilogy, reigniting debates over historical portrayal and free expression