Pallavi Joshi writes open letter to President Murmu over ‘The Bengal Files’ ban fears
“With a heavy heart, I reach out to you,” she wrote. “I seek not a favour for a film but space for art, for truth, for Maa Bharati’s soul to speak without fear.”
“With a heavy heart, I reach out to you,” she wrote. “I seek not a favour for a film but space for art, for truth, for Maa Bharati’s soul to speak without fear.”
September 2025 is bringing a mix of everything for Bollywood fans. Be it action-packed masala, emotional romance, sharp comedy, dark thrillers, and historical dramas.
In the story, Gandhi himself plays a central role, as he had camped in Noakhali for several months during that time, trying to bring peace and heal the wounds of communal violence.
He went on to share his own experience of visiting Timur’s tomb in Samarkand while filming 'The Tashkent Files'. There, he recalled, he read an inscription praising Timur.
'The Bengal Files' is written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. The story revisits one of the most violent chapters of Indian history, the communal riots in undivided Bengal during the 1940s.
