India, Sept. 2 -- Vivek Agnihotri's latest political thriller, The Bengal Files, has begun generating strong reactions overseas, having mostly been released in North America over the past month. The film, which will hit theatres in India on September 5, 2025, is the third and final chapter in Agnihotri's The Files trilogy and dramatises the turbulent events of 1946 Bengal - from the Great Calcutta Killings and Direct Action Day to the Noakhali riots. His previous films in the trilogy include The Tashkent Files (2019) as well as the controversial The Kashmir Files (2022).

Featuring a heavyweight cast - including Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher (a regular in his movies), Pallavi Joshi (his wife), Darshan Kumar, Simrat Kaur, and Namoshi Cha...