India, Sept. 4 -- Vivek Agnihotri's much-anticipated film The Bengal Files, which is slated to release tomorrow, September 5, has been mired in controversy, particularly in West Bengal. The multiplex owners in the state have allegedly refused to screen it. On Thursday, producer and actor Pallavi Joshi wrote an open letter to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, seeking intervention and protection of her constitutional rights.

Sharing the letter via Instagram, Pallavi captioned it as: "URGENT APPEAL Your Excellency, @presidentofindia, As Producer of #TheBengalFiles, I am pained that multiplex chains in Bengal have refused the film's release under political pressure and threats by the ruling party. I plead for your intervention to uphol...