India, Aug. 29 -- It's never just a movie with Vivek Agnihotri, is it? The filmmaker who shook the audience for the first time with The Tashkent Files (2019) and then upended the national conversation with The Kashmir Files (2022) is now returning with another and purported final chapter in his "Files Trilogy." This time, it is The Bengal Files. It is a 204-minute (!) political drama that presents itself as exposing one of India's most bloody and forgotten episodes from the past. Depending on whom you ask, the film is either a courageous stab at reanimating repressed history or another exercise in film propaganda. Let's probe into The Bengal Files true story, trailer, release date, cast, and more.

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