Mumbai, Sept. 5 -- Film: The Bengal Files

Director: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher, Simrat Kaur, Namashi Chakraborty, Rajesh Khera, Saswata Chatterjee, Mohan Kapur, Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Rating: 4 Moons

Storyline

Set during Direct Action Day on August 16, 1946, a day of strikes and economic shutdowns organized by the All-India Muslim League to protest against British rule and demand a separate Muslim homeland, 'The Bengal Files' moves between Bengal's violent past and a present-day investigation. Shiva Pandit (Darshan Kumar), an officer searching for a missing young woman, Bharati (Simrat Kaur), stumbles upon stories of forgotten genocide. As the film switches timelines, it ...