Mumbai, Aug. 1 -- Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is currently occupied in the USA with the multiple world premieres of his highly anticipated and upcoming, The Bengal Files. On the other hand, controversy has erupted back home as several members of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal have filed multiple FIRs against the film as well as against the makers, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, Pallavi Joshi, and Abhishek Agarwal. The legal action has stirred debate ahead of the film's official release.

The film's recently released teaser became a sensation, gaining widespread attention and talk. Considering Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's signature style of deep research and exposing hidden truths, Mamata's party might be worried about the re...