Hyderabad, Sept. 8 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday, September 8, dismissed a petition filed by Shantanu Mukherjee, challenging the alleged despicable portrayal of his late grandfather, 'Gopal Chandra Mukherjee alias 'Gopal Patha' in Vivek Agnihotri's new film, 'The Bengal Files.'

The petition filed on September 6 claimed that the state has mistreated the petitioner by ignoring his complaints to the police, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), one of its members, and filmmaker Agnihotri.

Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files' paints Gopal Patha in saffron colour, portraying him as a man spotting a tilak and carrying bloodthirsty eyes for Muslim killings.

"Writ petition on said cause of action will not be maintainable. In view of...