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Vivek Agnihotri Threatens Legal Action if The Bengal Files Release is Blocked in West Bengal
Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has issued a firm warning that he will pursue legal action if his upcoming film The Bengal Files is prevented from releasing in West Bengal. This declaration came during a press conference following disruptions at the film’s trailer launch event in Kolkata.
Set to premiere on September 5, The Bengal Files explores the Calcutta riots of August 16, 1946, which erupted after the All-India Muslim League’s call for “Direct Action Day. ”Agnihotri recounted multiple obstacles faced during the trailer launch: the original event was canceled by a multiplex, then moved to a hotel where the power suddenly went out, and police eventually intervened to verify if proper permissions were in place.“ We will go by the Constitution.
We will go legally. If they stop us, we will take the legal course. What can we do? We are common citizens like you… We will pray that sanity prevails and the state government does not do it,” Agnihotri said, directly challenging the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government and accusing it of suppressing the film.
Addressing controversy regarding Gopal Chandra Mukherjee—a character whose grandson, Santanu Mukherjee, has filed an FIR alleging the film portrays his grandfather as a “butcher”—Agnihotri clarified that the character is “an inspired character and not central to the plot.”
He added, “I will not go into his history. Watch Santanu’s interview. I can give you all the links. There is an interview of Gopal Mukherjee on BBC. In that interview, what he has said, we have only shown that much. I have nothing to do with Gopal Mukherjee’s life, politics. He was a hero, and I have shown him as a hero.”He further stated, “I respect Gopal Mukherjee a lot. His grandsons work with TMC.
There is a compulsion there… They have done it legally. We are giving a legal answer to that.”Agnihotri framed his film as an attempt to highlight “untold stories of India,” explaining, “Our purpose is very clear. I make films on Hindu civilization. That is why I make films on Hindu history. I do not consider myself capable of making films on Islamic history or Christian history.”
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