what is bengal files about

The Bengal Files is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language political drama propaganda film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. It focuses on the historical events of Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) and the Noakhali riots, depicting the communal violence and its aftermath as a genocide. The film portrays these events as significant in shaping India's independence and partition, with a narrative involving a criminal investigator uncovering corruption alongside recalling the communal violence. It is the third installment in Agnihotri's trilogy on modern Indian history, following The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files. The film includes real historical figures and dramatizes the tragic past killings and violence in Bengal. Released on 5 September 2025, it received mixed reactions, criticisms of historical distortion, and controversy regarding its release, particularly in West Bengal. The storyline includes investigative elements in a modern setting linked with flashbacks to the historical events of 1946, showing communal tensions and violence in Bengal. The film is intense, with graphic depictions of violence and portrays a perspective on Hindu persecution in Bengal that is argued to be neglected in mainstream history.