The Bengal Files is a raw, thought-provoking film that brings alive a forgotten chapter of history with such depth and honesty that it leaves you shaken. Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s trilogy which began with 'The Tashkent Files', followed by ‘The Kashmir Files’ and now the third film that was initially titled 'The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter' which was subsequently changed to 'The Bengal Files'.
The film is based around the events of 'Direct Action Day', which was also known as Great Calcutta Killings centering on the communal violence in Bengal during the 1940s, which culminated in this gruesome killings during August 1946. Though I am unaware of the recent changes in our school curriculum, at least this chapter was missing from the history text books throughout my school career. It is said that these incidents have actually occurred during our freedom struggle as re ....
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