Producers get relief, Calcutta HC rejects plea to stop release of 'The Bengal Files'
The Bengal Files: The makers of the film 'The Bengal Files' have got a big relief. The release of this film will not be stopped. The Calcutta High Court has rejected the petition of Gopal Chandra Mukherjee's grandson Shantanu Mukherjee.
Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Bengal Files' is running in theaters these days. The film was released on 05 September. The film has been embroiled in controversy even before its release. Shantanu Mukherjee, grandson of Gopal Chandra Mukherjee, the popular Bengali warrior who stopped the riots in 1946, had filed an FIR against Vivek Agnihotri. Apart from this, Shantanu had filed a petition to stop the release of the film, which the Calcutta High Court has rejected.
According to news agency PTI, the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by Gopal Chandra Mukherjee's grandson, seeking a ban on the release of the film 'The Bengal Files'. It was alleged that Gopal Chandra Mukherjee has been portrayed in a wrong manner in the film.
Justice Amrita Sinha dismissed the petition, terming it as not maintainable. The film 'The Bengal Files' is based on the communal riots that took place in Kolkata in August 1946, which are known as the 'Great Calcutta Killings'. The counsel for the petitioner submitted before the court that Gopal Chandra Mukherjee's grandson Shantanu Mukherjee had filed an RTI application to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), in which he questioned the role of the board in assessing how his grandfather has been depicted in the film.
