'The Bengal Files' Makers held a press conference, Vivek Agnihotri said - we did 18 thousand pages of research'

Vivek Agnihotri's new film 'The Bengal Files' is stuck in controversies even before its release. In the recent past, during the release of the trailer of the film at Kolkata, there was an incredible outcry as well, wherein the police arrived at the function and halted the show. Now on Monday, director Vivek Agnihotri addressed the media regarding 'The Bengal Files' at Delhi. On this occasion, co-producer of this movie Abhishek Agarwal and actress Pallavi Joshi were also present. There was a half-hour documentary played on this occasion. In the movie, makers presented that how they researched this movie. For this movie, makers conversed with numerous individuals who got affected by the riots during those times and gathered information.

During this, the film's producer and actress Pallavi Joshi talked about the Files series of films. She told that we have made a trilogy about India's democracy. The first film of which is 'The Tashkent Files', which is about the right to know the truth. Till date it is not known how our second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri died. The second film is 'The Kashmir Files', which talks about the right to justice. Lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits who had to leave their homes have not got justice till date. Now the third film is 'The Bengal Files', which talks about the right to live. In all these three films, we have shown three different true incidents.

During this, director Vivek Agnihotri talked about how 'The Bengal Files' was made. He told that we talked to the survivors. Our research itself is of 18 thousand pages. He said that I do not think that till date any director-producer in the film history of India would have done such deep research. It is our responsibility to do research properly. Because when the film Gandhi was made, it was made by the Congress government with the help of NFDC. That film told the whole world about India's freedom struggle. As a result of that, today you will find a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in every major country. So we know how important a film on such a subject is.

The director further said that this film has been made with the advice of many historians and experts. When we showed this film to the censor board, fifty questions arose. The best historians of India were called in the committee formed for investigation. We answered every question with several pages of evidence. After a lot of investigation, this film was passed by the censor board without a single cut. After this, we showed this film at different places in America, where the entire theaters were full.

Recently, during the trailer release of the film in Kolkata, a huge uproar was seen, where the police reached the event and stopped the program. After this, Vivek Agnihotri and his wife and actress Pallavi Joshi expressed their displeasure over this and targeted the state government. Now regarding this controversy, director Vivek Agnihotri and actress and producer Pallavi Joshi held a press conference in Delhi today. In this, they raised the issues related to this and answered questions. Know what they said during this.