<p>Mumbai: Claiming that the West Bengal government and police officials are threatening theatre owners to not screen his film “The Bengal Files” in the state, director Vivek Agnihotri on Thursday said the producers are planning to take legal action.</p>.<p>The film, the concluding chapter in Agnihotri’s “The Files” trilogy after “The Tashkent Files” (2019) and “The Kashmir Files” (2022), revisits the communal riots of August 1946 in Kolkata.</p>.<p>The film, which is slated to be released on Friday, features Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Saswata Chatterjee and Darshan Kumarr.</p>.Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files' postponed overseas due to certification issues.<p>"Whatever the West Bengal government is doing is illegal and unconstitutional. We are planning to file a writ petition, but will decide based on what happens tomorrow and accordingly we will take legal action,” he added, on the sidelines of the premier of the film.</p>.<p>The filmmaker claimed that he is getting feedback from theatre owners in West Bengal that they were being threatened not to go ahead with the screening.</p>.<p>“A lot of theatre owners, including the leading multiplex chains officials have said that the police have been threatening them of dire consequences if they release the film. They are like, ‘What will we do if they barge in and destroy our property?’" he said.</p>.<p>"The film has been dubbed in Bengali because lakhs of Bengali people want to watch it," Agnihotri said.</p>.<p>The filmmaker’s actor-producer wife Pallavi Joshi said she has appealed to the President, Droupadi Murmu, seeking intervention in the matter.</p>.<p>“We have appealed to the President as well. As a woman, I have written to her personally, seeking a smooth release for our film,” she said. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Claiming that the West Bengal government and police officials are threatening theatre owners to not screen his film “The Bengal Files” in the state, director Vivek Agnihotri on Thursday said the producers are planning to take legal action.</p>.<p>The film, the concluding chapter in Agnihotri’s “The Files” trilogy after “The Tashkent Files” (2019) and “The Kashmir Files” (2022), revisits the communal riots of August 1946 in Kolkata.</p>.<p>The film, which is slated to be released on Friday, features Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Saswata Chatterjee and Darshan Kumarr.</p>.Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files' postponed overseas due to certification issues.<p>"Whatever the West Bengal government is doing is illegal and unconstitutional. We are planning to file a writ petition, but will decide based on what happens tomorrow and accordingly we will take legal action,” he added, on the sidelines of the premier of the film.</p>.<p>The filmmaker claimed that he is getting feedback from theatre owners in West Bengal that they were being threatened not to go ahead with the screening.</p>.<p>“A lot of theatre owners, including the leading multiplex chains officials have said that the police have been threatening them of dire consequences if they release the film. They are like, ‘What will we do if they barge in and destroy our property?’" he said.</p>.<p>"The film has been dubbed in Bengali because lakhs of Bengali people want to watch it," Agnihotri said.</p>.<p>The filmmaker’s actor-producer wife Pallavi Joshi said she has appealed to the President, Droupadi Murmu, seeking intervention in the matter.</p>.<p>“We have appealed to the President as well. As a woman, I have written to her personally, seeking a smooth release for our film,” she said. </p>