‘Bengal files’ to get the first Kolkata screening amid ‘informal ban’ in Bengal

Despite “informal ban” on dramatic release in West Bengal, filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s film Bengal files Nearly a week after its nationwide release, it is set to do its first screening in Kolkata on 13 September.

Special shows, an invitation-keval incident, Dr. at 4:00 pm. Sima Prasad will be held in the premises of the National Library in Mukarji Bhavan Auditorium, which works under the Union Ministry of Culture.

The film, which resumes communal riots during the Direct Action Day in August 1946 in Calcutta, is the concluding part of the trilogy of Agnihotri’s files in August 1946 in August 1946, the following is the following Tashkent files And Kashmir filesHowever, unlike its predecessors, Bengal files The state has faced significant obstacles.

The trailer launch of the film was initially canceled by a major cinema series in Kolkata. A later attempt to leave the trailer at the five -star hotel was interrupted due to police intervention.

According to Agnihotri and actor-producer Pallavi Joshi, the film is facing “informal ban” in the state due to “political pressure and threat”.

In a rare step, Joshi has also written to President Draupadi Murmu, raising concerns over alleged karbas on artistic freedom. Despite these failures, the organizers of Saturday’s screening remain.

“All necessary permissions have been obtained to organize a premiere in the National Library Auditorium, ‘Khola Hawa’ and BJP National Executive Committee member Swapan Dasgupta told reporters.

‘Khola Hawa’, although presented as a socio-cultural organization, includes major BJP figures under its leadership. Apart from Dasgupta, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvedu Officer is an important person in it.

Dasgupta said, “There is no illegality here. The film is approved by the Censor Board and is a private, invitation-celebrity screening, not a public event. If any other interruption is attempted, it will clearly be politically motivated,” said Dasgupta.

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Over the years, several senior BJP leaders, including Union Ministers Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitarman, have participated in programs organized by the group.

However, the inner sources of the party are cautious.

Even though it is a centrally controlled site, we cannot dismiss the last-mintenment disruption, “said a young BJP leader.

The organizers say that the Saturday incident is a “special premiere” and not a commercial release, and if successful, such a private screening can follow in other parts of the country.