The Bengal Files First Reviews: Foreigners Reaction

Vivek Agnihotri's film The Bengal Files is set for a grand release on 5 Sep 2025. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher , Pallavi Joshi , Darshan Kumar, Simrat Kaur, and Namoshi Chakraborty in important roles.

The film is based on the turbulent events of 1946 Bengal — from the Great Calcutta Killings and Direct Action Day to the Noakhali riots. Foreigners after watching the film screening reacted in this way.

Journalist Avatans Kumar praised the historical recreation, writing: “Film The Bengal Files by @vivekagnihotri is a meticulously crafted cinematic portrayal of real events. It vividly brings to life the political turmoil of 1946, including the Noakhali Hindu massacre.”

Another early review on echoed the same sentiment, describing it as “a difficult film to watch but an important one because it addresses the suppressed generational trauma of the events in 1946-1947. It balances the stories we know from the Partition in northern India with events that preceded it by a year in eastern India.”

One Google reviewer urged: “A must see, show it to your Young Adult Children. Bengal Files is a hard-hitting, gut-wrenching portrayal of the forgotten Hindu genocide in eastern India. It exposes centuries of relentless persecution—over 1,400 years—culminating in the horrors faced during and after the Muslim invasions. This is not just a film; it’s a wake-up call to remember a history that has been silenced for too long. Tragically, this is not only history—the same Hindu genocide continues today, with atrocities as recent as March 2025 in Murshidabad, West Bengal. It is a chilling reminder that these patterns of violence are not confined to one place—they echo across the world in various cities.”

Another viewer called it a “gripping film which shows the horrors that Bengali Hindus went through. Must watch for all Indians to make sure we never let history repeat itself. Hats off to Vivek Agnihotri!”