The much-awaited and controversial movie The Bengal Files was released in theaters on September 5, 2025. Directed by The Kashmir Files' fame film-maker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, The Bengal Files is said to be based on true events set in the timeline when India was still under British Rule and the Muslim community was demanding an Islamic nation- Pakistan.
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The Bengal Files is inspired by the horrific true story of 1946 Great Calcutta Killings aka Calcutta Riots.
For those who are unaware about Great Calcutta Killings, Kolkata then Calcutta witnessed four days communal riots from August 16 to August 19. The Calcutta Riots broke out in the backdrop of 'Direct Action Day' called by Muslim League. It was called to demand a separate Islamic nation i.e. Pakistan.
As per reports, around over 4000 people died in the riots. The exact death toll of Calcutta Riots 1946 is still not ascertained.
As per information available, post the failure of the Cabinet Mission Plan in mid-1946, the All-India Muslim League announced a nationwide protest day. In Bengal, where the League headed the provincial government under H.S. Suhrawardy, August 16 was declared a public holiday in Calcutta.
On August 17, a massacre broke out. Bodies lay on streets by morning; tit-for-tat raids, burnings of homes, shops, and places of worship intensified.
The character of Gopal Patha is played by actor Sourav Das. Gopal Mukherjee was also known as Gopal Patha because his family owned a mutton shop in central Kolkata’s College Street. For the unversed, paantha is goat in Bangla.
Gopal was a leader of one of the major street gangs that were active during the Direct Action Day violence in the city.
Gopal Mukherjee and his group, supposedly comprising more than 800 young men, took it upon themselves to protect Hindus in their area from gangs of Muslim rioters.
As per NDTV, he is often referred to as the man who saved Calcutta from falling to the Muslim League.
The Bengal Files feature Mithun Chakraborty as Madman Chatur, Pallavi Joshi as Maa Bharati, Darshan Kumaar as Shiva Pandit, Simrat Kaur as Bharati, Anupam Kher as Mahatma Gandhi, Saswata Chatterjee as Sardar Husseini, MLA, Eklavya Sood as Amarjeet Arora, Namashi Chakraborty as Gholam Sarwar Husseini, Rajesh Khera as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Puneet Issar as Rajesh Singh, and Priyanshu Chatterjee as Justice Banerjee.