The Bengal Files(2025)
Hindi205 mins
The Bengal Files (2025) is a 205-minute Hindi film directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Starring Ankit Bisht, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Simrat Kaur. With an audience rating of 4.4/10, The Bengal Files stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 2025.
Director:Vivek Agnihotri
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
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Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Zee5
- Theatrical Release
- 5 September 2025
- Director
- Vivek Agnihotri
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 3h 25m
- GudVibe Rating
- 4.4/10
Storyline
A detective looks into a missing person and finds widespread corruption. Meanwhile, someone linked to the case remembers the violent riots that happened just before India was divided.
“A missing person. A nation divided. The truth connects them.”
Film Details
4.4Rating
205Minutes
HindiLanguage
ACertificate
Release Date5 September 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
corruptionjusticeidentitysurvival
Toneserious
Pacingnon-linear
Complexitycomplex
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withalone
Violence4
Emotion4
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
4.4/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
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Ankit BishtActor
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Priyanshu ChatterjeeActor
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Simrat KaurActor
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Namashi ChakrabortyActor
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Rajesh KheraActor
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Satwant KaurActor
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Eklavya SoodActor
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Vivek AgnihotriDirector
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Attar Singh SainiCrew
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Saurav DasActor
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Anupam KherActor
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Trivia
- The film's title was inspired by real-life declassified intelligence documents from the Bengal region.
- Vivek Agnihotri reportedly consulted historians for over a year to accurately depict the 1946 Calcutta Killings.
- Key scenes were shot in Kolkata's historic Park Street area, which required special permissions to recreate the 1940s era.
- The lead investigator's costume design was based on archival photos of Indian police officers from the late colonial period.
- A minor subplot involving a railway clerk is a nod to the role of trains during the partition's mass migrations.
- The film's score incorporates a rare, traditional Bengali folk instrument called the 'dotara'.
- It is the first mainstream Hindi thriller to directly link a present-day crime plot to the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946.
