Vivek Agnihotri recently released the third and final part of his Files Trilogy, titled The Bengal Files. The movie is based on “Direct Action Day’ called by the All-India Muslim League demanding a separate homeland for Muslims. It led to large-scale violence between Hindus and Muslims. However, distributors and exhibitors in West Bengal denied screening the film.

The BJP attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress, claiming the screening wasn’t allowed deliberately, while the government argued there was no ban. Some opined that the movie portrays Hindu genocide in a distorted manner and called it propaganda. But all this discussion surrounding The Bengal Files didn’t help it a bit, as the film is struggling at the box office with no takers.

According to trade reports, the film collected only around Rs. 6.5 crores nett in its first weekend, which is just 25% of The Kashmir Files’ opening weekend numbers.

The movie started slowly and failed to register any big jumps over the weekend. A few movie buffs are commenting that filmmakers should stop making movies that create communal riots, and that the formula which worked once won’t create the same magic again, and may even bore the audience.

Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar, Simrat Kaur, Anupam Kher, and others played the lead roles. Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi, and Vivek Agnihotri jointly produced this flick.