The Bengal Files

Coming from a humanities background bengali girl, its surprising how few people know of the dehumanising crimes were committed during DAD. Thankfully my family is an aware one and i already knew of it. But it was rattling, soul-shaking even, to see it portrayed with such brutal honesty.

I agree that some points of the movie may be a little exaggerated but the rest is startlingly apt. The violence, the long standing trauma and the current ongoings in West Bengal are testimony to the relevance of the movie.

Our history books do not do us justice by summarising the Direct Action Day in just a small paragraph.

I am still shaking after watching it . The movie is almost flawless and is above its predecessor Kashmir files on technical aspect .

Production design , music, even the small slogans are so well placed in movie .

Most of actors did good job . Pallavi Joshi was brilliant but her Bengali accent wasn't convincing. Perhaps the only little blemish but it can be ignored .

This is a must-watch movie. Those who don't know about Direct Action Day and I guess many people don't, will get to know about it through this film. The performances by the actors were commendable, the songs were truly impressive, and I personally found the second half of the film more engaging. Vivek Agnihotri showed as much as he could in the movie, who knows, in real life it might have been even worse. I agree that some scenes were exaggerated, but at the end of the day, it is a movie. Vivek Agnihotri is a brilliant director, and I think he could have made this movie even better in terms of filmmaking aspects like screenplay and cinematography,. And I don't understand why this movie is banned in West Bengal, since it doesn't show anything negative that could incite riots or create a political issue there.

Before watching this movie, I had no idea about the "Action Day". Many thanks to Vivek Ji for creating this much needed masterpiece!

The performances are mostly top notch and loved the execution with which narrative kept me glued to the theatre screen.

The movie could have been slightly shorter in length.

The film is an eye opener of the horrifying buried past of Modern Indian history at the time of independence and correlates very well as in making sense with current state of present West Bengal, miserably deteriorated from once called the state that bought Renaissance to Indian history.

It brings to limelight respect worthy and notable obliviated fighters such as Gopal Mukherjee. It is a must watch movie for people of all age groups to enrich patriotism and deepen connection with the historical past of the country so that all as a collective can make responsible decisions towards a fair and sound future of the country.

Direction and storytelling is nothing exaggerated to create a bias.