Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, on Saturday, alleged that the trailer launch of 'The Bengal Files' was disrupted by the Kolkata Police. Shortly after that, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh named Agnihotri "baseless" and asked him to make 'The Gujarat Files" first.
"What the video maker has said is totally baseless. If he has guts, first make 'Gujarat Files' on Godhra riots, then go to Manipur, make 'Manipur Files'. Go to UP - Unnao, Hathras, Prayagraj, and make 'UP Files'. He is planted by a political force. He made 'Kashmir Files' and now he is blaming West Bengal, distorting facts, maligning West Bengal. He is doing his job assigned by BJP," Ghosh said.
During the trailer launch of the movie, Agnihotri said, "If this is not dictatorship/fascism, then what is?...Law and order in your state has failed, and this is the reason that everyone supports 'The Bengal Files'..."
"I have just got to know what some people came here (event venue in a private hotel) and cut all the wires. I don't know on whose orders this is happening? You know who those people are behind us. After all tests and trials, this program was being held. The hotel managers still can't tell us why we are not allowed to continue with our programme," he added.
His wife and actress Pallavi Joshi said, " I absolutely did not like the way my film was stopped. Is there freedom of expression in this state? As filmmakers and actors, we are not able to screen what we have made. What is the threat they are feeling? Such a thing did not happen even in Kashmir. Can we derive that the situation in Kashmir is better than in Bengal? See what is happening in Bengal today. And this is why films like 'The Bengal Files' are important. I want every person in India to watch this film to know the truth about Bengal. It is the state's responsibility to give respect to artists."
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