Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Bengal files have finally been released in theaters and is considered to be one of the boldest films ever. The story of the film travels between yesterday and today, which brings the truth of Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946 to everyone.

The film started slow at the box office, but now it has gained momentum on the strength of the audience. On the weekend, the film has recorded a great growth of +111% and has earned more than 10.13 crore rupees in India.

,The Bengal Files, Caught speed
The continuous and tremendous lead of the film ‘The Bengal Files’ shows its deep engagement and strong hold with the audience. Despite the slow start on Friday due to festivals, Ganpati immersion, heavy rains and floods, the film has shown an edge in its earnings, giving a glimpse of group-booking during ‘The Kashmir files’.

The ‘The Bengal files’ in the theater increased from 15-20% on Friday to 60-70% across India in the Sunday evening show. The evening shows were houseful in big cities like Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore, due to which many theaters have increased the number of shows from Monday.

,The Bengal Files, Box office collection
‘The Bengal Files’ has performed brilliantly at the box office. The film collected a collection of Rs 2.18 crore on Friday, Rs 3.35 crore on Saturday, and Rs 4.60 crore on Sunday, which made its weekend total collection to Rs 10.13 crore. From Friday to Sunday, the film recorded a strong growth of 111%. In the international market, the film has grossed Rs 1.50 crore.

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,The Bengal Files, About this
The story and direction of The Bengal files is done by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, while it is produced by Abhishek Aggarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. It will feature Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher and Darshan Kumar in important roles. The film is presented by Tej Narayan Aggarwal and IM Buddha Productions and is part of Vivek’s Files Trillji, including The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files. The film has been released in theaters on 5 September 2025.

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It has been 3 days since Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ was released today and the film has lagged behind in terms of earnings from all the other films ‘Baaghi 4’, ‘Dil Madrasi’, and ‘The Consumming’.

The film got a very minor opening. However, on the second day, the film’s earnings increased on the second day and now on the third day, the film’s earnings are being seen again due to holiday. So let’s know the earnings of the film so far.

Box office collection of ‘The Bengal Files’

The film earned Rs 1.75 crore on the first day and the collection of the second day was 2.15 crores. Now on the third day, till 5:05 pm, the film has collected a total collection of 5.65 crores while collection of Rs 1.75 crore. These figures available on Sixelk are not final. They may change.

Budget and worldwide collection of ‘The Bengal Files’

According to the report of Moneycontrol, the film has been prepared in a budget of only Rs 30 crore and according to Sixelk in 2 days, Worldwide has done a business of Rs 4.65 crore.

‘The Bengal Files’ is far away from the budget out of the budget

The film has so far been able to withdraw about 20 percent of its budget so far. However, today the film’s earnings have increased. If the film gets a positive Word of Mouth and it is able to pass the mandhe test, then it may be that something will happen. At the moment, the film’s earnings are not very exciting.

About ‘The Bengal Files’

The film has the same starcast in this film who worked in Vivek Agnihotri’s previous blockbuster ‘The Kashmir Files’. Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty have been seen playing important characters in this film.

Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Bengal Files’ was finally released on 5 September after facing many controversies. But the film’s disadvantage of release on this day was that it faced big films like Baghi 4 to The Consuating.

As a result, the film did not get too much viewers on Opening Day and the film’s earnings were feared. However, due to Word of mouth and well reviews on the second day, the film’s earnings have risen.

Box office collection of ‘The Bengal Files’

This film of actors like Anupam Kher and Mithun Chakraborty was able to collect only Rs 1.75 crore on the first day. However, seeing the initial figures of the second day, it seems that the film will leave behind its first day’s earnings.

According to Sixelk, the film has earned Rs 2.7 crore by earning Rs 0.95 crore till 5:05 pm on the second day. Let us know that these figures are not yet final. They may change.

Budget and direction of ‘The Bengal Files’

This film has been directed by Vivek Agnihotri. He also directed a blockbuster movie like ‘The Kashmir Files’. Many actors like Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi and Anupam Kher worked in this film.

Vivek has also worked with these actors in ‘The Bengal Files’. In an interview to Money Control, Vivek had told the same actors to re -cast the same actors that he likes to work with the actors and not with the stars.

Talking about the budget of the film, it has been prepared in double the budget of 15 crore budget of ‘The Kashmir Files’ i.e. 30 crores. Let me tell you that even before the release of the film, it started facing allegations like divisive political film.

The film ‘The Bengal Files’, written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri, has been released in theaters on 5 September 2025 i.e. today. This political drama has a clash with Tiger Shroff’s action thriller rebel 4. Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi and Darshan Kumar starrer The film is based on the 1946 Calcutta massacre and Noakhali riots. In the midst of all this, fans are excited to know when this film will be stream on when and which OTT platforms will be done after the theater run. Let’s know here.

The Bengal Files OTT releases
As stated in official posters, The Bengal files will be stream on Zee5 after release in theaters. However, the makers of ‘The Bengal Files’ have not yet announced the date of OTT release of the film. Still tell that this film can come on digital platforms after completing its theatrical winds.

Along with this, let us also tell that the film directed by Vivek Agnihotri was released in theaters with a period of 204 minutes, earlier the film was named The Delhi Files, although the producers soon changed its name to The Bengal files. Apart from the lead actors, the film also stars Anupam Kher, Simrat Kaur, Shashwat Chatterjee and other actors.

What did Vivek Agnihotri say about The Bengal files?
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri said, “The Bengal files are a warning … One shout that we will not allow Bengal to become Kashmir. To provide authenticity to the untold story of Hindu massacre, we decided to launch the trailer in Kolkata and you will see a glimpse of it in the trailer … The country should be ready … because Kashmir has hurt you, if Kashmir has hurt you, then Bengal will bother you.”

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Actress Pallavi Joshi is currently in discussion about the film ‘The Bengal Files’. Now the trailer of the film was to be released in Kolkata. But the administration stopped this. After which the film’s producer Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri also had a sharp debate with the police. The producer of the film had also accused the state government of doing its own arbitrariness. Along with this, he had asked whether the second constitution runs in West Bengal?

Pallavi Joshi held TMC responsible

Now the film’s producer and actress Pallavi Joshi has also spoken openly on the ban on the trailer release of the film in Kolkata. Talking to IANS, he has held the ruling government of the Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee for stopping the trailer release of the film and the uproar that followed.

Pallavi told IANS that, ‘This was clearly done by the ruling party of the state, and we are not hesitant to tell it. We knew that we would have to face some kind of opposition, but we did not know that it would be such that we would not be able to show our trailer at all. On August 16, which was the anniversary of Direct Action Day, it was very important to release our trailer in Kolkata.

Government should have helped us – Pallavi

He also told that, ‘If something happened in history, about which people should know and some people are trying to bring its story forward, then the government should help in highlighting these stories. They should have fully supported us. But I did not know that they would not let us show the trailer, which was very sad because it caused trouble to our whole team and everyone felt bad. After all, it was the job of the state government that we would have supported us.

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has written and directed ‘The Bengal files’. Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Anupam Kher and Darshan Kumar will be seen in it. The film will be released in theaters on 5 September 2025.

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