Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took a dig at the Mamata government over the ruckus at the trailer launch of his upcoming movie The Bengal Files in Kolkata, alleging that it was ‘already planned,’ and that no event of this scale, with 150-200 people and media present, could be halted without ‘official involvement.’
The incident, which took place at the ITC Royal Bengal in Kolkata on August 16, saw the screening of the film’s trailer abruptly stopped.
Agnihotri shared that the trailer launch program was running smoothly before the visuals on a large LED screen were suddenly stopped. He stated that it was impossible for an event happening in “one of India’s biggest five-star hotels,” with “150-200 people” and media present, to be halted without official involvement. The director also said that he was informed that “top authorities” had raised objections to certain parts of the trailer, and hence, it could not be played. ‘In one of India’s biggest five-star hotels, imagine there is such a big LED screen, the whole program is running, the visuals are playing. And the entire media of Kolkata, 150-200 people, are sitting and running the program. Is it possible to do this without permission? It is not possible.” (ANI)
