New Delhi:A week after its all-India theatrical release on 5 September, Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files will have a special screening in Kolkata on 13 September. The news was shared by former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta in a Facebook post.

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The special screening of the film will take place at 4 pm on 13 September at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Bhasha Bhavan, National Library.The film will have a closed-door screening, with attendance by invitation only.

This move comes after the film did not see a theatrical release in Bengal.

During a conversation with NDTV, Vivek Agnihotri said, "We opened the advanced booking and the theatres have been finalised. I've got to know through my distributors. The distributors had different religions in Bengal. It will create history.

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But I just learned that theatres are now refusing to show it because they fear that there will be a political turmoil."

Meanwhile, actor-producer Pallavi Joshi shared an open letter appealing to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, for protection and support regarding the film's release in West Bengal.