The Delhi Files: Mithun Chakraborty vows for secularism in riveting first look

On Republic Day, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri unveiled the first look from his upcoming film, The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter. Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty opened the teaser, sparking intrigue about his character. The film is helmed by Vivek Agnihotri, who previously directed The Kashmir Files in 2022 and The Vaccine War in 2023.

The scene opens to a rugged-looking Mithun Chakraborty mumbling the Preamble to the Constitution of India as he limps through a vacant, dimly-lit corridor. The scene cuts to a broader frame of the actor sitting beneath a mural of a girl holding the tricolour as the words ‘Welcome to Bharat’ flash on the screen, in bold.

Sharing the video, Agnihotri wrote, “Presenting: A tribute to the Constitution of India. From the makers of #TheDelhiFiles: The Bengal Chapter. Witness an epic untold story this Independence Day, 2025. Releasing worldwide. #RightToLife (sic).”

Watch the video here:

The Delhi Files will complete Agnihotri’s Files trilogy, which includes The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files. Earlier, in an exclusive interview with India Today Digital, the filmmaker shared what the film would be about and why he did not name it The Bengal Files.

“I could have called it Bengal Files because the film is about direct action day in Bengal and how the politics of Bengal has influenced India,” Vivek Agnihotri told India Today Digital during an exclusive interview. He added, “The reason we called it Delhi Files is because the destiny of India is written in Delhi and not in Bengal. Bengal has suffered because of what happened in Delhi in the 1940s. But yes, the film mostly deals with direct action day, Noakhali and what happened in Bengal.”

Speaking further about why he chose this topic for his next film, Agnihotri stated, “Lots of great things about India have their origin in Bengal. The Bharat Mata that we visualise comes from Banga Mata, the entire movement of nationalism, then the Bengal renaissance. You name a field, and you’ll realise that Bengal’s contribution is immense. That is why I am concerned about where it is going. Therefore, it is very important to make Bengal Files so that the world knows Bengal’s contribution and how it is being destroyed.”

The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter will be released in two parts. The first part will release on Independence Day 2025.