Day 6 of The Bengal Files box office receipts: Vivek Agnihotri’s latest movie brings in Rs 10 cr however that’s a small portion of The Kashmir Files’ earnings

Day 6 box office receipts for The Bengal Files: Today, Vivek Agnihotri’s most recent film will surpass the domestic box office totals of his previous film, The Vaccine War.

The Bengal Files, the last installment of director Vivek Agnihotri’s spiritually related trilogy, has managed to outperform the first installment, The Tashkent Files (2019), by a significant margin at the box office, but it still pales in comparison to the domestic box office receipts of the second installment, The Kashmir Files (2022). The political drama has made Rs 10.25 crore in its first six days of release beginning September 5.

The Bengal Files’ lowest single-day collection to date was just Rs 1 crore on Wednesday. It was a tiny decrease from its earnings of Rs 1.35 crore on Tuesday, which was a slight improvement over its earnings of Rs 1.15 crore on Monday. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, that represented a sharp decline from its Sunday earnings of Rs 2.75 crore, a slight gain from its Saturday earnings of Rs 2.25 crore, and an additional boost from its opening day earnings of Rs 1.75 crore.
Compare that to The Kashmir Files, which made over Rs 79 crore in its first six days. But as of right now, The Bengal Files has made about as much as The Tashkent Files did in its first three weeks of operation. Additionally, it has nearly exceeded Agnihotri’s final film, The Vaccine War (2023), which brought in Rs 10.33 crore at the domestic box office.

A plea to halt the release of The Bengal Files was denied by the Calcutta High Court on Monday. The motion was brought by Gopal Chandra Mukherjee’s grandson, who claimed that the film’s protagonist was portrayed negatively. Santanu Mukherjee pleaded that the movie misrepresented his grandpa, a liberation warrior who had a goat meat store in Bowbazar in the 1940s.

He produced a picture and said that Gopal Chandra Mukherjee is derogatorily referred to in the movie as “Patha,” which is Bengali for goat. Additionally, he contended that the film misrepresents his grandfather’s involvement in the “Great Calcutta Killings,” which took place on August 16, 1946. Leading parts in the movie are played by Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Saswata Chatterjee, Darshan Kumar, and Sourav Das.

The petitioner’s attorney informed the court that Santanu had applied for a right to information (RTI) from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), challenging the CBFC’s evaluation of his grandfather’s portrayal in the movie. He argued that the sought information was not provided even after the required period had passed.

According to the CBFC’s counsel, the petitioner failed to file an appeal against the film’s release within the allotted time frame after failing to receive an RTI answer. They went on to say that the petition was no longer valid because the movie was already showing all around the nation. After considering all arguments, the HC decided not to consider the writ petition, noting that the petitioner should use the remedies provided by the RTI Act.

The Conjuring: Last Rites, which has generated close to Rs 60 crore at the movie office thus far, and Baaghi 4, which has made about Rs 40 crore, were launched alongside The Bengal Files. The Bengal Files will surpass Agnihotri’s The Vaccine War on its seventh day of release.