Overview
- The film is slated to open in West Bengal on Friday, May 15, with Kolkata bookings under way, according to Priya Cinemas and other distributors.
- Vivek Agnihotri confirmed the West Bengal date on Instagram after earlier reports pointed to May 8.
- The release follows the BJP’s recent assembly victory in West Bengal.
- Under the previous Trinamool Congress government, police warned of possible communal unrest and theatres declined to screen the film, though no formal ban was reported.
- Historians and Gopal Mukherjee’s grandson have challenged the film’s portrayal, with a court move alleging it defamed the 1946 figure.