Mumbai, Sept. 4 -- As actor-producer Pallavi Joshi wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking help for the peaceful release of 'The Bengal Files' in West Bengal, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri emphasises the need to write the letter addressing the alleged "unofficial ban" on the film's release in the state.

Set to release in theatres on September 5, Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files' explores the communal violence that took place in undivided Bengal during the 1940s, including the events of the Direct Action Day and the Noakhali riots of 1946.

Speaking to ANI, the ace director shared, "It is unfortunate that the film, which is made on the history of Bengal, on the pain and glory of Bengal, on the women of Bengal, and the same film is ...