Vivek Agnihotri‘s film ‘The Tashkent Files’ is growing with each passing day and despite reduced screen counts and show numbers, it is making satisfactory figures at the box office.
The film is based on the mysterious death of India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. The film that started slow, gained momentum over the first weekend and held strong during the first week.
Film critic and biz analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted about the film’s box office numbers and wrote, “#TheTashkentFiles witnesses substantial growth on [second] Tue… Tue biz *higher* than [second] Fri and Mon… [Week 2] Fri 50 lakhs, Sat 75 lakhs, Sun 1.05 cr, Mon 46 lakhs, Tue 58 lakhs. Total: ₹ 6.84 cr. India biz.”
#TheTashkentFiles witnesses substantial growth on [second] Tue… Tue biz *higher* than [second] Fri and Mon… [Week 2] Fri 50 lakhs, Sat 75 lakhs, Sun 1.05 cr, Mon 46 lakhs, Tue 58 lakhs. Total: ₹ 6.84 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 24, 2019
Talking about the story of the film Vivek had earlier stated that The Tashkent Files is going to be country’s first crowd-sourced thriller. He further stated that the film will be made after doing research work on Shastriji as it will be an apolitical film about a political leader.
Vivek Agnihotri’s film aims to uncover the truth behind the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s mysterious death.
The film is produced by Pranay Chokshi, Sharad Patel, Vivek Agnihotri, and Anuya Ritesh Kudecha.
The film also features actors like Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu, Pankaj Tripathi, Vinay Pathak, Mandira Bedi, Pallavi Joshi, Ankur Rathee and Prakash Belawadi in important roles. Recently, director Vivek Agnihotri has said only an “idiot or a guilty person” can call the movie propaganda and that it is about a “citizen’s right to truth”.