The film titled ‘The Tashkent Files’, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, is about the second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the mysterious conditions under which he died. The film is slated to release before upcoming Lok sabha elections, on April 12. The makers of the film introduced some characters’ first look on Twitter.
The official twitter handle of ‘The Tashkent Files’ introduced Mithun Chakraborty as the leader of opposition Shyam Sundar Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi as a scientist Gangaram Jha and Shweta Basu Prasad as a rookie journalist Raagini Phule.
Presenting #ShyamSundarTripathi, a political guru whose only mantra is to win.
Trailer out on 25.03.19#MithunChakraborty #NaseeruddinShah @shweta_official @TripathiiPankaj @pathakvinay @mandybedi @ratheeofficial @ZeeStudios_ @vivekagnihotri #TheTashkentFiles #WhoKilledShastri pic.twitter.com/9std2PMutc— The Tashkent Files (@TashkentMovie) March 22, 2019
A man who believes in common sense and is stuck between rationality and hate. #GangaramJha
25.03.19#MithunChakraborty #NaseeruddinShah @shweta_official @TripathiiPankaj @pathakvinay @mandybedi @ratheeofficial @ZeeStudios_ @vivekagnihotri #TheTashkentFiles #WhoKilledShastri pic.twitter.com/uhMEyG6g4U— The Tashkent Files (@TashkentMovie) March 22, 2019
She doesn’t know which narrative is true but she knows the least popular – The Truth. @shweta_official as #RaaginiPhule.#MithunChakraborty #NaseeruddinShah @TripathiiPankaj @pathakvinay @mandybedi @ratheeofficial @ZeeStudios_ @vivekagnihotri #TheTashkentFiles #WhoKilledShastri pic.twitter.com/SON3aQkuKU
— The Tashkent Files (@TashkentMovie) March 22, 2019
The film is produced by Pranay Chokshi, Sharad Patel, Vivek Agnihotri and Anuya Ritesh Kudecha.
Earlier in an interview with PTI, Agnihotri said,”On January 10, 1966, Shastri had signed the Tashkent Agreement and hours later he died. A death mystery unsolved to date. Was it a heart attack or poison? The truth of the biggest coverup has been denied to his family and us. Immediately after his death, the family members of Shastri officially requested a post-mortem to the then acting Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda, but to no avail.”
Vivek further revealed some details on his film and he added, “The family also had requested former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi but was not heeded to once again. This issue has been raised in Parliament for the last 50 years and yet, we are trying to find out the truth. I picked up the gauntlet and tried finding the truth, and hence I filed RTIs, but I was shattered”.