The Bengal Files | Australian Classification

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Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)

Strong themes, violence and references to sexual violence

What do the ratings mean?

Poster image for The Bengal Files

A Kashmiri Pandit CBI officer investigates a journalist’s disappearance in Bengal, haunted by his mother’s genocide. In a town silenced by communal mafias, his only allies are a mute eunuch and a senile Partition witness. As truth unravels, one question looms: Did Partition ever end—or is Bengal the next Kashmir?

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The Bengal Files is an Indian historical drama film that explores how the conflict between Muslims and Hindus around the time of the partition of India in the 1940s is mirrored in the current-day region of Bengal. The film is in Hindi with English subtitles.

Themes

The film contains themes relating to religious conflict, rioting and violent unrest, as well as political corruption, intimidation, kidnapping and social justice. There are depictions of characters experiencing trauma and symptoms of mental decline.

Violence

The film contains violence, including protracted scenes of large-scale attacks driven by religious ideologies. The violence involves bladed weapons, guns, makeshift bombs and fire, and is frequently accompanied by blood bursting and spraying - including during a scene of decapitation. There are also verbal references to sexual violence and a scene of sexual threat.

Sex

The film contains a very discreet verbal sexual reference.

Language

The film contains use of the words "crap", "bloody", "hell" and "damn".

Nudity

The film contains a brief and discreet scene of naturalised full-frontal nudity of a male child.

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Industry details

Classification date

27 August 2025

Year of production

2025

Classification

MA 15+

Consumer advice

Strong themes, violence and references to sexual violence

Category

Films

Category detail

Public Exhibition

Media type

DCP

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

202 minutes

Director/Creator

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

Producer

Abhishek Agarwal | Pallavi Joshi | Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

Production company

I Am Buddha | Abhishek Agarwal Arts

Country of origin

INDIA

Language

HINDI

Applicant

ATL Media Ltd

File number

T25/10130

Classification number

CLAS-950552

Alternative titles

Not Specified

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