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	\| caption = Theatrical release poster		\| caption = Theatrical release poster
	\| director = [[Vivek Agnihotri]]		\| director = [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
	\| writer = Vivek Agnihotri		\| writer = [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
	\| screenplay = Vivek Agnihotri		\| screenplay = [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
	\| producers = {{Unbulleted_list\|Haresh Patel\|Pranay Chokshi\|Anuya Chauhan Kudecha\|Vivek Agnihotri\|Ritesh Kudecha\|Sharad Patel}}		\| producers = {{Unbulleted_list\|Haresh Patel\|Pranay Chokshi\|Anuya Chauhan Kudecha\|[[Vivek Agnihotri]]\|Ritesh Kudecha\|Sharad Patel}}
	\| starring = {{Unbulleted_list\|[[Mithun Chakraborty]]\|[[Naseeruddin Shah]]\|[[Shweta Basu Prasad]]\|[[Pankaj Tripathi]]\|[[Mandira Bedi]]\|[[Pallavi Joshi]]\|[[Rajesh Sharma (actor)\|Rajesh Sharma]]}}		\| starring = {{Unbulleted_list\|[[Mithun Chakraborty]]\|[[Naseeruddin Shah]]\|[[Shweta Basu Prasad]]\|[[Pankaj Tripathi]]\|[[Mandira Bedi]]\|[[Pallavi Joshi]]\|[[Rajesh Sharma (actor)\|Rajesh Sharma]]}}
	\| cinematography = Udaysingh Mohite		\| cinematography = Udaysingh Mohite
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	'''''The Tashkent Files''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2019\|2019]] Indian [[Hindi cinema\|Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film\|thriller]] film about the death of former Indian prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Written and directed by [[Vivek Agnihotri]], it stars [[Shweta Basu Prasad]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in leading roles.		'''''The Tashkent Files''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2019\|2019]] Indian [[Hindi cinema\|Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film\|thriller]] film about the death of former Indian prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Written and directed by [[Vivek Agnihotri]], it stars [[Shweta Basu Prasad]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in leading roles.

	The film released on 12 April 2019 and received mostly ~~negative~~ reviews from critics~~, but the film~~ became a [[box-office]] [[sleeper hit]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-small-budget-films-dream-run-at-box-office-completes-100-days/1649878/\|title=The Tashkent Files: Small-budget film's dream run at box office, completes 100 days\|date=2019-07-19\|website=The Financial Express\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/010719/bollywood-makes-bank.html\|title=Bollywood makes bank\|date=2019-07-01\|website=The Asian Age\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>		The film released on 12 April 2019 and received mostly positive reviews from critics and became a [[box-office]] [[sleeper hit]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-small-budget-films-dream-run-at-box-office-completes-100-days/1649878/\|title=The Tashkent Files: Small-budget film's dream run at box office, completes 100 days\|date=2019-07-19\|website=The Financial Express\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/010719/bollywood-makes-bank.html\|title=Bollywood makes bank\|date=2019-07-01\|website=The Asian Age\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
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	==Critical response==		==Critical response==

	Rachit Gupta of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film with ~~two~~ and a half stars out of five and praised its theme ~~but lamented the lack of~~ talent in its characters~~, despite~~ a star-studded cast. ~~Criticizing~~ its direction, story-telling and songs, he concluded that:- "It also ~~doesn’t help~~ that the final slide of the movie tells the audience that the authenticity of all the facts displayed in the film ~~cannot~~ be verified."<ref name="times">{{cite web \|last1=Gupta \|first1=Rachit \|title=The Tashkent Files \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/the-tashkent-files/movie-review/68841252.cms \|website=Times of India \|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of [[Filmfare]] gives the film ~~two~~ and half stars out of five and noted the film to be a 'melodramatic' episode with loud and ~~over the top acting coupled with~~ bombastic dialogues~~. He further notes the film to be biased against a certain political party and that it ought have been launched after the national elections, which were running concurrently~~.<ref name="filmfare">{{cite web \|last1=Sharma \|first1=Devesh \|title=Movie Review: The Tashkent Files \|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-the-tashkent-files-33275.html \|website=Filmfare \|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Prashant Sisodia of [[NDTV India]] gave the film 3 out 5 stats<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/the-tashkent-files-film-review-by-prashant-sisodia-512009\|title=The Tashkent Files Film Review by Prashant Sisodia – फिल्म रिव्यू: द ताशकंत फाइल्ज वीडियो – हिन्दी न्यूज़ वीडियो एनडीटीवी ख़बर\|website=khabar.ndtv.com\|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> whilst Shashank Shekhar of Desimartini gave the film 4.5 out 5.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.desimartini.com/bollywood-reviews/amp/tashkent-files/a-valiant-well-researched-attempt-to-uncover-the-truth-with-thrilling-insights-by-shashank-shekhar-rd37106.htm\|title=A Valiant & Well Researched Attempt to Uncover the Truth with Thrilling Insights..... - Desimartini.com\|last=Shekhar\|first=Shashank\|website=Desimartini\|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref>		Rachit Gupta of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film with three and a half stars out of five and praised its theme and talent in its characters of a star-studded cast. Praising its direction, story-telling and songs, he concluded that:- "It also helps that the final slide of the movie tells the audience that the authenticity of all the facts displayed in the film can be verified."<ref name="times">{{cite web \|last1=Gupta \|first1=Rachit \|title=The Tashkent Files \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/the-tashkent-files/movie-review/68841252.cms \|website=Times of India \|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of [[Filmfare]] gives the film three and half stars out of five and noted the film to be a 'non melodramatic' episode with not so loud and bombastic dialogues. <ref name="filmfare">{{cite web \|last1=Sharma \|first1=Devesh \|title=Movie Review: The Tashkent Files \|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-the-tashkent-files-33275.html \|website=Filmfare \|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Prashant Sisodia of [[NDTV India]] gave the film 3 out 5 stats<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/the-tashkent-files-film-review-by-prashant-sisodia-512009\|title=The Tashkent Files Film Review by Prashant Sisodia – फिल्म रिव्यू: द ताशकंत फाइल्ज वीडियो – हिन्दी न्यूज़ वीडियो एनडीटीवी ख़बर\|website=khabar.ndtv.com\|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> whilst Shashank Shekhar of Desimartini gave the film 4.5 out 5.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.desimartini.com/bollywood-reviews/amp/tashkent-files/a-valiant-well-researched-attempt-to-uncover-the-truth-with-thrilling-insights-by-shashank-shekhar-rd37106.htm\|title=A Valiant & Well Researched Attempt to Uncover the Truth with Thrilling Insights..... - Desimartini.com\|last=Shekhar\|first=Shashank\|website=Desimartini\|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref>

	Rahul Desai writing for ''Film Companion'' rated the film with ~~one~~ star out of five. Noting it to be ~~a 'PhD. in whataboutery', he noted the film to be "not~~ informed enough to be a documentary, ~~not~~ balanced enough to be a docudrama and ~~not~~ smart enough to be an investigative thriller."{{cn\|date=December 2021}} Writing for [[Scroll.in]], Nandini Ramnath noted it to be a politically motivated film that did not have any rigor and failed to be an effective conspiracy thriller.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ramnath \|first1=Nandini \|title='The Tashkent Files' movie review: Vivek Agnihotri puts the hysterics into history \|url=https://scroll.in/reel/919767/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-vivek-agnihotri-puts-the-hysterics-into-history \|website=Scroll.in \|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> [[Saibal Chatterjee]], writing for [[NDTV]] rated the film with ~~half~~ star out of five ~~and noted it to be an example of Google search film-making~~ and concludes "Well, the ~~actors~~ may not be trash, but their performances scrape the bottom of the barrel. And the film? If you still haven't got it, it is JUNK."<ref name="ndtvcr">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-in-a-word-junk-1-2-a-star-out-of-5-2021923\|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: In A Word, Junk\|access-date=12 April 2019\|website=NDTV\|first=Saibal\|last=Chatterjee}}</ref> A review over ''[[India Today]]'' rated it one out of five stars and noted it to be a politically motivated film that did not have any logic and might be easily dispensed with.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-vivek-agnihotri-murders-logic-in-lal-bahadur-shastri-death-mystery-1500203-2019-04-12\|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: Vivek Agnihotri murders logic in Lal Bahadur Shastri death mystery\|last=DelhiApril 12\|first=Samrudhi Ghosh New\|last2=April 12\|first2=2019UPDATED\|website=India Today\|access-date=2019-04-12\|last3=Ist\|first3=2019 12:45}}</ref> A review over ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted it to be an ideological slideshow that exploited Shastri's death to attack left, secular and socialist ideologies and institutions and though based on an engaging topic, was a 'hotch-potch of hearsay, juvenile arguments' that ultimately lend to utter confusion rather than any conviction.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-tashkent-files-movie-review/article26818036.ece\|title='The Tashkent Files' movie review: History in the time of conspiracies\|last=Rosario\|first=Kennith\|date=2019-04-12\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2019-04-12\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Another review over [[News18 India]] rated it one out of five stars and noted it to be a politically motivated film with unconvincing arguments and made for a dull watch.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-a-dull-and-drab-conspiracy-theory-film-2100029.html\|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: A Dull and Drab Conspiracy Theory Film\|website=News18\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>		Rahul Desai writing for ''Film Companion'' rated the film with three star out of five. Noting it to be well informed enough to be a documentary, balanced enough to be a docudrama and smart enough to be an investigative thriller.
			[[Saibal Chatterjee]], writing for [[NDTV]] rated the film with three star out of five and concludes "Well, the star cast may be brilliant , but its the direction by Agnihotri that makes it a must watch .
	A review in ''[[The First Post]]'' asserted it to be a politically motivated film and rated it two out of five stars. Noting Agnihotri to neither have the finesse nor the potency to sketch a conspiracy thriller, the reviewer deemed it to be a cheap trick, that was high on hysteria but lacked logic amidst a focus-less frenzied storytelling that did not venture beyond the realms of Google.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/tashkent-files-movie-review-high-on-hysteria-and-hamming-vivek-agnihotris-film-comes-off-as-a-cheap-trick-6435571.html\|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: High on hysteria and hamming, Vivek Agnihotri's film comes off as a cheap trick\|date=2019-04-12\|website=Firstpost\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> A review in [[The Indian Express]] deemed it to be an ideal fiction film for the 'post-truth, fake news era' that was politically motivated in entirety and consisted of a series of eye-roll moments with unintentionally hilarious dialogues.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-5672255/\|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: This Vivek Agnihotri film is a series of eye-roll moments\|date=2019-04-12\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> [[ThePrint\|The Print]] reviewed it to be a shoddy jab at film-making that harnessed a mish-mash of unformed characters and incomplete plots whilst lacking factual logic.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/vivek-agnihotris-tashkent-files-adds-confusion-to-many-conspiracies-over-shastris-death/220535/\|title=Vivek Agnihotri's Tashkent Files adds confusion to many conspiracies over Shastri's death\|last=Pothukuchi\|first=Madhavi\|date=12 April 2019\|work=ThePrint\|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Jyoti Sharma Bawa, reviewing for [[The Hindustan Times]] rated it one out of five stars whilst noting it to be disgusting political propaganda that hardly contained any truth and presented nothing new beyond the realms of an internet-crawl.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-disgusting-propaganda-where-truth-is-a-luxury/story-ksjYEOwRuFzwU1Uakl0DWI.html\|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: Disgusting propaganda where truth is a luxury\|date=2019-04-12\|website=Hindustantimes.com/\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave one and a half stars out of five.<ref name="Hungama">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-tashkent-files/critic-review/\|title=The Tashkent Files Review 1.5/5 {{!}} The Tashkent Files Movie Review {{!}} The Tashkent Files 2019 Public Review\|last=Hungama\|first=Bollywood\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>

	~~Anusha Iyengar, reviewing for [[Times Now]] gave two out of five stars~~, ~~praising its story~~ but ~~criticizing~~ its over-the-top dramatization and attempt at storytelling, that was amateurish.<ref name="Hungama"/> A review over Arre.co criticized the film as an endless cycle of whataboutery, directed by a dedicated by a [[Historical revisionism\|historical revisionist]], which was nothing but an assault on common sense.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.arre.co.in/bollywood/the~~-tashkent-files-review-vivek-agnihotri/\|title=The Tashkent Files Review: A Life-Threatening Headache Presented~~ by ~~Alt-Historian Vivek~~ Agnihotri~~\|date=2019-04-12\|website=Arré\|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> Manavi Kapur, reviewing the film at [[Business Standard]], noted it to be shoddily written,~~ that was not even worthy enough for a daytime opera slot.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-review-bit-of-truth-mixed-with-lies-presented-as-fact-119041201270_1.html\|title=The Tashkent Files review: Bit of truth mixed with lies, presented as fact\|last=Kapur\|first=Manavi\|date=2019-04-12\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> [[Mid-Day]] gave one and a half stars out of five and noted it ~~to be~~ a ~~poorly researched dull work, that seemed to have been wholly derived from internet and esp. social media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mid-day~~.com/articles/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-juhu-versova-ka-jfk/20734153\|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: Juhu-Versova ka JFK\|date=2019-04-13\|website=mid-day\|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Shilajit Mitra, reviewing for [[The New Indian Express]] remarked it to be an exhausting head-spin of a movie, that went increasingly weird with the passage of time. Deeming it to be a poorly executed political propaganda, he rated one and a half stars out of five.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/hindi/2019/apr/12/nbspthe-tashkent-files-review-a-tacky-thriller-that-feels-longer-than-the-cold-war-11009.html\|title=The Tashkent Files review: A tacky thriller that feels longer than the Cold War\|website=The New Indian Express\|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Stutee Ghosh of [[The Quint]] reviewed it to be a prejudiced, amateurish and cringe-worthy film with an uninspiring storytelling that banked on crowd-sourced research and ultimately failed to engage the viewer. She rated one star out of five.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-tashkent-files-review-film-by-vivek-agnihotri-doesnt-solve-mystery-shashtri-death\|title='The Tashkent Files' – Prejudiced, Amateurish and Cringe-Worthy\|date=2019-04-12\|website=The Quint\|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>

	The film won the ''Surprise Hit of the Year'' award at the 2020 [[ETC Bollywood Business Awards]].{{cn\|date=October 2021}}		The film won the ''Surprise Hit of the Year'' award at the 2020 [[ETC Bollywood Business Awards]].{{cn\|date=October 2021}}

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Tashkent Files
| image = The Tashkent Files poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
| producers = {{Unbulleted_list|Haresh Patel|Pranay Chokshi|Anuya Chauhan Kudecha|[[Vivek Agnihotri]]|Ritesh Kudecha|Sharad Patel}}
| screenplay = Vivek Agnihotri
| writer = Vivek Agnihotri
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Mithun Chakraborty]]|[[Naseeruddin Shah]]|[[Shweta Basu Prasad]]|[[Pankaj Tripathi]]|[[Mandira Bedi]]|[[Pallavi Joshi]]|[[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]]}}
| music = {{Unbulleted_list|'''Songs:'''<br />[[Rohit Sharma (composer)|Rohit Sharma]]|'''Score:'''<br />Satya Manik Afsar}}
| cinematography = Udaysingh Mohite
| editing = Sattyajit Gazmer
| studio = {{Unbulleted_list|SP CineCorp|Vivek Agnihotri Creates}}
| distributor = [[Zee Studios]]
| released = {{Film date|2019|04|12|df=yes|ref1=<ref name="taran">{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| author=Taran Adarsh|date=19 March 2019|number = 1107870385301708800 |title=Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu, Pankaj Tripathi, Vinay Pathak, Mandira Bedi, Pallavi Joshi, Ankur Rathee and Prakash Belawadi... #TheTashkentFiles to release on 12 April 2019... Directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri... Zee Studios release... First look poster: https://t.co/huxc6BQ10s}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 144 minutes<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gv.com.sg/GVMovieDetails#/movie/4881|title=The Tashkent Files|date=12 April 2019|publisher=Golden Village|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref>
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| gross = {{INR|20.84  crore}}<ref name="tfgross">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-tashkent-files/box-office/#bh-movie-box-office|title=The Tashkent Files Box Office|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''The Tashkent Files''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2019|2019]] Indian [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|thriller]] film about the death of former Indian prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. Written and directed by [[Vivek Agnihotri]], it stars [[Shweta Basu Prasad]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in leading roles.

The film released on 12 April 2019 and received mixed reviews from critics. The film became a [[box-office]] [[sleeper hit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-small-budget-films-dream-run-at-box-office-completes-100-days/1649878/|title=The Tashkent Files: Small-budget film's dream run at box office, completes 100 days|date=2019-07-19|website=The Financial Express|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/entertainment/bollywood/010719/bollywood-makes-bank.html|title=Bollywood makes bank|date=2019-07-01|website=The Asian Age|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shyam Sunder Tripathi<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh|number = 1109313911017242625 |title= Naseeruddin Shah...|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|date=23 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="indianexp">{{cite news|url= http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/the-tashkent-files-naseeruddin-shah-and-mithun-chakraborty-to-star-in-film-on-lal-bahadur-shashtri-vivek-agnihotri-5020328/|title=The Tashkent Files: Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty to star in film on Lal Bahadur Shashtri|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=11 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as PKR Natrajan <ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh|number=1108948249245736960|title= Mithun Chakraborty is #ShyamSundarTripathi...|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|date=22 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Shweta Basu Prasad]] as Raagini Phule<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|number = 1108973023665676288 |title= Shweta Basu Prasad is #RaaginiPhule... |date=22 March 2019|access-date 6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Mandira Bedi]] as Indira Joseph Roy<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| first=Taran|last=Adarsh|number=1109686977178198017|title=Mandira Bedi...|date=24 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Pallavi Joshi]] as Aiysha Ali Shah<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh|number=1109018962740731904|first=Taran|last=Adash|title=Pallavi Joshi is #AiyshaAliShah... |date=22 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]] as Omkar Kashyap<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TashkentMovie|author=The Tashkent Files|number=1109344121662013441|title= #OmkarKashyap, a man manipulating situations in order to survive.Trailer out on Monday.|date=23 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Vinay Pathak]] as Mukhtar<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TashkentMovie|author=The Tashkent Files|number=1109706921034936320|title= Vinay Pathak as #Mukhtar An ex-raw guy and a double agent, who knows everything, or does he really? Find out in #TheTashkentFiles trailer releasing this Monday.|date=25 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Gangaram Jha<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh|number = 1108996081822523392 |first=Taran|last=Adarsh |title=Pankaj Tripathi is #GangaramJha... |date=22 March 2019|access-date= 6 December 2019}}</ref>
* Vishwa Mohan Badola as Justice Kurian Abraham<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TashkentMovie|number=1109721357292437504|title= #JusticeKurianAbraham, a retired supreme court judge still fighting to stay relevant in present time. Trailer out on Monday.|date=25 March 2019|author=The Tashkent Files}}</ref>
* [[Asif Basra]] as News Channel Editor
* [[Prakash Belawadi]] as GK Ananthasuresh<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TashkentMovie|number=1109375855053008896|title= How far this former secret agent will go for the truth or will he go against it? #GKSAnanthasuresh|author= The Tashkent Files|date=23 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[Achint Kaur]] as Mrs. Natarajan
* Yusuf Hussain as Mr. Bakshi
* Prashant Gupta as Vishvendra Pratap Singh Rana<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TashkentMovie|author=The Tashkent Files|number=1109745913210253312|title= #VishvendraPratapSinghRana, a young leader and eminently dangerous if you get in his way. Trailer out on Monday.|date=25 March 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
* Ankur Rathee as Imran Qureshi<ref name="taran"/>
* Francisco Raymond as [[Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin]]
* Kaushik Chakraborty as R. N. Chug
* Alina Bejenaru as E. G. Yeremenko

==Production==
The film was announced in January 2018; Agnihotri stated of the film to be country's first ''crowd-sourced'' thriller. Principal photography began in January 2018.<ref name="indianexp"/>

In February 2018 he invited from the public any information, book, link or memory related to [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]’s [[Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri|mysterious death]] in [[Tashkent]] to help him solve the 'decades old enigma' surrounding the death of former prime minister of India.<ref name="timesnow">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/the-tashkent-files-vivek-agnihotri-lal-bahadur-shastri-death-public-appeal/196878|title=The Tashkent Files: Vivek Agnihotri urges fans to help solve Lal Bahadur Shastri's mysterious death|access-date=8 February 2018|publisher=Times Now}}</ref>

Books referenced for and referred in the film include ''Political Mysteries'' by [[K. R. Malkani]], ''Conversations with the Crow'' by Gregory Douglas, and [[Mitrokhin Archive]] by [[Vasili Mitrokhin]].<ref name="dailyo">{{cite web |title=Who killed Lal Bahadur Shastri? |url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/lal-bahadur-shastri-vivek-agnihotri-who-killed-shastri-tashkent-files/story/1/33519.html |website=Dailyo}}</ref>

===Marketing and release===
First look poster was released on 19 March 2019, and on the same occasion, the release date of the film was announced as 12 April 2019.<ref name="taran" />

==Reception==

===Critical response===

Rachit Gupta of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film with two and a half stars out of five and praised its theme but lamented the lack of talent in its characters, despite a star-studded cast. Criticizing its direction, story-telling and songs, he concluded that:- "It also doesn’t help that the final slide of the movie tells the audience that the authenticity of all the facts displayed in the film cannot be verified."<ref name="times">{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Rachit |title=The Tashkent Files |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/the-tashkent-files/movie-review/68841252.cms |website=Times of India |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of [[Filmfare]] gives the film two and half stars out of five and noted the film to be a 'melodramatic' episode with loud and over the top acting coupled with bombastic dialogues. He further notes the film to be biased against a certain political party and that it ought have been launched after the national elections, which were running concurrently.<ref name="filmfare">{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Movie Review: The Tashkent Files |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-the-tashkent-files-33275.html |website=Filmfare |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Prashant Sisodia of [[NDTV India]] gave the film 3 out 5 stats<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/the-tashkent-files-film-review-by-prashant-sisodia-512009|title=The Tashkent Files Film Review by Prashant Sisodia – फिल्म रिव्यू: द ताशकंत फाइल्ज वीडियो – हिन्दी न्यूज़ वीडियो एनडीटीवी ख़बर|website=khabar.ndtv.com|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> whilst Shashank Shekhar of Desimartini gave the film 4.5 out 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.desimartini.com/bollywood-reviews/amp/tashkent-files/a-valiant-well-researched-attempt-to-uncover-the-truth-with-thrilling-insights-by-shashank-shekhar-rd37106.htm|title=A Valiant & Well Researched Attempt to Uncover the Truth with Thrilling Insights..... - Desimartini.com|last=Shekhar|first=Shashank|website=Desimartini|access-date=2019-04-21}}</ref>

Rahul Desai writing for ''Film Companion'' rated the film with one star out of five. Noting it to be a 'PhD. in whataboutery', he noted the film to be "not informed enough to be a documentary, not balanced enough to be a docudrama and not smart enough to be an investigative thriller."<ref name="fc">{{cite web |last1=Desai |first1=Rahul |title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: A Second-Hand History Lesson In Third-Rate Politics |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-vivek-agnihotri-rahul-desai-pankaj-tripathi |website=Film Companion |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Writing for [[Scroll.in]], Nandini Ramnath noted it to be a politically motivated film that did not have any rigor and failed to be an effective conspiracy thriller.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramnath |first1=Nandini |title='The Tashkent Files' movie review: Vivek Agnihotri puts the hysterics into history |url=https://scroll.in/reel/919767/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-vivek-agnihotri-puts-the-hysterics-into-history |website=Scroll.in |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> [[Saibal Chatterjee]], writing for [[NDTV]] rated the film with half star out of five and noted it to be an example of Google search film-making and concludes "Well, the actors may not be trash, but their performances scrape the bottom of the barrel. And the film? If you still haven't got it, it is JUNK."<ref name="ndtvcr">{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-in-a-word-junk-1-2-a-star-out-of-5-2021923|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: In A Word, Junk|access-date=12 April 2019|website=NDTV|first=Saibal|last=Chatterjee}}</ref> A review over ''[[India Today]]'' rated it one out of five stars and noted it to be a politically motivated film that did not have any logic and might be easily dispensed with.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-vivek-agnihotri-murders-logic-in-lal-bahadur-shastri-death-mystery-1500203-2019-04-12|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: Vivek Agnihotri murders logic in Lal Bahadur Shastri death mystery|last=DelhiApril 12|first=Samrudhi Ghosh New|last2=April 12|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|access-date=2019-04-12|last3=Ist|first3=2019 12:45}}</ref> A review over ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted it to be an ideological slideshow that exploited Shastri's death to attack left, secular and socialist ideologies and institutions and though based on an engaging topic, was a 'hotch-potch of hearsay, juvenile arguments' that ultimately lend to utter confusion rather than any conviction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-tashkent-files-movie-review/article26818036.ece|title='The Tashkent Files' movie review: History in the time of conspiracies|last=Rosario|first=Kennith|date=2019-04-12|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Another review over [[News18 India]] rated it one out of five stars and noted it to be a politically motivated film with unconvincing arguments and made for a dull watch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-a-dull-and-drab-conspiracy-theory-film-2100029.html|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: A Dull and Drab Conspiracy Theory Film|website=News18|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>

A review in ''[[The First Post]]'' asserted it to be a politically motivated film and rated it two out of five stars. Noting Agnihotri to neither have the finesse nor the potency to sketch a conspiracy thriller, the reviewer deemed it to be a cheap trick, that was high on hysteria but lacked logic amidst a focus-less frenzied storytelling that did not venture beyond the realms of Google.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/tashkent-files-movie-review-high-on-hysteria-and-hamming-vivek-agnihotris-film-comes-off-as-a-cheap-trick-6435571.html|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: High on hysteria and hamming, Vivek Agnihotri's film comes off as a cheap trick|date=2019-04-12|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> A review in [[The Indian Express]] deemed it to be an ideal fiction film for the 'post-truth, fake news era' that was politically motivated in entirety and consisted of a series of eye-roll moments with unintentionally hilarious dialogues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-5672255/|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: This Vivek Agnihotri film is a series of eye-roll moments|date=2019-04-12|website=The Indian Express|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> [[ThePrint|The Print]] reviewed it to be a shoddy jab at film-making that harnessed a mish-mash of unformed characters and incomplete plots whilst lacking factual logic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/vivek-agnihotris-tashkent-files-adds-confusion-to-many-conspiracies-over-shastris-death/220535/|title=Vivek Agnihotri's Tashkent Files adds confusion to many conspiracies over Shastri's death|last=Pothukuchi|first=Madhavi|date=12 April 2019|work=ThePrint|access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> Jyoti Sharma Bawa, reviewing for [[The Hindustan Times]] rated it one out of five stars whilst noting it to be disgusting political propaganda that hardly contained any truth and presented nothing new beyond the realms of an internet-crawl.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-disgusting-propaganda-where-truth-is-a-luxury/story-ksjYEOwRuFzwU1Uakl0DWI.html|title=The Tashkent Files movie review: Disgusting propaganda where truth is a luxury|date=2019-04-12|website=Hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave one and a half stars out of five.<ref name="Hungama">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-tashkent-files/critic-review/|title=The Tashkent Files Review 1.5/5 {{!}} The Tashkent Files Movie Review {{!}} The Tashkent Files 2019 Public Review|last=Hungama|first=Bollywood|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>

Anusha Iyengar, reviewing for [[Times Now]] gave two out of five stars, praising its story but criticizing its over-the-top dramatization and attempt at storytelling, that was amateurish.<ref name="Hungama"/> A review over Arre.co criticized the film as an endless cycle of whataboutery, directed by a dedicated by a [[Historical revisionism|historical revisionist]], which was nothing but an assault on common sense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arre.co.in/bollywood/the-tashkent-files-review-vivek-agnihotri/|title=The Tashkent Files Review: A Life-Threatening Headache Presented by Alt-Historian Vivek Agnihotri|date=2019-04-12|website=Arré|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> Manavi Kapur, reviewing the film at [[Business Standard]], noted it to be shoddily written, that was not even worthy enough for a daytime opera slot.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/entertainment/the-tashkent-files-review-bit-of-truth-mixed-with-lies-presented-as-fact-119041201270_1.html|title=The Tashkent Files review: Bit of truth mixed with lies, presented as fact|last=Kapur|first=Manavi|date=2019-04-12|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> [[Mid-Day]] gave one and a half stars out of five and noted it to be a poorly researched dull work, that seemed to have been wholly derived from internet and esp. social media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/the-tashkent-files-movie-review-juhu-versova-ka-jfk/20734153|title=The Tashkent Files Movie Review: Juhu-Versova ka JFK|date=2019-04-13|website=mid-day|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Shilajit Mitra, reviewing for [[The New Indian Express]] remarked it to be an exhausting head-spin of a movie, that went increasingly weird with the passage of time. Deeming it to be a poorly executed political propaganda, he rated one and a half stars out of five.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/hindi/2019/apr/12/nbspthe-tashkent-files-review-a-tacky-thriller-that-feels-longer-than-the-cold-war-11009.html|title=The Tashkent Files review: A tacky thriller that feels longer than the Cold War|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> Stutee Ghosh of [[The Quint]] reviewed it to be a prejudiced, amateurish and cringe-worthy film with an uninspiring storytelling that banked on crowd-sourced research and ultimately failed to engage the viewer. She rated one star out of five.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-tashkent-files-review-film-by-vivek-agnihotri-doesnt-solve-mystery-shashtri-death|title='The Tashkent Files' – Prejudiced, Amateurish and Cringe-Worthy|date=2019-04-12|website=The Quint|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>
*The film won the ''Surprise Hit of the Year'' award at the 2020 [[ETC Bollywood Business Awards]].

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = The Tashkent Files
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Rohit Sharma (composer)|Rohit Sharma]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 30 April 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/the-tashkent-files/zCXk3HBXSiQ_|title=The Tashkent Files – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=Jio Saavn}}</ref>
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 19:03
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Anaarkali of Aarah]]
| prev_year = 2017
| year = 2019
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External media
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}}

The music of the film is composed by [[Rohit Sharma (composer)|Rohit Sharma]] while the lyrics are penned by Aazad, Rohit Sharma and [[Vivek Agnihotri]].

{{Tracklist
| headline=Track listing
| total_length= 19:03
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1= Saare Jahan Se Acchha
| extra1= Jayaraman Mohan, Arya Acharya, RJ Archana, RJ Anuraag Pandey, RJ Rohini, Ekdant Kalakshetra, Swara Sharma, Nyonishi Cousins
| lyrics1 = [[Rohit Sharma (composer)|Rohit Sharma]], [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
| length1= 3:42
| title2 = Radha Tori Batiyaan Thumri
| extra2 = Ritesh Rajnish Mishra
| lyrics2 = Aazad
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Thumri Jugalbandi Rock
| extra3 = Ritesh Rajnish Mishra, Geet Sagar
| lyrics3 = Aazad
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = Sab Chalta Hai Rock
| extra4 = Geet Sagar
| lyrics4 = Rohit Sharma, Aazad
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Sab Chalta Hai Electronica
| extra5 = [[Rohit Sharma (composer)|Rohit Sharma]]
| lyrics5 = Aazad
| length5 = 2:18
| title6 = Sach Chalta Hai
| extra6 = Geet Sagar
| lyrics6 = Aazad, Rohit Sharma
| length6 = 2:17
}}

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Award
!scope="col"| Category
!scope="col"| Recipient(s)
!scope="col"| Result
!scope="col"| Ref.
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[67th National Film Awards|2021]]
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Pallavi Joshi]]
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Pallavi Joshi on National Film Award Win for Tashkent Files: This will Definitely Shut Critics Up|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/pallavi-joshi-on-national-film-award-win-for-tashkent-files-this-will-definitely-shut-critics-up-3562076.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Dialogues]]
|[[Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri]]
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exclusive! Vivek Agnihotri on National Award win for ‘Tashkent Files’: I dedicate this award to Shastriji - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/exclusive-vivek-agnihotri-on-national-award-win-for-tashkent-files-i-dedicate-this-award-to-shastriji/articleshow/81634483.cms|access-date=2021-03-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Home media ==
The film was released on [[Video on demand]] service [[ZEE5]] on 12 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/the-tashkent-files/0-0-73415|title=The Tashkent Files|last=|first=|date=|website=ZEE5|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=12 April 2019|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

== ''Who Killed Shastri?'' ==
''Who Killed Shastri?: The Tashkent Files'' is a non-fiction book by director Vivek Agnihotri about his research for the film and outlines various [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] (presented in the film) about the [[death of Lal Bahadur Shastri]]. It was released in August 2020 by [[Bloomsbury India]].<ref name="dailyo"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|8108268}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|the-tashkent-files}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/the_tashkent_files}}

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