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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 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>
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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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" />
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==
 
===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>
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>


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>
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 .


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]].


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


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The Tashkent Files
File:The Tashkent Files poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVivek Agnihotri
Produced by
  • Haresh Patel
  • Pranay Chokshi
  • Anuya Chauhan Kudecha
  • Vivek Agnihotri
  • Ritesh Kudecha
  • Sharad Patel
Written byVivek Agnihotri
Screenplay byVivek Agnihotri
Starring
Music by
CinematographyUdaysingh Mohite
Edited bySattyajit Gazmer
Production
company
  • SP CineCorp
  • Vivek Agnihotri Creates
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)[1]
Running time
144 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹20.84  crore[3]

The Tashkent Files is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language 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 positive reviews from critics and became a box-office sleeper hit.[4][5]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

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.[7]

In February 2018 he invited from the public any information, book, link or memory related to Lal Bahadur Shastri’s mysterious death in Tashkent to help him solve the 'decades old enigma' surrounding the death of former prime minister of India.[18]

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.[19]

Marketing and release[edit]

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.[1]

Critical response[edit]

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."[20] 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. [21] Prashant Sisodia of NDTV India gave the film 3 out 5 stats[22] whilst Shashank Shekhar of Desimartini gave the film 4.5 out 5.[23]

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 .

The film won the Surprise Hit of the Year award at the 2020 ETC Bollywood Business Awards.[citation needed]

Soundtrack[edit]

The Tashkent Files
Soundtrack album by
Rohit Sharma
Released30 April 2019[24]
Recorded2018
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:03
LabelZee Music Company
Rohit Sharma chronology
Anaarkali of Aarah
(2017) 		The Tashkent Files
(2019)
External audio
Audio Jukebox at YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Rohit Sharma while the lyrics are penned by Aazad, Rohit Sharma and Vivek Agnihotri.

Track listing
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Saare Jahan Se Acchha"  Jayaraman Mohan, Arya Acharya, RJ Archana, RJ Anuraag Pandey, RJ Rohini, Ekdant Kalakshetra, Swara Sharma, Nyonishi Cousins 3:42
2. "Radha Tori Batiyaan Thumri"  Ritesh Rajnish Mishra 3:42
3. "Thumri Jugalbandi Rock"  Ritesh Rajnish Mishra, Geet Sagar 3:14
4. "Sab Chalta Hai Rock"  Geet Sagar 3:50
5. "Sab Chalta Hai Electronica"  Rohit Sharma 2:18
6. "Sach Chalta Hai"  Geet Sagar 2:17
Total length:
 19:03

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2021 National Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Pallavi Joshi Won [25]
Best Dialogues Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri Won [26]

Home media[edit]

The film was released on Video on demand service ZEE5 on 12 April 2019.[27]

Who Killed Shastri?[edit]

Who Killed Shastri?: The Tashkent Files is a non-fiction book by director Vivek Agnihotri about his research for the film and outlines various theories about the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was released in August 2020 by Bloomsbury India.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (19 March 2019). "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: t.co/huxc6BQ10s" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "The Tashkent Files". Golden Village. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Tashkent Files Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Tashkent Files: Small-budget film's dream run at box office, completes 100 days". The Financial Express. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bollywood makes bank". The Asian Age. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Adarsh, Taran [@taran_adarsh] (23 March 2019). "Naseeruddin Shah..." (Tweet). Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Tashkent Files: Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty to star in film on Lal Bahadur Shashtri". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Adarsh, Taran [@taran_adarsh] (22 March 2019). "Mithun Chakraborty is #ShyamSundarTripathi..." (Tweet). Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Twitter.
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