I Never Thought I'd Be Doing Movies

Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files is labelled as propaganda and widely criticised for polarising audiences, but lead actor Simratt Kaur Randhawa defends the film citing artistic freedom.

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'Before Gadar 2, I was a nobody.

She plays Bharati Banerjee, a young woman who witnesses the violence unfolding around her.

The actor, who struck gold with her Hindi debut, the blockbuster Gadar 2, followed by the dud Vanvaas, is 'most excited' about people's reactions to The Bengal Files.

"I would like to know what people have to say about my performance. Please criticise my performance. Other than that, I don't want anything else,"

How much did this story affect you?

I had no idea about Direct Action Day.

I was like, 'Vivek sir, yeh kya hai? Is it fiction?'

He was like, you need to go and read about history.

So on August 16, 1946, the Direct Action Day took place and the movie is based on that incident.

I had to do my research.

Why do you think this story needed to be told?

As a youngster, I had no idea about history, which is really bad.