Dhruv Rathi criticized Vivek Agnihotri for showing Bengal files to children
YouTuber Dhruv Rathi asked filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri to show the A-Retted film The Bengal files to the children, which increased the concern of coming in contact with violent materials.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathi recently criticized filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, who allows children to look at their latest release, ‘The Bengal Files’, which is a strictly certified film for adults by Indian authorities. All this started when Agnihotri posted a picture showing families with children attending a screening. This has discussed the adherence to age sanctions in Indian cinemas.
Vivek shared a picture of the audience watching the film in a theater and wrote, “A picture says all (SIC).”
AdvertisementA picture says all this. pic.twitter.com/7h1rifatgz– Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) September 12, 2025
Dhruv Rathi responded rapidly to Agnihotri’s post in the commentary section, “Are you seriously watching an adult rated film? It should be a crime. You are hurting your childhood by showing so much blood, gore and violence to their childhood.

The incident has trusted the debate about the enforcement of film certification in the Indian cinema hall. The compulsory ‘A’ Certificate, compulsory by the Central Board of Film Certification, prohibits adults over 18 years of age.
The film stars a cast of artists in lead roles including Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher and Pallavi Joshi, in which Darshan Kumar and Simrat Kaur are also playing major parts. Other actors include Saswat Chatterjee, Namashi Chakraborty, Rajesh Khera, Puneet Isar, Priyeshu Chatterjee, Dibyandu Bhattacharya, Sourav Das and Mohan Kapoor.
The ‘The Bengal files’, written by Agnihotri and produced by Abhishek Aggarwal and Pallavi Joshi, are presented by Tej Narayan Aggarwal and IM Buddha Productions. The film has continued the discovery of the director of the historic truth after its earlier works, ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘The Teshant Files’.

