The Tashkent Files
The Tashkent Files – Who Killed Shastri? is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language thriller film about the death of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri; written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film stars Shweta Basu Prasad, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Pankaj Tripathi, Pallavi Joshi, Prakash Belawadi and Mandira Bedi. It was released on 12 April 2019 to negative reviews but emerged as a box-office sleeper hit and received two National Film Awards.
Plot
A young journalist, Raagini Phule, whose career is threatened and looking for a scoop receives help from an anonymous informer which leads to the formation of a panel of experts by the government, which also includes Raagini, to investigate the truth about the death of India's former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The collected information is scrutinised and debated over by the panel in an attempt to unravel the truth.
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| author | Vivek Agnihotri |
|---|---|
| director | Vivek Agnihotri |
| editor | Sattyajit Gazmer |
| genre | thriller |
| keywords | lal bahadur shastri prime minister scoop |
| musicBy | Rohit Sharma Score: Satya Manik Afsar Songs: [[Rohit Sharma |
| productionCompany | SP CineCorp Vivek Agnihotri Creates |
| publisher | Zee Studios |
| theme | conspiracy theories propaganda |