The Tashkent Files

The Tashkent Files
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVivek Agnihotri
Written byVivek Agnihotri
Screenplay byVivek Agnihotri
Produced by
  • Haresh Patel
  • Pranay Chokshi
  • Anuya Chauhan Kudecha
  • Vivek Agnihotri
  • Ritesh Kudecha
  • Sharad Patel
Starring
CinematographyUdaysingh Mohite
Edited bySattyajit Gazmer
Music by
Production
companies
  • SP CineCorp
  • Vivek Agnihotri Creates
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)[1]
Running time
144 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹7.5 crore[3]
Box officeest. ₹20.84 crore[4]

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.

  1. ^ 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: https://t.co/huxc6BQ10s" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The Tashkent Files". Golden Village. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ "The Tashkent Files- Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "The Tashkent Files - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.