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Vivek Agnihotri on The Tashkent Files: People should know the truth
Updated On: 03 April, 2019 10:51 AM IST | Mumbai | ANI
The Tashkent Files stars Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Shweta Basu, Pankaj Tripathi, Vinay Pathak, Mandira Bedi and Pallavi Joshi in the lead roles. The film is slated to hit the screens on April 12
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Vivek Agnihotri
As "The Tashkent Files", a film on the mysterious death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, is all set to hit the theatres, director Vivek Agnihotri said people need to know the truth behind Shastri's unexplained story. "There hasn't been a more honest prime minister, such a humble gentleman yet a strong leader, and it is necessary that we know the truth," Agnihotri told ANI.
Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, passed away on January 11, 1966 in Tashkent, hours after signing the 'Tashkent Declaration', a peace agreement between India and Pakistan after the 1965 war that took place between the two countries. When asked if by the end of the movie people will know what exactly happened with Shastri in Tashkent, the director said, "I am not a judge or police, I can only make them (the audience) stand in front of truth and then it is up to the citizens to decide."
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