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The Tashkent Files review
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23
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Summary
The Tashkent Files (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 23 from 11 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on ZEE5 in India.
The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
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Cast & crew
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Directed and written by Vivek Agnihotri · music Rohit Sharma & Satya Manik Afsar
Vivek AgnihotriDirector · Writer
Rohit SharmaMusic
Satya Manik AfsarMusic
Uday Singh MohiteCinematography
Sattyajit GazmerEditing
Naseeruddin ShahLead
Mithun Chakraborty
Shweta Basu Prasad
Asif Basra
Mandira Bedi
Pallavi Joshi
Rajesh Sharma
Vinay Pathak
Pankaj Tripathi
Prakash Belawadi
Achint Kaur
V.M. Badola
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Summary
The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
The Tashkent Files (2019, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 23 from 11 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on ZEE5 in India.
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What the critics said
11 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 11 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Devesh Sharma · 12 Apr 2019
Movie Review: The Tashkent Files | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Kennith Rosario · 12 Apr 2019
Rosario calls the film an ideological slideshow that uses Shastri's death as pretext for attacking left, secular and socialist figures. He credits… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Kusumita Das · 12 Apr 2019
The critic finds the film's political agenda transparent despite its pretense of balance, faulting over-the-top performances, confused character… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
30
Shilajit Mitra · 12 Apr 2019
Mitra finds the film tacky and exhausting, crammed with claims and counterclaims that never cohere, and flags a technically botched trick shot… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
28
Stutee Ghosh · 12 Apr 2019
Ghosh finds the plot contrived and the storytelling amateurish, wasting actors like Tripathi and Sharma in shrill, unconvincing scenes. She… Read it there →
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22
Nandini Ramnath · 12 Apr 2019
‘The Tashkent Files’ movie review: Vivek Agnihotri puts the hysterics into history Read it there →
Published · 1/5.0
Filmi’s reading 18
20
Shubhra Gupta · 12 Apr 2019
The Tashkent Files movie review: This Vivek Agnihotri film is a series of eye-roll moments Read it there →
Published · 0.5/5
Filmi’s reading 12
10
Samrudhi Ghosh · 12 Apr 2019
The Tashkent Files Movie Review: Vivek Agnihotri murders logic in Lal Bahadur Shastri death mystery Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 10
20
Jyoti Sharma Bawa · 12 Apr 2019
The Tashkent Files movie review: Disgusting propaganda in which truth is a luxury | Bollywood Read it there →
Published · 1/5
Filmi’s reading 8
20
Saibal Chatterjee · 12 Apr 2019
The Tashkent Files Movie Review: In A Word, Junk Read it there →
Published · 0.5/5
Filmi’s reading 8
10
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 11 readings; 7 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch The Tashkent Files?
The Tashkent Files is streaming on OTT: ZEE5 (India) and Vi Movies and TV (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about The Tashkent Files?
The Tashkent Files has a Filmi Score of 23 (Weak), the mean of 11 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 8 (Hindustan Times) to 48 (Filmfare). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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