

The Tashkent Files
“Right to Truth”
Overview
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.
Top Cast

Naseeruddin Shah
PKR Natrajan

Mithun Chakraborty
Shyam Sunder Tripathi

Shweta Basu Prasad
Raagini Phule

Asif Basra
News Channel Editor

Mandira Bedi
Indira Joseph Roy

Pallavi Joshi
Aiysha Ali Shah

Rajesh Sharma
Omkar Kashyap

Vinay Pathak
Mukhtar

Pankaj Tripathi
Gangaram Jha

Prakash Belawadi
GK Anantha Suresh
Themes & Keywords
About The Tashkent Files
The Tashkent Files is a drama, mystery, thriller, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of based on true story, death, government conspiracy. Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, it stars Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Shweta Basu Prasad. 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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