The Tashkent Files

The Tashkent Files
The Tashkent Files
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vivek Agnihotri
Written by	Vivek Agnihotri
Screenplay by	Vivek Agnihotri
Produced by	Haresh Patel; Pranay Chokshi; Anuya Chauhan Kudecha; Vivek Agnihotri; Ritesh Kudecha; Sharad Patel;
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty; Naseeruddin Shah; Shweta Basu Prasad; Pankaj Tripathi; Mandira Bedi; Pallavi Joshi; Rajesh Sharma;
Cinematography	Udaysingh Mohite
Edited by	Sattyajit Gazmer
Music by	Songs: Rohit Sharma; Score: Satya Manik Afsar;
Production; companies	SP CineCorp; Vivek Agnihotri Creates;
Distributed by	Zee Studios
Release date	12 April 2019;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹7.5 crore
Box office	est. ₹20.84 crore

The Tashkent Files is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language conspiracy propaganda film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. It focuses on the mysterious death of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. It is the first installment in Agnihotri's The Files Trilogy, followed by The Kashmir Files (2022) and The Bengal Files (2025). The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics.