_The Tashkent Files_ stars veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Pankaj Tripathi, Pallavi Joshi and Shweta Basu. Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri, produced by Pranay

Chokshi, Haresh Patel, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek, the movie is slated to release on 12 April in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections. Vivek Agnihotri has said only an "idiot or a guilty

person" can call the movie a propaganda and that it is about a "citizen's right to truth".