 Hours before the films premier in Calcutta, five researchers  submitted a petition was submitted to the Calcutta High Court  seeking to remove any controversial issues seen in the film. These  issues were the use of the word "forgotten" in the films title and  the scenes that showed Bose as married to an Austrian woman. In  2002, these same researchers had sent a notice to director Benegal  requesting him not to show Boses death in a 1945 plane crash. The  same thing had been done in this case, but this time the researchers  threatened to go to court if their requests were not granted.  Benegal himself defended his film in court, and the petition was  rejected.