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Bahl in 2014
screenwriter
2005–present
Richa Dubey (divorced)
Vikas Bahl is an Indian filmmaker, best known for directing Chillar Party (2011), Queen (2013), Super 30 (2019), and Shaitaan (2024).[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, his father worked with the Indian Oil Corporation . After his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and graduation from Ramjas College , Delhi, he moved to Mumbai to pursue an MBA degree from SVKM's NMIMS .[2]
Bahl started his career with advertising, working for several years in client servicing, before joining UTV Spotboy. In 2011, he started Phantom Films , along with Anurag Kashyap , Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena . Over the years as a director he has worked with film directors such as Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Gupta and Vikramaditya Motwane.[3]
In 2011, Bahl made his directorial debut under UTV Spotboy alongside co-director Nitesh Tiwari with Chillar Party and won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay , with Vijay Maurya . The film also garnered the National Film Award for Best Children's Film .[4] In 2014, he launched his independent directorial venture Queen , starring Kangana Ranaut , which received critical and popular acclaim.[2] [5]
Bahl's 2015 film Shaandar , a destination wedding film, was a flop and received neutral to negative responses.[5] [6] In October 2014, he directed a short film Going Home , featuring Alia Bhatt , on women's safety, which went viral on social media.[7] [8] [9] Bahl next directed a biopic on mathematician and IIT-JEE coach Anand Kumar called Super 30 ,[10] which featured Hrithik Roshan as Kumar.[11] [12]
Bahl then directed Tiger Shroff starrer Ganapath (2023), which he co-produced with Pooja Entertainment .[13] It was released on 20 October 2023 to highly negative reviews. Bahl’s direction was also received mixed to negative remarks. Bollywood Hungama in their review wrote "Vikas Bahl's screenplay is unexciting and direction is not up to the mark. To give credit its due, he has handled a few dramatic moments well.".[14] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Ganapath is painfully pea-brained pulp that makes a meal of a terribly thin storyline."[15] Bhavna Agarwal of India Today gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "'Ganapath' offers absolutely no respite. If you expect it to get better in the second half as Gen Z are often heard saying ‘you are in delulu’."[16] Hiren Kotwani of Mid-Day gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "What makes Ganapath different from the saviour-hero films of yore is that director Bahl has tried to make it look like the desi Mad Max of sorts, albeit with unimpressive design and poor packaging".[17]
Sexual harassment allegations [ edit ]
In October 2018, in an interview with Huffington Post India, a former employee of Phantom Films accused Bahl of sexually harassing her on the set of the 2014 film Queen .[18] Later, the film's lead actress Kangana Ranaut , in support of the former employee, also accused Bahl of sexual misconduct.[19] [20] Following this, Nayani Dixit, Ranaut's co-star in the movie, leveled similar accusations against Bahl.[21] As a result, Phantom Films announced its dissolution on 5 October 2018,[22] largely in response to the sexual assault allegation against Bahl by another former Phantom employee, which was reported in 2015.[23] The other three founders, Kashyap, Motwane, and Mantena, all issued statements on Twitter confirming the company's disbanding and moving on to independent projects.[24] After, Phantom Film subsequently disbanded, and founders Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane made formal statements against Bahl and his sexual misdemeanors. Bahl, in turn, sent them legal notices, citing defamation of character.[25]
Filmography [ edit ]
Notes
Producer
Writer
Aamir
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Dev.D
No
Associate
No
No
Associate
No
Udaan
No
Associate
No
No One Killed Jessica
No
Creative
No
No
Creative
No
Yes
No
Yes
Co-directed with Nitesh Tiwari
Lootera
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Queen
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Short film[26]
NH10
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Raman Raghav 2.0
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Gujarati film
No
Yes
No
Trapped
No
Yes
No
Mukkabaaz
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Super 30
Yes
No
No
Ghoomketu
No
Yes
No
Goodbye
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ganapath
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shaitaan
Yes
Yes
No
Television [ edit ]
Notes
Producer
Writer
Creator
Sunflower
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Co-directed season 1 with Rahul Sengupta
Good Bad Girl
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
Nominated work
Result
2014
Most Entertaining Film Director
Queen
Won
2015
Best Director
Queen
Nominated
2015
Best Director
Queen
Won
Nominated[a]
Best Film
Udta Punjab
Nominated
2016
Worst Director
Shaandaar
Won
2015
Best Director
Queen
Won
2015
Best Director
Queen
Nominated
Won[a]
Won
Best Film
Udta Punjab
Nominated
2011
Best Screenplay
Chillar Party
Won[b]
Won
Best Features Film in Hindi
Queen
Won
2015
Best Director
Queen
Won
Nominated[a]
Best Film
Udta Punjab
Nominated
2014
Best Director
Queen
Won
2015
Best Director
Queen
Won
Won
Won[a]
References [ edit ]
^ "Vikas Bahl's Queen is about a naïve Delhi girl" . The Times of India . 27 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014 .
^ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced" . Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012 .
^ a b "Wouldn't have made the film had Kangana not agreed: Vikas Bahl" . The Times of India . 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014 .
^ Ankur Pathak (21 March 2014). "Queen and I" . Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 9 April 2014 .
^ "Going Home: Vikas Bahl visualises a utopia for women with Alia Bhatt" . India Today . 18 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014 .
^ "Watch: Alia Bhatt's spine-chilling short film with Vikas Bahl" . Deccan Chronicle . 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018 .
^ "Alia Bhatt shows Utopian world in short film 'Going Home' " . The Indian Express . 22 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014 .
^ "Soon, a biopic on Super 30 founder Anand Kumar" . Hindustan Times . 10 May 2016.
^ "Confirmed! Hrithik Roshan to play math genius Anand Kumar in Super 30" . hindustantimes.com/ . 25 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018 .
^ "Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 gets a new release date" . The Indian Express . 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018 .
^ "Tiger Shroff announces his next action franchise Ganapath; Vikas Bahl to helm first instalment" . firstpost.com . Retrieved 7 November 2020 .
^ "GANAPATH – A HERO IS BORN Movie Review" . Bollywood Hungama . 27 October 2023. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023 .
^ "Ganapath Review: Tiger Shroff Bulldozes His Way Through The Rubble" . NDTV.com . Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023 .
^ " 'Ganapath' Movie Review: Tiger, Kriti's 'Mad Max'-inspired world deserved better" . India Today . Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023 .
^ " 'Ganapath: A Hero Is Born' movie review – Sad Max, anyone?" . Mid-day . 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023 .
^ " 'Queen' Director Vikas Bahl Sexually Assaulted Me, Phantom Films Did Nothing: Survivor Speaks Out" . HuffPost India . 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "Vikas Bahl Would Hold me Tight, Smell My Hair, Says Kangana After Woman Accuses Him of Molestation" . News18 . Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "Kangana Ranaut Accuses Vikas Bahl Of Harassment: Is #MeToo Gaining Pace In India?" . headlinestoday.org . 7 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ "Kangana Ranaut's Queen Co-Star Nayani Dixit Accuses Vikas Bahl Of Sexual Misconduct" . headlinestoday.org . Headlines Today. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018 .
^ Shaikh, Samina (6 October 2018). "EXCLUSIVE! Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena dissolve their production company" . The Times of India . Retrieved 6 October 2018 .
^ Pathak, Ankur (6 October 2018). " 'Queen' Director Vikas Bahl Sexually Assaulted Me, Phantom Films Did Nothing: Survivor Speaks Out" . HuffPost . Retrieved 7 October 2018 .
^ "Phantom Films Dissolved; Anurag Kashyap Says, 'All Dreams Come To An End'!" . Filmibeat.com . 6 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018 .
^ "Vikas Bahl accuses Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane of defaming him in legal notice" . Hindustan Times . 10 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018 .
^ Nithya Nair (20 October 2014). "Alia Bhatt's short film 'Going Home' is captivating" . India .
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