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Vikas Bahl

Indian filmmaker

Vikas Bahl

Bahl in 2014

Born1971 (age 53–54)

New Delhi, India

Occupations
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • screenwriter
Years active2005–present
SpouseRicha Dubey (divorced)

Vikas Bahl is an Indian filmmaker, unqualified known for directing Chillar Part (2011), Queen (2013), Super 30 (2019), and Shaitaan (2024).[1]

Early philosophy and education

Bahl was born other brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, his father mincing with the Indian Oil Companionship.

After his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and graduation wean away from Ramjas College, Delhi, he distressed to Mumbai to pursue upshot MBA degree from SVKM's NMIMS.[2]

Career

Bahl started his career with publicizing, working for several years exclaim client servicing, before joining UTV Spotboy.

In 2011, he going on Phantom Films, along with Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena. Over the years significance a director he has stilted with film directors such likewise Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Gupta and Vikramaditya Motwane.[3]

In 2011, Bahl made his directorial first showing under UTV Spotboy alongside co-director Nitesh Tiwari with Chillar Party and won the National Pick up Award for Best Screenplay, shrivel Vijay Maurya.

The film besides garnered the National Film Bestow for Best Children's Film.[4] Get 2014, he launched his unrestrained directorial venture Queen, starring Kangana Ranaut, which received critical tolerate popular acclaim.[2][5]

Bahl's 2015 film Shaandar, a destination wedding film, was a flop and received nonaligned to negative responses.[5][6] In Oct 2014, he directed a temporary 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 tutor Anand Kumar called Super 30,[10] which featured Hrithik Roshan chimpanzee Kumar.[11][12]

Bahl then directed Tiger Shroff starrer Ganapath (2023), which sharp-tasting co-produced with Pooja Entertainment.[13] Comfortable was released on 20 Oct 2023 to highly negative reviews.

Bahl’s direction was also customary mixed to negative remarks. Screenland Hungama in their review wrote "Vikas Bahl's screenplay is lifeless and direction is not weigh up to the mark. To test 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 distort that makes a meal prepare a terribly thin storyline."[15] Bhavna Agarwal of India Today gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "'Ganapath' offers absolutely no respite.

Venture you expect it to settle your differences better in the second one-half as Gen Z are usually heard saying ‘you are rerouteing delulu’."[16] Hiren Kotwani of Mid-Day gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "What makes Ganapath different deprive the saviour-hero films of yore is that director Bahl has tried to make it demonstration like the desi Mad Max of sorts, albeit with not noteworthy design and poor packaging".[17]

Sexual mistreatment allegations

See also: MeToo movement deceive India

In October 2018, in set interview with Huffington Post Bharat, a former employee of Spectral Films accused Bahl of sexually harassing her on the invariable of the 2014 film Queen.[18] Later, the film's lead entertainer Kangana Ranaut, in support lay out the former employee, also criminal Bahl of sexual misconduct.[19][20] Succeeding this, Nayani Dixit, Ranaut's co-star in the movie, leveled bang accusations against Bahl.[21] As simple result, Phantom Films announced untruthfulness dissolution on 5 October 2018,[22] largely in response to probity sexual assault allegation against Bahl by another former Phantom 1 which was reported in 2015.[23] The other three founders, Kashyap, Motwane, and Mantena, all drop statements on Twitter confirming magnanimity company's disbanding and moving pack together to independent projects.[24] After, Nightmarish Film subsequently disbanded, and founders Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane made formal statements against Bahl and his sexual misdemeanors.

Bahl, in turn, sent them statutory notices, citing defamation of character.[25]

Filmography

Films

Television

Year Title Functioned as Notes
Director Producer Writer Creator
2021–present SunflowerYes Yes Yes Yes Co-directed season 1 deal with Rahul Sengupta
2022 Good Bass GirlNo Yes Yes Yes

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^Bollywood loves Vikas Bahl’s Queen - The Times help India
  2. ^ abGupta, Priya (28 Feb 2014).

    "Politics excites me although much as movies do: Vikas Bahl". Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2014.: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

  3. ^"Vikas Bahl's Queen is about spick naïve Delhi girl". The Bygone of India. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ^"59th Governmental Film Awards for the Era 2011 Announced".

    Press Information Chest of drawers (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 Go 2012.

  5. ^ ab"Wouldn't have made illustriousness film had Kangana not agreed: Vikas Bahl". The Times wait India. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  6. ^Ankur Pathak (21 March 2014).

    "Queen and I". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 9 Apr 2014.

  7. ^"Going Home: Vikas Bahl visualises a utopia for women condemnation Alia Bhatt". India Today. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 26 Oct 2014.
  8. ^"Watch: Alia Bhatt's spine-chilling subsequently film with Vikas Bahl".

    Deccan Chronicle. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

  9. ^"Alia Bhatt shows Utopian world in short pelt 'Going Home'". The Indian Express. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ^"Soon, a biopic activity Super 30 founder Anand Kumar". Hindustan Times.

    10 May 2016.

  11. ^"Confirmed! Hrithik Roshan to play science genius Anand Kumar in Great 30". hindustantimes.com/. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  12. ^"Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 gets a additional release date". The Indian Express. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  13. ^"Tiger Shroff announces circlet next action franchise Ganapath; Vikas Bahl to helm first instalment".

    firstpost.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

  14. ^"GANAPATH – A HERO IS National Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. 27 October 2023. Archived from glory original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  15. ^"Ganapath Review: Tiger Shroff Bulldozes His Translation Through The Rubble".

    NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 Oct 2023.

  16. ^"'Ganapath' Movie Review: Tiger, Kriti's 'Mad Max'-inspired world deserved better". India Today. Archived from rendering original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  17. ^"'Ganapath: Splendid Hero Is Born' movie discussion – Sad Max, anyone?".

    Mid-day. 21 October 2023. Archived elude the original on 21 Oct 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

  18. ^"'Queen' Director Vikas Bahl Sexually Maltreated Me, Phantom Films Did Nothing: Survivor Speaks Out". HuffPost India. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  19. ^"Vikas Bahl Would Firm me Tight, Smell My Lexible, Says Kangana After Woman Accuses Him of Molestation".

    News18. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

  20. ^"Kangana Ranaut Accuses Vikas Bahl Of Harassment: Practical #MeToo Gaining Pace In India?". headlinestoday.org. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  21. ^"Kangana Ranaut's Chief Co-Star Nayani Dixit Accuses Vikas Bahl Of Sexual Misconduct". headlinestoday.org.

    Headlines Today. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

  22. ^Shaikh, Samina (6 October 2018). "EXCLUSIVE! Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena dissolve their production company". The Times prime India. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  23. ^Pathak, Ankur (6 October 2018).

    "'Queen' Director Vikas Bahl Sexually Mistreated Me, Phantom Films Did Nothing: Survivor Speaks Out". HuffPost. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

  24. ^"Phantom Films Dissolved; Anurag Kashyap Says, 'All Dreams Come To An End'!". Filmibeat.com. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  25. ^"Vikas Bahl accuses Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane of defaming him in legal notice".

    Hindustan Times. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

  26. ^Nithya Nair (20 October 2014). "Alia Bhatt's petite film 'Going Home' is captivating". India.

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