Vikas Bahl is an Indian filmmaker, best known for directing and scripting the comedy drama film Queen (2013).[1]
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Born | 1971 (age 50–51) New Delhi, India |
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Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse | Richa Dubey (divorced) |
Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and 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 came 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 is now reported to helm the first instalment of Tiger Shroff's recently announced action franchise, titled Ganapath - Part 1, which is scheduled to release in January 2022 and will be produced by Jackky Bhagnani under Pooja Entertainment, as well as Bahl's new production house, Good Co.[13]
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.[14] Later, the film's lead actress Kangana Ranaut, in support of the former employee, also accused Bahl of sexual misconduct.[15][16] Following this, Nayani Dixit, Ranaut's co-star in the movie, levelled similar accusations against Bahl.[17] As a result, Phantom Films announced its dissolution on 5 October 2018,[18] largely in response to the sexual assault allegation against Bahl by another former Phantom employee, which was reported in 2015.[19] The other three founders, Kashyap, Motwane, and Mantena, all issued statements on Twitter confirming the company's disbanding and moving on to independent projects.[20] After, Phantom Films 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.[21]
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | ||
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Director | Producer | Writer | |||
2008 | Aamir | No | Yes | No | |
Welcome to Sajjanpur | No | Yes | No | ||
2009 | Dev.D | No | Associate | No | |
Ex Terminators | No | Associate | No | ||
2010 | Udaan | No | Associate | No | |
2011 | No One Killed Jessica | No | Creative | No | |
Thank You | No | Creative | No | ||
Chillar Party | Yes | No | Yes | Co-directed with Nitesh Tiwari | |
2013 | Lootera | No | Yes | No | |
Hasee Toh Phasee | No | Yes | No | ||
2014 | Queen | Yes | No | Yes | |
Ugly | No | Yes | No | ||
Going Home | Yes | No | Yes | Short film | |
2015 | NH10 | No | Yes | No | |
Hunterrr | No | Yes | No | ||
Masaan | No | Yes | No | ||
Shaandaar | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2016 | Raman Raghav 2.0 | No | Yes | No | |
Wrong Side Raju | No | Yes | No | Gujarati film | |
Udta Punjab | No | Yes | No | ||
2017 | Trapped | No | Yes | No | |
2018 | Mukkabaaz | No | Yes | No | |
High Jack | No | Yes | No | ||
Manmarziyaan | No | Yes | No | ||
2019 | Super 30 | Yes | No | No | |
2020 | Ghoomketu | No | Yes | No | |
2022 | Goodbye | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ganapath | Yes | Yes | No | Completed |
Year | Title | Functioned as | Notes | |||
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Director | Producer | Writer | Creator | |||
2021-present | Sunflower | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Rahul Sengupta |
2022 | Good Bad Girl | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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BIG Star Entertainment Awards | 2014 | Most Entertaining Film Director | Queen | Won |
Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Nominated |
Filmfare Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Won |
Best Screenplay | Nominated[lower-alpha 1] | |||
2017 | Best Film | Udta Punjab | Nominated | |
Ghanta Awards | 2016 | Worst Director | Shaandaar | Won |
IBNLive Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Won |
IIFA Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Won[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Best Story | Won | |||
2017 | Best Film | Udta Punjab | Nominated | |
National Film Awards | 2011 | Best Screenplay | Chillar Party | Won[lower-alpha 2] |
Best Children's Film | Won | |||
2014 | Best Features Film in Hindi | Queen | Won | |
Screen Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Won |
Best Screenplay | Nominated[lower-alpha 1] | |||
2017 | Best Film | Udta Punjab | Nominated | |
Stardust Awards | 2014 | Best Director | Queen | Won |
Star Guild Awards | 2015 | Best Director | Queen | Won |
Best Story | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Won[lower-alpha 1] | |||
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