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After a former employee of Phantom Films, now bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut accused director Vikas Bahl of molestation, saying the director had harassed her on the sets of Queen as well.
In an interview to India Today, Kangana said, “Every time we met, socially greeted and hugged each other, he (Bahl) would bury his face in my neck, hold me really tight and breathe in the smell of my hair. It took me great amount of strength and effort to pull myself out of his embrace. He’d say ‘I love how you smell K’.”
Kangana added in the interview, “Even though Vikas was married back in 2014 when we were filming Queen, he bragged about having casual sex with a new partner every other day. I don’t judge people and their marriages but you can tell when addiction becomes sickness. He partied every night and shamed me for sleeping early and not being cool enough.”
“I could tell something is wrong with him. I believe this girl. But what is sad, is that now that Phantom has been dissolved, many are attacking him, even though the girl asked for help long ago. At that time, the story was conveniently killed, but I supported her at that time as well. You can see my media interaction during one of my brand endorsement interactions. I thought the movement [MeToo] would catch up but I was wrong,” said the 31-year-old actor.
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Kangana said though she believed the woman who levelled allegations against Bahl, it was sad that people were attacking him now “even though the woman asked for help long ago.”
“That time the story was conveniently killed but I supported her at that time as well… I thought the movement would catch up but I was wrong,” she said.
The actor claimed that Bahl had approached her with a film script and then stopped discussing the project as Ranaut supported the woman. “I didn’t mind losing out on a good script and I never called him either,” she said. “I was determined to say what I felt was right but the matter was pushed under the carpet and I didn’t hear any updates about the same. It’s amusing after the news of Phantom dissolution, many are finding the courage to attack him.”
“Shame on such a society, go look at yourselves in the mirror bunch of cowards. Attacking powerless men won’t begin a movement. Lets not be opportunists. Selective outrage will only serve as entertainment, this will just be tabloid gossip and nothing else,” she said.
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