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Filmmaker Vikas Bahl who rose to fame after his film Queen has landed in a major trouble. If reports are to be believed, a colleague of the director claims to have been allegedly molested by him. After which Vikas has been ousted from Phantom Films. Reportedly, Bahl molested his female colleague during a trip to Goa few months back.
Post a meeting with the other board members, he was ousted from his position in the company. In fact, the Queen director was informed to clear his office on March 28.
But the reputed director now clearly denies all the claims saying that he is heartbroken to find these claims against him.
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Vikas stated, “Nothing has happened. I am running the company. There is no complaint to HR and there is no Vishakha committee. I have heard about this particular lady you are speaking about and the Goa incident. She is not my employee. Yes, I am friends with her, we have worked together and there is a production job we have done together…but if she is feeling like this I would like to sit across a table from her and talk to her. I want to ask her if I have crossed a line, whether I have done anything to hurt her and if she feels that way I would like to apologise for it. I have known her for long. For two-and-half years she has never made me feel as if she is uncomfortable (around me). I have worked very hard to be the person I have become. I do feel a little victimised but I don’t know what to do about that.“
Vikas also talked about the company he has been associated with for long time. He also said that the team mates in the company are his best friends. Talking about the same he said, ” People really like me. I don’t know why anyone would stoop to this level.“ About possible fissures in Phantom, he claimed equal innocence. “Phantom Films is like my family. I gave up a huge job to start this company. My shares in Phantom are equal to the others. We are equal partners and best friends.If you have followed (the US sitcom) FRIENDS, you will know that after the first season of the show Ross had become the most popular guy and the makers of the show hiked his fee three times over. He went and told the producers if you are doing it for me you have to do it for the others too. And that was our learning. We will always be equal partners. It doesn’t matter whose movie does well and whose doesn’t. We will always be equal partners.”
On the same, even co-producer Madhu Mantena has denied the reports, stating that they’re untrue.
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