Vikas Bahl Moves HC With Defamation Suit Against Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane
Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films, has filed a defamation suit against Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, his former partners in the productio
Filmmaker
Vikas
Bahl,
accused
of
sexual
assault
by
a
former
employee
of
Phantom
Films,
has
filed
a
defamation
suit
against
Anurag
Kashyap
and
Vikramaditya
Motwane,
his
former
partners
in
the
production
house.
Bahl,
the
director
of
Kangana
Ranaut-starrer
"Queen",
has
also
sought
interim
direction
from
the
court
seeking
to
restrain
Kashyap
and
Motwane
from
making
any
further
statements
either
to
the
media
or
on
social
media
platforms
against
him.
Hearing
on
Bahl's
plea
for
interim
direction
was
underway
at
the
Bombay
High
Court
Wednesday
evening.
His
suit,
filed
Tuesday,
alleged
that
Kashyap
and
Motwane
made
"defamatory,
slanderous
and
baseless
allegations"
against
him
due
to
which
he
has
suffered
irreversible
damage
to
the
reputation.
He
labelled
his
former
partners
as
opportunists,
who
allegedly
orchestrated
the
whole
campaign
against
him,
making
him
look
like
the
person
responsible
for
the
production
house's
fall.
Phantom
Films
was
established
in
2011
by
Kashyap,
Motwane,
Bahl
and
producer
Madhu
Mantena.
The
company's
productions
include
"Lootera",
"Hasee
Toh
Phasee" and
the
blockbuster
"Queen".
Soon
after
Bahl
was
named
by
a
former
employee
of
Phantom
Films
amid
the
MeToo
campaign,
Kashyap
and
Motwane
dissolved
the
production
house.
The
unidentified
woman
employee
alleged
that
Bahl
sexually
assaulted
her
in
Goa
during
a
promotional
tour
for
the
movie
"Bombay
Velvet" in
2015.
Bahl
had
earlier
this
month
issued
legal
notices
to
Kashyap
and
Motwane
threatening
to
file
civil
and
criminal
defamation
cases
if
they
did
not
withdraw
their
messages
(on
social
media)
and
tender
an
unconditional
apology.