Queen director
Vikas Bahl is in the midst of a murky sexual harassment controversy. It all
began after a former Phantom Films' employee levelled allegations of sexual
harassment against him. Post that Kangana Ranaut and Nayani Dixit also spoke
about his misconduct. As a consequence, the Indian Film & Television
Director's Association (IFTDA) had asked Vikas on October 9 to show cause as to
why his membership shouldn't be terminated. Now, Vikas has reverted to IFTDA.
In the letter,
Vikas called the allegations false, malicious and motivated. He wrote, "I
deny all the alleged sexual harassment charges levelled against me and as
stated in your said notice. These alleged charges are not only false,
erroneous, malicious, motivated but have no factual basis. Further, you may
also note that till date neither has any criminal complaint been filed against
me in respect of the alleged sexual harassment charges nor have I been called
upon by any investigation agency for investigation with respect to the same.
The allegations levelled against me merely anonymous and hearsay. Thus, I am
presumed to be innocent till proven guilty."
Copy Of Letter From Vikas Bahl To IFTDA
Vikas has also
filed defamation case against his former partners Vikramaditya Motwane and
Anurag Kashyap. Talking about that he wrote, "My partners Mr Anurag Kashyap
and Mr Vikramaditya Motwane have published defamatory
tweets/articles/statements against me with an intent to settle personal scores,
exact vendetta, and due to professional jealously and with the sole intent to
defame me, malign my image and destroy my career and hence I request your good
office not to rely upon any statement so made by them."
Vikas Bahl
Vikas opened up
saying that the cases were pending at the Honourable Bombay High Court. Lastly,
Vikas also requested the members of the IFTDA to not cancel his membership
without a fair trial. "Since the matter is sub judice I request your good
office not to take any action against me and not to terminate my membership
with IFTDA in the interim and without giving me a personal hearing,"
concluded Vikas.
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