Vikas Bahl Files Rs 10 Crore Defamation Case Against Anurag Kashyap And Vikramaditya Motwane
Days after slapping legal notices to Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bhal has filed 10 Crore defamation suit against the ex-partners
After sending
legal notices to his ex-partners Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas
Bahl has now filed 10 Crore defamation case against them.
Bahl, in a
suit filed on Tuesday, sought direction from the court to restrain the two from
making any statement about him to the media or via social media. The court on
Wednesday posted the matter to Friday so that the alleged victim's side of the
story can also be heard in the court's chambers, Bahl's advocate Hitesh Jain
told IANS.
The 'Queen'
famed Bahl was last year accused of sexual harassment by a former employee of
the film collective Phantom Films, for an incident that took place in 2015 in
Goa during the promotion of the banner's movie 'Bombay Velvet'. The allegation
resurfaced as the #MeToo movement garnered steam in India, leading some others,
including 'Queen' actress Kangana Ranaut, to point fingers at Bahl's behaviour
towards women.
'Queen' Movie's Director Vikas Bahl
Kashyap came out in support of the allegations in a HuffPost India report and also tweeted about it, while Motwane called Bahl a "sexual offender".
Bahl has said the defendants are "taking advantage of the ongoing #MeToo movement in the country". Kashyap, Motwane, Bahl and Madhu Mantena made a creative film quartet in Bollywood when they established Phantom Films in 2011. They came up with movies like Lootera, Hasee Toh Phasee, Queen and Udta Punjab, as well as the web series Sacred Games.
A few days back, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena had taken to social media to announce the dissolution of Phantom.
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