Years active 2005–present Name Vikas Bahl | Role Film producer Ex-spouse Richa Bahl | |
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Born 1971 (age 43–44) New Delhi, India Occupation Director, producer, screenwriter Awards Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay Movies Shaandaar, Queen, Chillar Party, Hunterrr, Bombay Velvet Similar People Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, Amit Trivedi, Shahid Kapoor, Karan Johar | ||
Queen | Foodie Director | Vikas Bahl | 7th March
Vikas Bahl (born 1971) is an Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director, known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema. He produces films under Phantom Films, and was the former head of UTV Spot Boy. He has won three National Film Awards and one Filmfare Award.
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- Queen Foodie Director Vikas Bahl 7th March
- Going home a film by vikas bahl feat alia bhatt for vogueempower
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
He is best known for his 2014 movie Queen which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Director alongside many more accolades.
Going home a film by vikas bahl feat alia bhatt for vogueempower
Early life and education
Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and his father worked with the Indian Oil Corporation. After his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi, he moved to Mumbai to pursue MBA degree from SVKM's NMIMS.
Career
Bahl started his career with advertising, working for several years in client servicing, before joining UTV Spotboy. In 2011, he started Phantom Films, along with Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena. Over the years as a director he has worked with film directors like Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Rajkumar Gupta and Vikramaditya Motwane.
Also in 2011, he co-directed Chillar Party and won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay, along with Nitesh Tiwari and Vijay Maurya. The film also garnered the National Film Award for Best Children's Film In 2014 came his independent directorial venture, Queen starring Kangana Ranaut, which received critical and popular acclaim.
His new movie Shaandar, a destination wedding film, was a flop and received neutral to negative responses. In October 2014, he directed a short film, Going Home featuring Alia Bhatt on women's safety, which went viral on social media. Recently, a Bio Pic on Anand Kumar has been announced in Patna and it will be directed by Vikas Bahl.