A day after announcing the dissolution of Phantom Films following the sexual harassment allegations against Phantom Films' co-founder Vikas Bahl, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Sunday apologized to the victim and claimed that he was "ill-advised" by his legal team. He further mentioned how he could not sack Vikas as there was no provision for ending his association with the production house on grounds of misconduct.
Following Anurag's statement on Twitter, filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, also a partner at Phantom Films, apologised for the incident and termed Vikas as a "sexual offender." He shared a post on Twitter, where he revealed that he only got to know about the said incident in March 2017 and not 2015, when it actually happened.
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L-R: Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kahsyap[/caption]
According to Vikramaditya, the woman in question refrained from opening up about the issue in public. He further tried to defend himself by stating, "For those of you accusing me of being complicit, creating a boys’ club, and protecting Vikas — I was silent in the press because I felt I was trying to make things right in a manner that, at all times, sought to protect the identity of the girl in question, without assigning any doubt whatsoever to her version of what had transpired, and most importantly, on terms that she wanted and expressly agreed to then."
Meanwhile, yet another allegation surfaces!
After Kangana Ranaut opened up on Vikas' misbehaviour on the sets of Queen, another actress has now claimed that Vikas "forcibly tried to kiss" her. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, as per a leading daily, the unnamed actress mentioned that she always considered Vikas "dodgy" and refrained from being alone with him.
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She also said that Vikas usually pretends to be drunk and feigns ignorance. Recalling an incident from a party, she said, "He caught the corner of my mouth when he tried to kiss me and I pushed him, not enough people were around to have seen it," further adding that during his pretence he would say things like, "I didn't do anything, did you do something?" The actress concluded by saying that Vikas' indecent behaviour was no secret and his ex-wife was aware of it as well.
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