On 6th October Anurag Kashyap tweeted that Phantom films have now been dissolved. The production company was started by him along with Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and producer Madhu Mantena in 2011.
Phantom was a dream, a glorious one and all dreams come to an end . We did our best and we succeeded and we failed. But i know for sure we will come out of this stronger, wiser and will continue to pursue our dreams our own individual ways. We wish each other the best.
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) October 5, 2018
Apparently, one of the partners made to the headlines in the year 2015 for sexually assaulting a women crew member. The woman has accused Queen Director Vikas Bahl of sexually assaulting her during the promotional tour of the film Bombay Velvet and has also claimed that no action was taken by Phantom films against the director.
Recently, the survivor and Anurag Kashyap in interviews to a Huffington Post have opened about the past incident. The survivor has shared that terrifying experience that she went through in the year 2015. Vikas Bahl kept on harassing her till she quit the organization. She was not even associated with Bahl, she was a part of Kashyap’s team.
However, talking about the incident Anurag Kashyap mentioned, “Whatever happened was wrong. We didn’t handle it well, we failed. I cannot blame anyone but myself. But now we are determined to do better. We believe her completely. She has our undying support. What Bahl has done is horrifying. We are already on our path of course correction and will do everything in our capacity to fix it.”
While the producer has clarified his side, Motwane, Bahl and Mantena are still silent on the matter.
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