Vikas Bahl

Vikas Bahl
Bahl at the success party for Queen, 2014
Born	1971 (age 45–46) New Delhi, India
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	2005–present

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.

He is best known for his 2014 movie Queen which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Director alongside many more accolades.

Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and his father worked with the Indian Oil Corporation. He was called "Fattu" by his friends in Lajpat Nagar. After his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi, he moved to Mumbai to pursue MBA degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

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.