Background
Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and his father worked with the Indian Oil Corporation.
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Bahl was born and brought up in Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, and his father worked with the Indian Oil Corporation.
After his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi, he moved to Mumbai to pursue Master of Business Administration degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).
He produces films under Phantom Films, and was the former head of UTV Spot Boy. He has garnered three and one Filmfare Award. He was called "Fattu" by his friends in Lajpat Nagar.
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.
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 recived 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.
National Film National Film Award for Best Screenplay (Company-screenwriter) - Chillar Party (2011) National Film Award for Best Children"s Film (Company-director) - Chillar Party (2011) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (Director) - Queen (2014) Filmfare Filmfare Award for Best Director (Director) - Queen (2014) International Indian Film Academy IIFA Award for Best Director - Queen (2014) IIFA Award for Best Screenplay - Queen (2014) IIFA Award for Best Story - Queen (2014) BIG Star Entertainment BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Director (Film) - Queen (2014) Screen Screen Award for Best Director - Queen (2014) Screen Award for Best Screenplay - Queen (2014) Star Guild Star Guild Award for Best Director - Queen (2014) Star Guild Award for Best Story - Queen (2014) Star Guild Award for Best Screenplay - Queen (2014) Stardust Stardust Award for Best Director - Queen (2014).
