Vipul Shah - The Film Maker

Vipul Amrutlal Shah (sometimes also known as Vipul Shah) is a film
producer, writer and director of Hindi movies. As of now, he has
directed and produced only four Hindi films but all of them have been
hugely successful.



All of his films have one thing in common. They all star Akshay Kumar.
Director was praised by the critics in his debut film Aankhen which
was the 5 biggest hit of 2002. He wrote and directed Aankhen (2002)
which was based on a Gujarati play Andhalo Pato about a bank robbery
by three blind men. Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) was again
inspired by a play but was an average runner at the box office. Both
movies starred Amitabh Bacchan and Akshay Kumar. His next two films
Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng also did well at the Box Office.

He is currently married to Shefali Shetty.

Vipul Shah intialily started of with a soap opera 'Ek Mahal Ho Sapno
Ka',aired on Sony Entertaintment Channel.The serial went on to be the
longest running family drama with over 1000 episodes. He is now the
producer of Comedy Circus and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa on Sony TV Asia.

In 2001, he wrote the screenplay for the successful Tamil movie
Minnale that was remade in Hindi as Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein.

He is working with Asin, Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan in London Dreams
that is a film based on rock stars, to be released in 2009. His other
release in 2009 is Action Replay with Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai and
Arjun Rampal.