Name Vipul Shah Role Film producer | Spouse Shefali Shah | |
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Occupation Film director, Film producer Awards BIG Star Most Entertaining Action Film Movies Namastey London, Action Replayy, London Dreams, Commando, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Similar People Shefali Shah, Vidyut Jamwal, Akshay Kumar, AR Murugadoss, Rannvijay Singh | ||
Gujarati jalso vipul amrutlal shah
Vipul Amrutlal Shah (commonly known as Vipul Shah) is a film producer and director of Hindi films. He began his career with Gujarati theater. He was part/director of a number of Gujarati dramas, some of which were well received by Gujarati audience. He made his debut with Gujarati film 'Dariya-Chhoru' (means children of ocean) in late 90s, with JD Majethia in main lead. As of 2010, he has directed five Hindi films, four of which have starred Akshay Kumar.
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- Gujarati jalso vipul amrutlal shah
- I would love to have akshay kumar in my next directorial venture vipul amrutlal shah
- Career
- Personal life
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I would love to have akshay kumar in my next directorial venture vipul amrutlal shah
Career
Vipul Shah started career on small screen with a soap opera Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The serial went on to become the longest running family drama with over 1000 episodes.
Shah's debut film as director was Dariya Chhoru (Gujarati). This film was well-made. He made his debut in Hindi films with Aankhen, which was based on his Gujarati play 'Aandhlo Pato' (means Blind Fold). It was among the five biggest hits of 2002. He then impressed the audience and critics in his next film Waqt: The Race Against Time, which was again based on a Gujarati play 'Aavjo Vhala Phari Malishu' (means Come dear, will meet again). It was also one of the highest-grossing films of 2005. His next two films, Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng did very well at the box office with the latter breaking all previous opening records in bollywood. In 2009, he directed London Dreams, starring Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin Thottumkal, which was an average grosser at the box office. His 2010 release, Action Replay starring Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai, which was a flop.
In March 2011, Shah announced his intention to do a sequel of his 2007 film Namastey London.
Personal life
He is married to actress Shefali Shah and has two sons.