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 theatre. He was part/director of a number of Gujarati dramas, some of which were well received by audience. He made his debut with Gujarati film Dariya Chhoru (children of the ocean) in late 90s, with JD Majethia as the lead. As of 2010, he has directed six Hindi films, four of which have starred Akshay Kumar. He is the producer of The Kerala Story.^[1]

Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Vipul Amrutlal Shah at the launch of his new show Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer
Spouse	Shefali Shah ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2
Website	sunshinepictures.in

Career

Vipul Amrutlal Shah started his career on small screen with the soap opera Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, which aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The serial went on to become the longest running family drama with over 1000 episodes.^[2]

Shah's directorial debut was Dariya Chhoru (Gujarati). He then made his debut in Hindi films with Aankhen, which was based on his Gujarati play 'Aandhlo Pato' ("Blind Fold"). It was one of 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' ("Good bye 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, was not well received.

In March 2011, Shah announced his intention to make a sequel of his 2007 film Namastey London.^[3]

During the MeToo movement in India in 2018, he was accused of sexual harassment by Iranian actress Elnaaz Norouzi.^[4][5]

Personal life

Shah with his wife Shefali Shah

He is married to actress Shefali Shah and has two sons.^[6]

He studied in KC College, Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

As director

Film	Year	Cast
Dariya Chhoru	1999	Shefali Shah
Aankhen	2002	Amitabh Bachchan, Sushmita Sen, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal
Waqt: The Race Against Time	2005	Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali Shah
Namastey London	2007	Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif
London Dreams	2009	Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Asin
Action Replayy	2010	Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Namaste England	2018	Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra

As producer

Film	Year	Director	Cast
Singh Is Kinng	2008	Anees Bazmee	Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif
Kucch Luv Jaisaa	2011	Barnali Ray Shukla	Shefali Shah, Rahul Bose, Sumeet Raghavan
Force		Nishikanth Kamath	John Abraham, Genelia D'souza, Vidyut Jammwal, Raj Babbar
Commando: A One Man Army	2013	Dilip Ghosh	Vidyut Jammwal, Pooja Chopra, Jaideep Ahlawat
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty	2014	A. R. Murugadoss	Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Freddy Daruwala, Sumeet Raghavan
Force 2	2016	Abhinay Deo	John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Raj Babbar
Commando 2: The Black Money Trail	2017	Deven Bhojani	Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Freddy Daruwala, Esha Gupta
Commando 3	2019	Aditya Datt	Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Gulshan Devaiah
Sanak	2021	Kanishk Varma	Vidyut Jammwal, Rukmini Maitra, Neha Dhupia, Chandan Roy Sanyal
The Kerala Story	2023	Sudipto Sen	Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani
Bastar: The Naxal Story[7]	2024	Sudipto Sen	Adah Sharma, Shilpa Shukla, Yashpal Sharma, Subrat Dutta, Raima Sen, Indira Tiwari

Television

Show	Year(s)	Role
Jeevan Mrityu	1995	Director
Alpviram	1998
Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka	1999-2002
Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye	2001	Writer, Producer
Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother	2012	Producer
Pukaar - Call For The Hero	2014-2015
Human	2022	Director, Producer
Commando	2023