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Vipul Amrutlal Shah (commonly known as Vipul Shah) is a film producer and director of
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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
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in main lead. As of 2010, he has directed six Hindi films, four of which have starred
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Career

Vipul Amrutlal Shah started his career on small screen with the soap opera '' Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka'', which aired on
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. The serial went on to become the longest running family drama with over 1000 episodes. 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 ''
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''. In 2009, he directed ''
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'', starring
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, which was an average grosser at the box office. His 2010 release, ''
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'' starring
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and
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, was not well received. In March 2011, Shah announced his intention to make a sequel of his 2007 film '' Namastey London''.


Personal life

He is married to actress
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and has two sons. And he studied in KC College, Mumbai.


Filmography


As Director


As Producer

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Television series

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* Hindi film producers Living people Hindi-language film directors Film producers from Gujarat Film directors from Gujarat Indian television producers Indian television directors 21st-century Indian film directors People from Kutch district Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-bio-stub