Early years

Born on 7th November, 1968 in the former princely state

Princely state

A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...

 of Wadhwan

Wadhwan

Wadhwan is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Demographics: India census, Wadhwan had a population of 61,739. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Wadhwan has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of...

, Vipul K Rawal did his schooling from a Military School in Dehradun

Dehradun

- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...

 and later in Vapi

Vapi

Vapi Vapi Vapi (IAST: vāpī, Gujarati: , is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of Damanganga River in southern Gujarat, India. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi...

, Gujarat. It was during his college days in Madras, that the filmy bug really bit him. His college was situated in Kodambakkam

Kodambakkam, Chennai

Kodambakkam is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. It is famed as the centre of the Tamil film industry known as Kollywood.- Location :...

, also known as the hollywood of south. He started making round of studios and met a lot of aspiring actors and film makers. He even acted in numerous Tamil movies

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 as a junior artist.

Military service

He dropped out of college halfway to join the Indian Navy where he served with distinction on the missile frigate INS Gomati (F21)

INS Gomati (F21)

INS Gomati is a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of Indian Navy.Ship badge=It was suggested that some of the ship's components were substandard and that there were errors in the procurement process.-References:...

. He was a member of the IPKF

Indian Peace Keeping Force

Indian Peace Keeping Force was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990...

 operations in Sri-Lanka and was part of Operation Cactus

Operation Cactus

The 1988 Maldives coup d'état, whose rescue efforts were code-named Operation Sandhya by the Indian armed forces, was the attempt by a group of Maldivians led by Abdullah Luthufi and assisted by about 80 armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist organisation from Sri Lanka, the People's Liberation...

 (Maldives Operation). After a short service, he acquired a discharge from the navy to pursue a career in film writing.

First movie

To survive, he took up a job in the multinational Wipro Technologies where he first worked in Operations and then in HR. It was during his tenure in Wipro Technologies, he managed to sell his first script IQBAL. IQBAL changed everything as he won a lot of critical acclaim and was considered hot property.

Later projects

After Iqbal (film), Vipul signed a two movie deal with John Matthew Matthan

John Matthew Matthan

- Early life :John started his career as an assistant director on the epic movie Gandhi, directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. Govind Nihlani was also working on the same film. John went on to assist Govind Nihlani on several of his films before starting out on his own as an ad-film maker...

 of Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh was a critically and commercially successful action film, released in 1999. It was directed by John Matthew Matthan and starred Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre and Naseeruddin Shah. John started working on Sarfarosh in 1992...

 Fame. The financial security allowed him to quit his job and pursue his passion full time. HE wrote the serial Vicky Ki Taxi

Vicky Ki Taxi

Vicky Ki Taxi is a tv show that airs on the indian channel Real TV and it premiered on March 6, 2009. The story revolves around Vicky and his taxi 'Jaaneman’. The stories conceived and written by Vipul K Rawal of Iqbal fame were heartwarming and touched a chord with all sorts of viewers....

, an eposodic serial on the life and adventures of a Mumbai Taxi Driver, which was bankrolled by Turner Broadcasting Corporation. His film, where he has written the story, A New Love Iisshstory starring Himesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...

, newcomer Niharika Singh

Niharika Singh

Niharika Singh is the winner of Femina Miss India Earth 2005. She also won the subtitles of Miss Beautiful Hair and Miss Photogenic and went on to represent India at the Miss Earth pageant in Manilla, Phillipines. She has endorsed various Products, featured in various TV commercials and music...

 and veteran actor Satish Shah

Satish Shah

Satish Ravilal Shah is a Hindi and Marathi film and television actor best known for his comedy films. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the ever popular 80's sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He is famous for playing the role of Municipal Commissioner...

 is ready for release. The second film tentatively titled "BIJLEE" is under pre-production stage. Having a background of the Indian Armed Forces, most of Vipul's stories are based on the Military, Wars and espionage. The forthcoming BIJLEE, being directed by John Mathew Mathan of Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh

Sarfarosh was a critically and commercially successful action film, released in 1999. It was directed by John Matthew Matthan and starred Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre and Naseeruddin Shah. John started working on Sarfarosh in 1992...

 fame too is a military adventure spanning 6 decades.Recently his film Iqbal (film) was nominated as one of the ten most motivational and inspirational Hindi films by the popular e-learning website www.biggyan.com . Audi Alteram Parten, the gut wrenching documentary written by him about the miscarriage of justice and the delay in implementation of Srikrishna Comission has been nominated in the Best documentry and Audience Choice award at the Stuttgart Film Festival, Germany..

Filmography

1. Iqbal (film) - Story

2. A New Love Iisshstory - Story

3. Bijlee (tentative title) - Story

4. Audi Alteram Partam (Hear the other side) - Script and Screenplay

5. Vicky Ki Taxi

Vicky Ki Taxi

Vicky Ki Taxi is a tv show that airs on the indian channel Real TV and it premiered on March 6, 2009. The story revolves around Vicky and his taxi 'Jaaneman’. The stories conceived and written by Vipul K Rawal of Iqbal fame were heartwarming and touched a chord with all sorts of viewers....

 - Story, Screenplay, Dialogues

Other activities

Apart from being a successful scriptwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

, Vipul is an entrepreneur with interests in e-commerce and recruitment consultancy. He is the proprietor of eBiz India, a recruitment consultancy specializing in Foreign Language Jobs.