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Vipul A Shah on helming Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat's Hisaab: ‘Wanted to make another bank heist film after Aankhen’

Updated on: 21 February,2026 08:00 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Filmmaker Vipul A Shah returns with Hisaab, a unique bank heist drama starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Shefali Shah. Unlike his 2002 hit Aankhen, this fresh story promises a twist, with a long-developed script and strong, original content

Vipul A Shah on helming Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat's Hisaab: ‘Wanted to make another bank heist film after Aankhen’

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Three blind men rob a bank. That premise led to a gripping heist drama in filmmaker Vipul A Shah’s Aankhen (2002). With his next, Hisaab, the director promises a bank robbery “with a twist”. The cherry on the top is its cast — Jaideep Ahlawat and Shefali Shah. “After Aankhen, I always wanted to make another film on a bank heist, but I was not getting the right idea. Hisaab is as unique a story as Aankhen was — a kind of heist film that India has not seen before. It’s taken us a long time to write it. Comparisons with Aankhen are unavoidable, though there is nothing common between the two films [except] the bank robbery. So, we wanted to make something that had strong content,” shared the director.  

Jaideep Ahlawat and Shefali Shah starred in ‘Three of Us’ (2023)Jaideep Ahlawat and Shefali Shah starred in ‘Three of Us’ (2023)


An ace up Vipul’s sleeve is the casting, as he has reunited Ahlawat and Shefali after their tender love story, Three of Us (2023). In them, the director found the strong performers he was seeking. “Jaideep and Shefali are two phenomenal actors who can deliver performances with ease and depth. [No matter] whether they have done Three of Us or 30 films together, they will be a pair to watch out for. The scenes light up when they are together, and it’s beautiful for me as a director to watch it happen.”  



The poster of ‘Aankhen’The poster of ‘Aankhen’

With the shoot complete, Hisaab is being readied for a theatrical release. The director will zero in on a release date after his production, The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond — a film through which he wants “to be the voice of the victims” — arrives in cinemas. 

Shefali Shah with Vipul A Shah
Shefali Shah with Vipul A Shah

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