Vikas Kapoor

Vikas Kapoor
Born
Kanpur, India
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Author
  • Director
  • Producer

Vikas Kapoor is an Indian author, screenwriter, director, and producer based in Mumbai.[1] He primarily works as a screenwriter in Hindi religious serials and shows.[2] He has worked on Om Namah Shivaay, Shirdi K Sai Baba, Jai Shri Ganesh, and Jai Santoshi Maa. He has directed and produced feature films as well.[3]

He had authored the books "Kaikeyi– Shri Ram Vanvas Keval Chaudah Varsh Kyon?", Sai Ki aatmkatha and Kundalini Jagran.[4][5][6] He has also directed and produced shows and films.

He has won the President's award for the show Shirdi K Sai Baba and also termed as God's own writer by The Times of India.[7][8] He has also won Top 50 Indian Icon Awards 2025 (T50IIA Awards).[9]

Early life and career

Vikas Kapoor was born in Swarup Nagar, Kanpur, India. He graduated from VSSD College and got his break as a screenwriter when Nitish Bharadwaj noticed him and offered him to write in his serial. He eventually kept writing for the religious serials and became an established writer.[10]

Filmography

Serials and mythological shows

Serial Writer TV Channel Ref.
Om Namah Shivaay Yes DD National [11]
Jai Shri Ganesh Yes Sony Entertainment [10]
Jai Santoshi Maa Yes Zee TV [7]
Anantkoti Bramhandnayak Saibaba Yes DD Kisan [12]
Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran Yes Colors TV [13]
Achanak Uss Roz Yes Dangal [14]
Shobha Somnath ki Yes Zee TV [1]
Man Me Hai Vishwas Yes Sony TV [15]
Sai Bhakton Ki Sacchi Kahania Yes Sony TV [13]
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Yes yes
Sunderkand Yes Zee Anmol [7]
Soone Soone Nayan Yes sahara TV
Raavi aur magic mobile Yes Big Magic
Kasak Yes DD National
Mazhab Nahi Sikhata Yes DD National [13]
The Wheel of life Yes Zee Business
Ramayana Yes NDTV Imagine [7]
Jap Tap Vrat Yes Star TV [10]
Om Namo Narayan Yes Sahara TV [16]
Jai Maa Vaishno Devi Yes 9X [17]
Uplabdhiyan Yes DD National [18]
Geeta Rahasya Yes DD National [19]
Andhaa Yug Yes DD National
Surya Puran Yes Mahua TV [18]
Savitri Yes DD Kisan

Feature films

Film Writer Contribution Ref.
Shirdi Ke Sai Baba Yes Story, Screenplay & Dialogues [16]
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Yes Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Creative Direction [15]

Bibliography

  • Kaikeyi– Shri Ram Vanvas Keval Chaudah Varsh Kyon?[20]
  • Sai Ki Atmkatha [21]
  • Kundalini Jagran[16]
  • Kaaljaee
  • Kanpur Bhumi Ka Bhugol (Approved for Class 6 & 7 syllabus)
  • Sai Baba Comic Book[22]

Awards

  • President Award– Best Film on National Integration (2002)[17]
  • Kala Shri Award– By then PM Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998)[11]
  • 50 Icon Award (2025)[9]
  • Prabha Shri Award– Kashi (2025)[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Another tale of valour". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Srimath Bhagawatham to feature divine discourse by the Lord Krishna". The Times of India. 16 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Vikas Kapoor filmography, Movies List of Vikas Kapoor | Vikas Kapoor". indianfilmhistory.com.
  4. ↑ "" साई की आत्मकथा " का विमोचन". mediamorcha.com.
  5. ↑ "Launch of Vikas Kapoor's book 'Sai Ki Aatmakatha'". Bollywood Hungama.
  6. ↑ ""कैकेयी" सिर्फ पुस्तक नहीं, बल्कि एक बौद्धिक न्याय की पुकार है: राज्यपाल आरिफ मोहम्मद खान". navodayatimes.in (in Hindi). 30 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Vikas Kapoor on being 'God's own writer'". The Times of India. 24 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "DD Kisan to telecast new TV serial 'Anantkoti Bramhandnayak Saibaba' from 16th February". medianews4u.com. 13 February 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Vikas Kapoor to Be Felicitated as Most Popular Book Writer at T50IIA Awards 2025". Dainik Bharat. 17 July 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "महाभारत के श्रीकृष्ण ने दिखाई मुंबई की राह, जानिए इस प्रभु के लेखक की स्ट्रगल की कहानी Kanpur News - know the struggle story of writer vikas kapoor". Jagran (in Hindi).
  11. 1 2 3 "Vikas Kapoor: From Kanpur's Theatre Stages to National Honours – An Exclusive Interview with the 'God's Own Writer'". Bru Times News.
  12. ↑ "Arya Mahajan to essay Shirdi Sai Baba in new series". The Times of India.
  13. 1 2 3 "मशहूर लेखक विकास कपूर द्वारा शिर्डी के साईं बाबा पर एक नये दैनिक धारावाहिक'`अनंतकोटि ब्रह्मांड नायक साईबाबा' का निर्माण". India Warta. 3 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Vikas Kapoor's new show 'Achanak Uss Roz', filled with 'Navras' Dangal TV". Punjab Post. 8 May 2019.
  15. 1 2 "Madhoo returns". Mumbai Mirror.
  16. 1 2 3 "'The Copyright Amendment Bill has been passed, but the Government has to do a lot'-Vikas Kapoor". India Education.
  17. 1 2 ""Shirdi Saibaba" fame actor Aushim Khetrapal returns to acting after 18 years in "Chal Jeet Le Jahan"". Odisha Diary.
  18. 1 2 "Vikas Kapoor Exclusive Interview: "Now Television Is Over…"". bollyy.com.
  19. ↑ "Vikas Kapoor on being 'God's own writer'". Newsd. 23 June 2020.
  20. ↑ कैकेयी : श्री राम वनवास - केवल चौदह वर्ष क्यों?. ISBN 9788197606373.
  21. ↑ Sai Ki Atmakatha (Hindi) - Ziffy Bees. 16 October 2025.
  22. ↑ SHIRDI SAI BABA.
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