Biography
Handa was born and bred in Delhi. He did his schooling at the Delhi Public School and obtained his B. Com. (Hons) from the Shri Ram College of Commerce. Handa made his directorial debut with Uff Yeh Mohabbat starring debutants Abhishek Kapoor and Twinkle Khanna.Handa has also written lyrics for numerous movies with reputed lyricist Rani Malik. Handa has been absent from the media for a long time, and was last seen on Dastak, a television show where he presented the problems of the unfortunate such as rape victims, child sex workers and those suffering from medical negligence and old age. Dastak offered a telephone number with counselors to provide support to callers. After Dastak went off air, the Koshish Foundation was launched, which provides education of unemployed adolescent girls.
Handa is currently writing a book for Wisdom Tree,with 14 short stories in English and Hindi. He is also the advisory member of the Wisdom Tree panel. He is writing for a weekly newspaper section called "Vipin Handa Speaks" which treats legends from the Indian film industry such as Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.He also runs his renowned men's fashion store Villa Appearances, which are branched all over India.
Handa has planned his comeback ventures Kalash and Jashn, with Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor respectively.He and his store Villa Appearances have launched their own boutique Bed and Breakfast called Villa 29.
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