He made documentary films for a Malayalam television channel for a period of time. Prior to making his feature directorial debut, Vimal made a documentary on the same subject, titled
Jalam Kondu Murivettaval. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film
Ennu Ninte Moideen, which was based on the real-life story of Moideen and Kanchanamala that took that place in the 1960s in
Mukkam,
Kozhikode. The film starred
Prithviraj Sukumaran and
Parvathy. In January 2016, announcement of his second directorial was held at a function in
Burj Al Arab,
Dubai. The high-budget film titled
Mahavir Karna was based on the epic
Mahabharata was initially launched as a Malayalam language film with
Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role. Later in the year, Vimal said that the film's budget estimate is around 300 crore. In 2017, for reasons unknown, Prithviraj opted out of the project and
Vikram was signed in as a replacement, thus making the film a Tamil production. ==Filmography==