Imaad Shah

Imaad Shah,[1] born Imaaduddin Shah, is an Indian actor and musician. He is the son of the actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah. His maternal grandmother was the actress Dina Pathak.[2] He is also a theatre actor and works with the theatre company Motley, founded by Naseeruddin Shah and Benjamin Gilani. He has been a part of many productions including Katha Collage, Waiting for Godot, By George and Manto Ismat Haazir Hain, apart from working with other groups.[3]

Imaad Shah
Born
Mumbai, India
OccupationActor / Musician
Years active2006–present
TitleShah
Parent(s)Naseeruddin Shah
Ratna Pathak
RelativesVivaan Shah (brother)
Heeba Shah (half-sister)
Supriya Pathak (aunt)
Dina Pathak (grandmother)
Zameerud-din Shah (uncle)

Early life

He did his schooling at The Doon School in Dehradun.[4] He is a songwriter and is the frontman of the band The Pulp Society.

Career

Imaad made his acting debut in 2006 in his father's Yun Hota To Kya Hota. In 2007 he acted in Dil Dosti Etc under Prakash Jha, where he played a young Delhi University student with a penchant for the secret corners of the old town. Later that year, in real life, while traveling to University in Mumbai on a Mumbai local train, he had an accident and was hospitalised with serious injuries when he fell out of the moving train.

He bounced back with his next film Sooni Taraporevala's award winning Little Zizou (2009) which traveled to film festivals all across Europe, North America and parts of Asia.

Subsequent releases, including 404, Tasher Desh and Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist saw him playing dark and memorable characters.[5]

He is part of the electro funk/nu disco duo Madboy/Mink with Saba Azad and is the frontman and guitarist/vocalist for the funk/disco band The Pulp Society.

Personal life

On 17 March 2013, Imaad Shah confirmed that he is living with the actress Saba Azad.[6]

Filmography
Year Film Actor Assistant
director		 Writer Role Notes
2006 Yun Hota To Kya Hota Yes Joy First film as adult
2007 Dil Dosti Etc Yes Apurv
2009 Little Zizou Yes Artaxerxes Khodaiji
2011 Dhobi Ghat Yes
2011 404 Yes Yes Chris Lyrics (as Immaduddin Shah)
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Yes Sameer
2013 Tasher Desh Yes Ruiton
2014 M Cream Yes Figs
2019 Posham Pa Yes

Discography
Year Film Song Composer(s)/writer(s) Singer(s)
2011 404 "Aisa Hi Hai, Chal Soch Le, Kya Dekh Raha Hai, Psycho Baba" Imaad Shah Imaad Shah, various
2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! "Calcutta Kiss" Madboy, Mink Imaad Shah, Saba Azad
2018 Karwaan "Bhar De Hamaare Glass" Imaad Shah Saba Azad

References
  1. 20 July 2009 (19 May 2011). "Imaad Shah 'My parents are the biggest critics I have'". Bollywood Chaska. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. "What's eating Imaad Shah?". Indian Express. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "I know pain: Imaad ShahSubhash K Jha,TNN,". The Times of India. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
    - "Katha sagar". Indian Express. 29 July 2006.
    - Sneha Mahadevan (14 September 2010). "Imaad Shah's new play on love and the city". DNA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Ashleshaa Khurana (4 June 2011). "Up close and personal with Imaad Shah". Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
    - "Nasseeruddin's son adjudged best orator". Chandigarh Tribune. 30 July 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, ApunKaChoice {{dead link
  6. Shetty, Akshata (17 March 2013). "Saba and I are living together: Imaad Shah". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.


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