Imaad Shah

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{{Infobox person
| name = Imaad Shah
| image = Imaad Shah at 91.1 FM Radio City.jpg
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| title = Shah
| occupation = Actor / Musician
| yearsactive = 2006–present
| parents = [[Naseeruddin Shah]] [[Ratna Pathak]]
| relatives = [[Vivaan Shah]] (brother) Heeba Shah (half-sister) [[Supriya Pathak]] (aunt) [[Dina Pathak]] (grandmother) [[Zameerud-din Shah]] (uncle)
}}
'''Imaad Shah''',<ref>{{cite web|website=Bollywood Chaska|title=Imaad Shah 'My parents are the biggest critics I have'|date=19 May 2011|author=20 July 2009|url=http://www.bollywoodchaska.com/interviews/75-Imaad-Shah-My-parents-are-the-biggest-critics-I-have.html|access-date=30 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522152853/http://www.bollywoodchaska.com/interviews/75-Imaad-Shah-My-parents-are-the-biggest-critics-I-have.html|archive-date=22 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> born '''Imaaduddin Shah''', is an [[India]]n actor and musician. He is the son of the actors [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Ratna Pathak Shah]]. His maternal grandmother was the actress [[Dina Pathak]].<ref>{{cite news |title=What's eating Imaad Shah? |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/whats-eating-imaad-shah/437859/0 |work=Indian Express |date=23 March 2009|access-date=7 July 2020 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=I know pain: Imaad ShahSubhash K Jha,TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-29/news-interviews/28144624_1_pain-accident-film |date=29 March 2010 |access-date=3 March 2011 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235415/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-29/news-interviews/28144624_1_pain-accident-film |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }} - {{cite news |title=Katha sagar |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=194605 |work=Indian Express |date=29 July 2006 }}{{dead link|date=July 2020 }} - {{cite news |title=Imaad Shah's new play on love and the city |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_imaad-shah-s-new-play-on-love-and-the-city_1437682 |work=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |author=Sneha Mahadevan |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001223843/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_imaad-shah-s-new-play-on-love-and-the-city_1437682 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life==
He did his schooling at [[The Doon School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/up-close-and-personal-with-imaad-shah-5548 |title=Up close and personal with Imaad Shah |author=Ashleshaa Khurana |work=Times of India |date=4 June 2011 |access-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619055434/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/up-close-and-personal-with-imaad-shah-5548 |archive-date=19 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} - {{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020730/cth2.htm|title=Nasseeruddin's son adjudged best orator|work=Chandigarh Tribune|date=30 July 2002|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235651/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020730/cth2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 local train, he had an accident and was hospitalized 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 (film)|404]]'', ''[[Tasher Desh]]'' and [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]'' saw him playing dark and memorable characters.<ref>[http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/imaad_shah/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217042453/http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/imaad_shah/ |date=17 February 2009 }}, ''ApunKaChoice'' {{dead link</ref>

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.

Imaad Shah was recently seen in the web series 'A Married Woman', directed by Sahir Raza. The star cast also includes [[Ridhi Dogra]], [[Monica Dogra]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India TV News|date=2021-02-10|title=The Married Woman: From Ridhi Dogra to Monica Dogra, cast of web series revealed in a novel manner|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/web-series/the-married-woman-from-ridhi-dogra-to-monica-dogra-cast-of-web-series-revealed-in-a-novel-manner-684059|access-date=2021-02-11|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 17 March 2013, Imaad Shah confirmed that he is living with the actress [[Saba Azad]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Saba and I are living together: Imaad Shah | last = Shetty | first = Akshata | work = The Times of India | date = 17 March 2013 | access-date = 16 May 2016 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Saba-and-I-are-living-together-Imaad-Shhhiji.cms | archive-date = 8 November 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161108193932/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Saba-and-I-are-living-together-Imaad-Shah/articleshow/19017334.cms | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
! 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 (film)|Dhobi Ghat]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
|2011
|''[[404 (film)|404]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|Chris
|Lyrics (as Immaduddin Shah)
|-
|2013
|''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Sameer
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Tasher Desh]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
| Ruiton
|
|-
|2014
|''[[M Cream]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Figs
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Posham Pa]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Gundeep Singh
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Bombay Begums]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|Ron
|Web series on [[Netflix]]
|-
|2021
|''[[The Married Woman]]''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|Aijaz
|Web series on [[ZEE5]]
|-
|2021
|''[[The Empire (TV series)|The Empire]]''
|{{Yes}}
|
|
|Qasim
|Web series on [[Hotstar|Disney+Hotstar]]
|}

==Discography==
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Song
!Composer(s)/writer(s)
!Singer(s)
|-
|2011
|''[[404 (film)|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 (film)|Karwaan]]''
|"Bhar De Hamaare Glass"
||Imaad Shah
|Saba Azad
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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