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]
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 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, 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.
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.[6]
Personal life
On 17 March 2013, Imaad Shah confirmed that he is living with the actress Saba Azad.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Actor | Assistant director |
Writer | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Yun Hota To Kya Hota | Template:Yes | Joy | First film as adult | ||
| 2007 | Dil Dosti Etc | Template:Yes | Apurv | |||
| 2009 | Little Zizou | Template:Yes | Artaxerxes Khodaiji | |||
| 2011 | Dhobi Ghat | Template:Yes | ||||
| 2011 | 404 | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Chris | Lyrics (as Immaduddin Shah) | |
| 2013 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Template:Yes | Sameer | |||
| 2013 | Tasher Desh | Template:Yes | Ruiton | |||
| 2014 | M Cream | Template:Yes | Figs | |||
| 2019 | Posham Pa | Template:Yes | Gundeep Singh | |||
| 2021 | Bombay Begums | Template:Yes | Ron | Web series on Netflix | ||
| 2021 | The Married Woman | Template:Yes | Aijaz | Web series on ZEE5 | ||
| 2021 | The Empire | Template:Yes | Qasim | Web series on Disney+Hotstar |
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
- ↑ Imaad Shah 'My parents are the biggest critics I have'. Bollywood Chaska(19 May 2011). Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ What's eating Imaad Shah?. Indian Express(23 March 2009). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ I know pain: Imaad ShahSubhash K Jha,TNN. The Times of India(29 March 2010). Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- Katha sagar. Indian Express(29 July 2006).Template:Dead link
- Imaad Shah's new play on love and the city. DNA(14 September 2010). Retrieved 7 July 2020. - ↑ Up close and personal with Imaad Shah(4 June 2011). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Nasseeruddin's son adjudged best orator(30 July 2002). Retrieved 7 July 2020. - ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive, ApunKaChoice {{dead link
- ↑ The Married Woman: From Ridhi Dogra to Monica Dogra, cast of web series revealed in a novel manner, Desk, India TV News. www.indiatvnews.com(2021-02-10). Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ Saba and I are living together: Imaad Shah, Shetty, Akshata(17 March 2013). Retrieved 16 May 2016.