Imaad Shah

Imaaduddin Shah (also credited as Imaad Shah; born 20 September 1986) is an Indian actor and musician. He is the son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah.

Imaad Shah
Imaad at IFFI 2008
Born	Imaaduddin Shah (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 38) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	The Doon School, Dehradun
Occupations	Actor musician
Years active	2006–present
Partners	Saba Azad (2013–2020)
Parents	Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak Shah
Relatives	Dina Pathak (grandmother) Zameer Uddin Shah (uncle) Pankaj Kapur (uncle) Supriya Pathak (aunt) Vivaan Shah (brother) Mohommed Ali Shah (cousin) Sanah Kapur (cousin) Heeba Shah (half-sister)

Early life

Imaad was born to actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak on 20 September 1986 in Mumbai.^[1] He has a brother Vivaan and a paternal half-sister Heeba. He did his schooling at The Doon School in Dehradun^[2] and then graduated from St. Xavier's College in Mumbai.^[3]

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.

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.^[4]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5]

Personal life

In 2006, he fell out of a moving local train in Mumbai and was hospitalized with serious injuries on his head and legs.^[6]

From 2013 to 2020, Imaad dated actress and musician Saba Azad.^[7] However they remain friends after their breakup and make music together for their band Mad Boy Mink.^[8]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Pestonjee
	The Perfect Murder	Ved Ghote
2006	Yun Hota To Kya Hota	Joy
2007	Dil Dosti Etc	Apurv
2009	Little Zizou	Artaxerxes Khodaiji
	Ek Tho Chance
2011	404	Chris
2013	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Sameer
	Tasher Desh	Ruiton
2014	M Cream	Figs
2019	Posham Pa	Gundeep Singh
2020	Home Stories		Anthology film
2021	Dybbuk	Abraham Ezra

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Bombay Begums	Ron
	The Married Woman	Aijaz
	The Empire	Qasim
2022	Modern Love Mumbai	Himself	Episode: "Mumbai Dragon"
2023	Charlie Chopra	Billu
2023	Made in Heaven 2	Roman	Episode: “A taste of heaven”

Discography

Year	Title	Song	Functioned as			Notes
			Singer	Lyricist	Composer
2011	404	"Aisa Hi Hai" "Chal Soch Le" "Kya Dekh Raha Hai" "Psycho Baba"	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!	"Calcutta Kiss"	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-written, sung and composed with Saba Azad
2018	Karwaan	"Bhar De Hamaare Glass"	No	Yes	Yes
2020	Mismatched	"Milne Ka Bahaana"	Yes	No	Yes	Co- composed music with Samar Grewal

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Stardust Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance- Male	Dil Dosti Etc	Nominated	[9]
	ACEB Awards	Breakthrough Role- Actor		Nominated	[10]

References

1. "Imaad Shah 'My parents are the biggest critics I have'". Bollywood Chaska. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
2. "Up close and personal with Imaad Shah". The Times of India. 4 June 2011. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
3. Lobo, Kevin (11 September 2011). "The new New Wave". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
4. "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". The 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.
5. "The Married Woman: From Ridhi Dogra to Monica Dogra, cast of web series revealed in a novel manner". India TV News. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
6. "Naseeruddin's son falls off local train". DNA India. 23 November 2006.
7. 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.
8. Kumar, Aakash (2 February 2022). "Hrithik Roshan mystery girl date Saba Azad was in a live relationship for seven years with Naseeruddin Shah's son Imaad".
9. Bollywood Hungama News Network (26 January 2008). "Winners of Max Stardust Awards 2008". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
10. "Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (ACEBA)". Bollywood Forum. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

External links

• Imaad Shah at IMDb