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
Occupations	Actor musician
Years active	2006–present
Parents	Naseeruddin Shah Ratna Pathak Shah
Relatives	Shah family

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]