Imaad Shah

Indian actor and musician
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| yearsactive | 2006–present |
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Imaaduddin Shah (also credited as Imaad Shah; born 20 September 1986) is an Indian actor and musician.
Early life
Imaad was born to actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak on 20 September 1986 in Mumbai. He has a brother Vivaan and a paternal half-sister Heeba. He did his schooling at The Doon School in Dehradun and then graduated from St. Xavier's College in Mumbai.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From 2013 to 2020, Imaad dated actress and musician Saba Azad. However they remain friends after their breakup and make music together for their band Mad Boy Mink.
Filmography
Films
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Pestonjee | The Perfect Murder | Yun Hota To Kya Hota | Dil Dosti Etc | Little Zizou | Ek Tho Chance | 404 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Tasher Desh | M Cream | Posham Pa | Home Stories | Dybbuk |
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| 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ved Ghote | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Joy | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Apurv | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Artaxerxes Khodaiji | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Chris | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sameer | |||||||||||||||
| Ruiton | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Figs | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Gundeep Singh | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Anthology film | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Abraham Ezra | |||||||||||||||
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Bombay Begums | The Married Woman | The Empire | Modern Love Mumbai | Charlie Chopra | Made in Heaven 2 |
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| 2021 | Ron | ||||||||
| Aijaz | |||||||||
| Qasim | |||||||||
| 2022 | Himself | Episode: "Mumbai Dragon" | |||||||
| 2023 | Billu | ||||||||
| 2023 | Roman | Episode: “A taste of heaven” | |||||||
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Discography
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| Year | Title | Song | Functioned as | Notes | Singer | Lyricist | Composer | 404 | Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! | Karwaan | Mismatched |
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| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | "Calcutta Kiss" | Co-written, sung and composed with Saba Azad | |||||||||
| 2018 | "Bhar De Hamaare Glass" | ||||||||||
| 2020 | "Milne Ka Bahaana" | Co- composed music with Samar Grewal | |||||||||
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Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2008 | Stardust Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance- Male | Dil Dosti Etc | ||
| ACEB Awards | Breakthrough Role- Actor | ||||
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References
References
- (19 May 2011). "Imaad Shah 'My parents are the biggest critics I have'".
- (2011-06-04). "Up close and personal with Imaad Shah". The Times of India.
- Lobo. (September 11, 2011). "The new New Wave". [[Mumbai Mirror]].
- Sneha Mahadevan. (29 March 2010). "I know pain: Imaad ShahSubhash K Jha, TNN". [[The Times of India]].
- (10 February 2021). "The Married Woman: From Ridhi Dogra to Monica Dogra, cast of web series revealed in a novel manner". [[India TV]] News.
- (23 November 2006). "Naseeruddin's son falls off local train".
- Shetty, Akshata. (17 March 2013). "Saba and I are living together: Imaad Shah". The Times of India.
- 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".
- Bollywood Hungama News Network. (26 January 2008). "Winners of Max Stardust Awards 2008".
- "Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (ACEBA)".
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