Imaad Shah
Quick Facts
Biography
Imaad Shah, born Imaaduddin Shah, is an Indian actor and musician. He is the son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, his maternal grandmother was actress Dina Pathak. He is also a theatre actor, and works with 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.
Early life
He did his schooling from The Doon School, Dehradun. 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 Mumbai local train, he had an accident and was hospitalised 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.
He is part of the Electro Funk/ Nu Disco duo MADBOY/ MINK with Saba Azad and is frontman and guitarist/vocalist for the funk/ disco band The Pulp Society.
Personal life
On 17 March 2013, Imaad Shah confirmed that he is living in with actress Saba Azad.
Filmography
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Actor | Assistant Director | Writer | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Yun Hota To Kya Hota | Yes | Joy | Debut Film as Adult | ||
2007 | Dil Dosti Etc | Yes | Apurv | |||
2009 | Little Zizou | Yes | Artaxerxes Khodaiji | |||
2011 | Dhobi Ghat | Yes | ||||
2011 | 404 Error Not Found | Yes | Yes | Chris | lyrics - as Immaduddin Shah | |
2013 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Yes | Sameer | |||
2013 | Tasher Desh | Yes | Ruiton | |||
2014 | M Cream | Yes | Figs |