Imaad Shah


Imaad Shah, 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. 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.

Early life

He did his schooling at The Doon School in 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 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.

Personal life

On 17 March 2013, Imaad Shah confirmed that he is living with the actress Saba Azad.

Filmography

Discography