Mohommed Ali Shah

Mohommed Ali Shah
Native name	मुहम्मद अली शाह
Born	Mohammed Ali Shah[1] (1979-09-23) 23 September 1979 Calcutta, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor[2]
Years active	2012–present
Religion	Islam
Spouse(s)	Kakul Fatima Shah
Parent(s)	Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah
Relatives	Naseeruddin Shah (Uncle) Ratna Pathak (aunt) Vivaan Shah (cousin) Imaad Shah (cousin) Saira Shah Halim (sister)
Awards	Mr. Pune Talent in 1999 Commendation card for exceptional devotion to duty while serving in the Army Best Actor at Delhi International Film Festival[3] Best Actor at Filmsaaz at Aligarh Muslim University.[2] Best actor at Lawrence School, Lovedale in 1996 Special Jury and Critique's" award as Best Actor in Kerala, organised by Jaihind TV channel on 08 Aug 2016[4] Awarded " Critique's best actor" in Australia - making India proud there[5][6]

Mohommed Ali Shah (born 23 September 1979) also known as Major Mohommed Ali Shah^[7][8] is an Indian theater personality, film actor and a social activist.^[9][10] Shah is the son of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (PVSM, SM, VSM) Former Deputy Chief of The Army Staff, former member Armed Forces Tribunal and currently the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. He is the nephew of legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah.^[11][12]

Early life

Shah's ancestors were the Nawabs Of Sardhana, a tehsil near Delhi. He did his schooling from Lawrence School, Lovedale.^[13] He graduated from Fergusson College, Pune. He started earning his own pocket money at the age of 18 by doing part-time jobs.^[14] After his graduation Shah moved to Delhi for a year where he did theater and also worked with "GE Capital International Services" now known as Genpact.^[15]

Career

Army

Shah joined the Short Service Commission. He trained at The Officers Training Academy at Chennai. As a young Lieutenant Shah was deployed with his regiment in the counter insurgency areas of Jammu & Kashmir at the Line of Control. He was promoted to the rank of Captain and was transferred on assignment as the ADC to a General Officer Commanding in the North East, where the GOC was his father.^[16] Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of a Major while posted with The Assam Rifles. He was a Television Commentator for Doordarshan for The 4th CISM Military World Games held at Mumbai in 2007.^[17][18]

Corporate career

After the Army, Shah went to the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta to study management.^[19] He has worked with Genpact and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.^[20]

As an actor

• The "Major" actor's assorted monologues.^[21][22]
• Cane Mutiny Court Martial^[23]
• Ghalib^[2]
• Ghalib ke Khutoot
• Don't Drink the Water
• Hello Dolly
• Ghost Diary
• Abu Hassan pays his Debts
• The Man who Came to Dinner
• The Inspector General^[24]

As a director

• The " Major" actor's assorted monologues.
• Fiddler on the Roof" at Lawrence School, Lovedale as a professional director.^[25]
• A 10-minute monologue for the inauguration of " Short and sweet" international theatre festival in Delhi.^[26]

Film career

In 2013, Shah^[27] moved to Mumbai and made a start in the Indian film industry.^[28] He has acted in FTII alumnus, Sriram Raghavan's film – Agent Vinod, Vishal Bhardwaj's cult film – Haider and has recently completed shooting for National School Of Drama alumnus and National award winning director Tigmanshu Dhulia's latest film – Yaara. He has acted in a film based on a noted shaiyar – " Majaz Lucknawi". He has featured in an advertisement for Caratlane made by director Sabal Singh Shekhawat.^[29] He has played the protagonist in several films which have done well at film festivals. Major Mohommed Ali Shah won the " Best Actor" award for an English film at the 4th Delhi International Fim Festival. He played the title and lead role in - The Ruffian, which has been dubbed into Hindi and Malayalam, scenes of which Shah had shown to the legendary Iranin director Majid Majidi, who was highly impressed by Shah's work. The two are currently in talks to do their next project together . Shah has had film offers from the west since.^[30][31][32] Any film Shah has been a part of has done exceedingly well and hence he is often referred to as an actor with the Midas touch.^[4]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Agent Vinod	Police Inspector	Released
2014	Haider	Army Major	Released
2015	The Great Indian Tamasha	ATS Chief 'Abbas Ahmed'	Screened at 4th Delhi International Film Festival
2015	The Ruffian	Ruffian	* Awarded Best Actor for the 4th Delhi International Film Festival in December 2015. Best actor at the Aligarh International Film Festival ( Film Saaz).[2]
2015	Bajrangi Bhaijaan[33]	Prison Officer	Released
−	2016	Yaara	-	Post-production
2016	Ai Gham E Dil Kya Karoon (Majaz)	Akhter Imam	Releasing on August 25, 2016

Honours and awards

Film Awards

Other Honour

• Best Actor at Lawrence School, Lovedale in 1996^[34][35][36]
• Commendation card from Maharashtra State Railway Police for his exceptional contribution in 2014.

Personal life

Shah completed his Short Service Commission stint from the Army in 2008 and married his childhood friend Kakul Fatima Shah the same year. His sister Saira Shah Halim is a social activist from Calcutta. Her father in law is Mr. Hashim Abdul Halim who was also a choice for the Vice President of India. In 2012, Shah took up a cause and fought against a private airline's gross misconduct to prove a point that customers are well aware of their rights.^[37][38]

References

External links

• Mohommed Ali Shah at the Internet Movie Database

Shah family
1st generation	Muhammed Shah (Jan-Fishan Khan)
2nd generation	Nawab Muhammad Ali Shah Sardar Bhadur Mir Khan
3rd generation	Nawab Syed Amjad Ali Shah (last Nawab of Sardhana) Sultan Mohammed Khan
4th generation	Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah [m. Saira Elizabeth Luiza Shah] Bibi Mehmooda Begum [m. Nawab Mirza Shakir Hussain Barlas] Rahat Ali Shah Saadat Ali Shah
5th generation	Amina Shah Omar Ali-Shah [m. Anna Maria Ali-Shah] Idries Shah [m. Cynthia (Kashfi) Kabraji] Nawab Mirza Aqil Hussain Barlas [m. Bibi Mehtabunnisa Begum, Nusrat Barlas] Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah Naseeruddin Shah [m. Ratna Pathak Shah] Syed Kamal Agha Sarwat Ali Shah [m. Mobeen Zehra Shah (Suhaila)] Mir Ahmed Shah Syed Anwar Ali Shah Nawab Syed Mussavir Ali Shah Nawab Halima Barlas Nafisa Barlas Aquila Barlas (Dr. Aquila Berlas Kiani) [m. Abdul Hameed Kiani] Naema Barlas (Dr. N.B. Matuk)
6th generation	Arif Ali-Shah Syed Noman Ali Shah Nawab Agha Syed Yasir Ali Shah Nawab Syed Hammad Ali Shah Amina Ali-Shah Saira Shah [Scott Goodfellow] Tahir Shah [m. Rachana Shah] Safia Shah [m. Ian Thomas] Owais Shah Heeba Shah Mohommed Ali Shah Imaad Shah Vivaan Shah Saira Shah Halim Nawab Mirza Adil Hussain Barlas [m. Rukhsana Barlas] Khalid Kiani Sohail Kiani Lina Kiani