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Major Mohommed Ali Shah is an Indian actor. A former soldier, he is a member of the board of the International Film and Entertainment Festival of Australia who gave him an award.[1]^{[need quotation to verify]}

Major Mohommed Ali Shah
Born	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Army Officer Actor
Years active	2012–present
Parent	Zameer Uddin Shah
Relatives	Naseeruddin Shah (uncle) Ratna Pathak (aunt) Vivaan Shah (cousin) Imaad Shah (cousin)
Awards	Special Jury and Critic's Award as Best Actor in Kerala, organised by the Jaihind TV channel, 2016 Awarded Critic's Best Actor in Australia
Military career
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Rank	Major

Early life

Shah is the son of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (Retd.) and the nephew of actor Naseeruddin Shah.[2]

Career

Army

Shah worked at a call centre and then took a short service commission in the Indian Army as per family tradition.[3][4] As a young lieutenant, Shah was deployed on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.[4] He was promoted to captain and was transferred on assignment as the ADC to the General Officer Commanding in the North East his father.^{[citation needed]} Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of major while posted with the Assam Rifles. He worked for Doordarshan as a television commentator for the fourth CISM Military World Games held at Hyderabad in 2007.[5]^{[need quotation to verify]} His army service totalled five years.[3]

Corporate career

After leaving the army,[3] Shah studied marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.[4] He has worked for Genpact and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.[2]

Theatre

• The "Major" Actor's Assorted Monologues[3]
• The Inspector General[6]^{[need quotation to verify]}

Film career

Shah has acted in the films Sriram Raghavan's Agent Vinod,[3] Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider and Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara.[4] He acted in a film based on the life of Majaz Lucknawi and played a character on the Doordarshan National television series, Dil Aashna Hai. He has featured in an advertisement.^{[citation needed]} He won the " Best Actor" award for an English film at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival.[7]^{[full citation needed]}

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Agent Vinod	Police Inspector
2014	Haider	Army Major
2015	The Great Indian Tamasha	ATS Chief 'Abbas Ahmed'	Screened at 4th Delhi International Film Festival
2015	The Ruffian	Ruffian
2015	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Prison Officer
2016	Majaz- Ae Gham-e-Dil Kya Karun[8]	Akhter Imam
2017	Vodka Diaries[9]	Sam
2017	Raagdesh[citation needed]	-	Releasing on 28 July 2017
2017	Bhoga Khidikee[10]	-	Assam film, directed by Padma Bhushan director Jahnu Barua
2020	Yaara	Jasjit Singh	Released on ZEE5

Honours and awards

Film Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2016	Special Jury and Critic's award for Best Actor in Kerala, organised by the Jaihind TV channel on 8 August 2016[7]	-	Won
2016	Awarded Critic's Best Actor" in Australia[11]	-	Won

Personal life

In 2012, Shah helped campaign against a private airline's alleged gross misconduct to prove a point that customers are aware of their rights.[12]

References

External links

• Mohommed Ali Shah at IMDb

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