Mohommed Ali Shah

Major Mohommed Ali Shah
Born	(1979-09-23) 23 September 1979 (age 45) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	The Lawrence School, Lovedale Officers Training Academy Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Occupations	Actor motivational speaker former army officer
Years active	2012–present
Parent	Zameer Uddin Shah (father)
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
Years of service	2003–2008
Rank	Major
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Battles / wars	Kashmir conflict Insurgency in Northeast India
Awards	Commendation Card

Major Mohommed Ali Shah (born 23 September 1979) is an Indian actor, motivational speaker and former military officer.^[1] He is a member of the board of the International Film and Entertainment Festival of Australia who gave him an award.^{[2][need quotation to verify]}

Shah was born to Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (Retd.). He is the nephew of actor Naseeruddin Shah^[3] and cousin of actors Imaad Shah and Vivaan Shah.

His great-great-great-grandfather was the Afghan warlord Jan-Fishan Khan, who would go on to become the Nawab of Sardhana. His relatives include Ikbal Ali Shah, Amina Shah, Omar Ali-Shah and Idries Shah.^[4]

Mohommed Ali Shah attended the Officers Training Academy, Chennai. Earlier Shah worked at a call centre and then took a commission in the Indian Army as per family tradition.^[5][6] As a young lieutenant, Shah was deployed on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.^[6] He was promoted to captain and was transferred on assignment as the ADC to the General Officer Commanding in the North East.^{[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 in Hyderabad in 2007.^{[7][need quotation to verify]} His army service totalled five years.^[5]

After leaving the army,^[5] Shah studied marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.^[6] He has worked for Genpact and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.^[3]

• The "Major" Actor's Assorted Monologues^[5]
• The Inspector General^{[8][need quotation to verify]}

Shah has acted in Sriram Raghavan's Agent Vinod,^[5] Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider and Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara.^[6] 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]} and won the "Best Actor" award for an English film at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival.^{[9][full citation needed]}

In 2012, Shah helped campaign against a private airline's alleged gross misconduct to prove a point that customers are aware of their rights.^[14]

• Mohommed Ali Shah at IMDb