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Vivaan Shah
Vivaan Shah at 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' screening 18.jpg
Shah in June 2012
Born (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34)
Education Doon School
Occupation Actor
Years active 2011–present
Parent(s) Naseeruddin Shah
Ratna Pathak
Relatives Imaad Shah (brother)
Heeba Shah (half-sister)
Zameerud-din Shah (uncle)
Dina Pathak (grandmother)
Supriya Pathak (aunt)
Mohommed Ali Shah (cousin)

Vivaan Shah (born 11 January 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He made his film debut with Saat Khoon Maaf (2011) as Arun Kumar. Thereafter, he signed a three-film deal with director Vishal Bhardwaj. In 2014, he was given a role in Farah Khan's film Happy New Year.

Personal life

Shah is the younger son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak. He is the nephew of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, the former vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. He is the brother of Imaad Shah and his paternal half sister is Heeba Shah.

Shah graduated from The Doon School in 2009. Upon completing his schooling, he applied at St. Stephen's College in Delhi University but missed out on getting his history honours by just a mark. Unhappy with just pursuing a regular BA Honours, he moved back to Mumbai after his first year of degree college, and studied at Jai Hind College.

Filmography

The History Boys at The Doon School
Shah playing Irwin in the 2007 production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys at The Doon School, Dehradun.
Year Title Role Notes
2011 7 Khoon Maaf Dr. Arun Kumar
2014 Happy New Year Rohan
2015 Bombay Velvet Tony
2017 Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana Laaddoo
2020 Kabaad The Coin Bandhan
Ae Kaash Ke Hum Aayush
2023 Coat Madho Ram
TBA Stranger Group TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2020 A Suitable Boy Varun Mehra BBC One & Netflix
2023 Charlie Chopra Jimmy Nautiyal SonyLIV

See also

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