Mohommed Ali Shah

Early life

Shah was born to Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah. He is the nephew of actor Naseeruddin Shah 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.

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. As a young lieutenant, Shah was deployed on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. He was promoted to captain and was transferred on assignment as the ADC to the General Officer Commanding in the North East. 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. His army service totalled five years.

The "Major" Actor's Assorted Monologues

Shah has acted in Sriram Raghavan's Agent Vinod, Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider and Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara. 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 and won the "Best Actor" award for an English film at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival.

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	Akhter Imam
2017	Vodka Diaries	Sam
2017	Raagdesh	-
2017	Bhoga Khidikee	-	Assamese film
2019	The Tashkent Files	Ruling Party President	Deleted scene
2020	Yaara	Jasjit Singh	Released on ZEE5

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