Sohum Shah is an India

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, producer, and entrepreneur who works in

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films. He made his firstand screen appearance in 2009 with the film ''

Baabarr ''Baabarr'' ( hi, बाबर) is a 2009 gangster Hindi film directed by Ashu Trikha. The film stars Sohum Shah , Mithun Chakraborty and Urvashi Sharma. Cast *Sohum Shah as Baabarr Qureshi *Mahesh Chandra Deva as tabrez gang *Rahil Haider as Ch ...

'', where he played the antagonist and in 2012 with the National Award-winning film ''

Ship of Theseus The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment about whether an object that has had all of its original components replaced remains the same object. According to legend, Theseus, the mythical Greek founder-king of Athens, had rescued the children of ...

'' which was produced under his banner, Recyclewala Films. Following his debut, Shah featured in ''

Talvar ''Madan's Talwar'', later known as ''The Talvar'', was an early-20th-century Indian Nationalist periodical published from Berlin. Originally named after Madan Lal Dhingra, one of the heroes of the Indian independence movement who had been execu ...

'' (2015) and ''

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of ...

'' (2017). His film ''

Tumbbad ''Tumbbad'' is a 2018 Indian/Swedish Hindi-language period horror film film directed by Rahi Anil Barve. Additionally, Anand Gandhi served as the creative director, and Adesh Prasad served as the co-director. Written by Mitesh Shah, Prasad, Bar ...

'' received heavy critical acclaim.

Life and career

Sohum Shah was born in

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(

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). After establishing his real estate business he shifted to

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

to make films. He started his own production house, Recyclewala Films, to create content-driven film. His first film was the critically acclaimed ''

'', where he played the role of a socially incognizant stockbroker. He won a National Award for Best Producer for Ship of Theseus. Next, he was offered the role of a cop in

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's ''

'', based on the

2008 Noida double murder case The 2008 Noida double murder case refers to the unsolved murders of 13-year-old girl Aarushi Talwar and 45-year-old man Hemraj Banjade, a live-in domestic worker employed by her family. The two were killed on the night of 15–16 May 2008 at Aa ...

. In 2017, Shah was cast alongside

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's ''

''. And the project Shah worked on for 6-7 years, his most ambitious project till date, ''

'', released on 12 October 2018 and garnered rave reviews by the critics and audience alike. Sohum Shah is currently in Rajasthan for the shoot of one of his upcoming projects, Reema Kagti’s web show, ‘Fallen’.

Filmography

Recognition

Shah has won a National Award for his performance in ''

''. His produced film

is first Indian film ever to be screened as the opening film at

Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

(44th edition)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Sohum Living people Indian male film actors Male actors from Mumbai Male actors in Hindi cinema Year of birth missing (living people)