Vivaan Shah (born 11 January 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in

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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 Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bha ...

. In 2014, he was given a role in

Farah Khan Farah Khan Kunder (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, w ...

's film ''

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''.

Personal life

Shah is the younger son of actors

Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He is notable in Indian parallel cinema. He has also starred in international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare ...

and

Ratna Pathak Ratna Pathak Shah (born 18 March 1957) is an Indian actress and director known for her work in Hindi theatre, television, and films. Her extensive work in theatre includes a series of plays in both English and Hindi. She rose to prominence when ...

. He is the nephew of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, the former vice-chancellor of

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. He is the brother of

Imaad Shah Imaaduddin Shah (also credited as Imaad Shah; born 20 September 1986) is an Indian actor and musician. He is the son of actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah. Early life Imaad was born to actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak on 20 ...

and his paternal half sister is Heeba Shah. Shah graduated from

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mod ...

in 2009.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Vivaan Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema 1990 births Male actors from Mumbai The Doon School alumni