Mohommed Ali Shah
Major Mohommed Ali Shah is an Indian actor. A former soldier, he is a member of the board of the International Film and Entertainment Festival of Australia who gave him an award. Early life. Shah is the son of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (Retd.) and the nephew of actor Naseeruddin Shah. Career. Army. Shah worked at a call centre and then took a short service 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 his father. 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 at Hyderabad in 2007. His army service totalled five years. Corporate career. After leaving the army, Shah studied marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He has worked for Genpact and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Film career. Shah has acted in the films 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. He won the " Best Actor" award for an English film at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival. Personal life. In 2012, Shah helped campaign against a private airline's alleged gross misconduct to prove a point that customers are aware of their rights.