Kunal Shah was born as is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil-language films

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

. Son of a Businessman, Dilip Shah, he started his career as an actor in Nassar

Nassar

Nassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...

's film Pop Carn

He performed his first lead role in the 2003 musical film Pop Carn, before rising to fame with his breakthrough performance in Raam

Raam (film)

The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan...

(2005), which won an award at the Cyprus International Film Festival

Cyprus International Film Festival

The Cyprus International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cyprus. It is a non-profit organisation. The festival features premieres and screenings of many films, and contains competitive categories including Feature, Short, Documentary, Video art, Video Dance and animation...

 .

Career

He made his feature film debut as a lead actor in 2003 with Pop Carn alongside known names like Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

, Simran Bagga

Simran Bagga

Rishibala Naval , better known by her Industry name Simran, is an Indian actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Bollywood and acted in several Hindi films, before starring in her first Tamil film V.I.P and her first Telugu film Abbai Gari Pelli in 1997...

, Vivek

Vivek

Vivek is a masculine Hindu given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly India and Nepal....

, following which he essayed a negative role in Raam

Raam (film)

The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan...

(2005). His first film Pop Carn failed to succeed at the box office. His subsequent release, Ameer's

Ameer Sultan

Ameer Sultan ; born 5 December 1966) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He has directed three films and has gained notable critical praise for two of them, the mystery thriller Raam and the drama Paruthiveeran...

 mystery thriller Raam

Raam (film)

The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan...

eventually gained him recognition in the film industry. He was nominated by the"Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...

" and the Variety Film Awards for the film "Raam

Raam (film)

The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan...

". Kunal next made an appearance in Prabu Solomon

Prabu Solomon

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's "Laadam

Laadam

Laadam is a Tamil film starring Charmy Kaur and debutant Aravindhan, directed by Prabu Solomon. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Dheeraj Kher and Babu Antony also play prominent roles in the gangster-orientated thriller...

", after which he went on to doing some English Language films Such as Within The Mind's Eye and The Reunion.

Personal life

Kunal Shah was born as Kunal to Dilip Shah and Bindu on 21 August1976 in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharastra as the second oldest of 3 siblings. His older sister Dimple is a Fashion Designer, while his younger brother Pranav is an entrepreneur in the machinery industry.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Pop Carn	Shakti	Tamil
2005	Raam Raam (film) The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining with director Ameer Sultan. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2005, features 7 tracks, including one instrumental. The lyrics were written by Snehan...	Satish	Tamil
2009	Laadam Laadam Laadam is a Tamil film starring Charmy Kaur and debutant Aravindhan, directed by Prabu Solomon. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Dheeraj Kher and Babu Antony also play prominent roles in the gangster-orientated thriller...	Guest Appearance	Tamil
2008	Within The Mind's Eye	Special Agent	English	Post-production
2010	The Reunion	Pragmatism	English	Short

External links

• http://www.thereunionmovie.net/p/trailer.html
• http://www.teamworkproductionhouse.com/releasedmovies.html