Shahab Ali is an Indian actor who has appeared in Bollywood films, web series, short films, and musical shows across the world. Some of his work includes Kedarnath(2018), The Family Man(2019). Shahab Ali is from the capital city of India, Delhi. His father was a watch repairer and also owned a kite shop, his mother ran a beauty parlour in the house and after the untimely demise of his father, she took on the responsibility of raising her two sons and 1 daughter. He started doing theatre in college and took the college drama club ‘Anant’ to new heights. After graduating from Delhi university, he worked as a journalist for a short while but he started missing the live action of theatre and thus applied to the National School of Drama in Delhi. While at the NSD he had the opportunity to work with Veteran theatre directors like “Mohan Maharishi”, “Anuradha Kapur”, “Abhilash Pillai”, “Ovlyakuli Khodjakuli” and “Tripurari Sharma”. He was also exposed to various traditional and contemporary art forms like kalaripayattu, chhau, kudiyattam, ankia natt, Bollywood dance, Aerial acts, and sword fighting.