Everything you've ever wanted to know about The Kerala Story's Adah Sharma

Dhwani Desai

April 27, 2023

Early life

Adah Sharma was born on May 11, 1992, in Mumbai to a Tamil Brahmin (Palakkad Iyer) family

The multi-talented Adah

The actor is also a gymnast and a Kathak, ballet and jazz dancer

Her parents 

Her father was a captain in the Indian Merchant Navy. Her mother is an Indian classical dancer and yoga practitioner

#PartyWithPaati

Adah's Instagram page is full of fun posts, such as this reel with her granny

Nunchaku expert

Her skills with a Nunchaku will leave you in awe

Bitten by the acting bug

Adah decided she wanted to become an actor when she was in Class 10

Starting out

She debuted in film in Vikram Bhatt's 2009 Hindi horror film 1920

South Indian debut

After a couple of flop Hindi films, Adah debuted in Telugu films with Heart Attack

Success in Telugu films

The actress went on to star in several Telugu films

Other South Indian films

Adah also starred in the Kannada film Rana Vikrama and the Tamil film Idhu Namma Aalu

Bollywood comeback

She made a comeback to Bollywood films with Commando 2 in 2017

The Kerala Story

The actress' next Hindi film is the hard-hitting film, The Kerala Story

Based on real stories

Based on several real-life stories, the film is set to release in theatres on May 5