Shital Shah, a qualified MBA and an endowed actress who has worked in numerous television shows and Indian films, made her directorial debut with the Gujarati film ‘HuTuTuTu- Aavi Ramat Ni Rutu’ which received terrific commercial as well as critical commendation across Gujarati diasporas completing a centric 100 days in the cinema halls. She is the 1st woman director of new age Gujarati Cinema and heads her own production house -‘Limelight Pictures’ and has also established the ‘Limelight Pictures Film School’ in Ahmadabad, a place where aspirants are made proficient in formal courses in acting and filmmaking.
Shital Shah also is the business head at the unique organization ICECD (International Centre for Entrepreneurship & Career Development), whish is recognised by the United Nations as a Center for Excellence, and operates with a mission to develop and create MSMEs across India and over 52 other countries.
Shital has been popular on Indian Television diaspora for having played the fiery cop “Ayesha Kapoor” on the Star plus crime thriller titled ARJUN, having fired the Bazooka for the 1st time on Indian TV. She has performed as a leading actress in over 20 prime TV shows including India’s first ever composite animation feature films MY FRIEND GANESHA followed by more than 21 feature films in Hindi as well as Tamil and Gujarati. She has also partnered with veteran actor Mr. Paresh Raval to act in his popular play Shaadi@barbaadi.com and journeyed on crossing miles including the US, UK, Thailand, Dubai and Singapore to do over 150 shows with Mr. Paresh Raval. Her work as an actress and Director has received many recognitions and awards which include 8 State awards for her very first film.
She is also a trained Odissi and Kathak dancer having performed at national and international platforms. Also a recognized painter, Ms. Shital has held multiple painting exhibitions all over India and her paintings are a part of many art collections across the world.
She glories her courage to venture in stimulating work zones to her intrepid upbringing and the values inculcated in her by her parents Dr. Hina Shah and Mr. Ashok Shah.
Shital made her debut as Writer- Director of the Gujarati feature films HUTUTUTU Aavi ramat ni rutu in and went on to win three State Awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Editor for the film. She also wrote and directed the remake of feature film DUNIYADARI in 2017, besides having conceptualized, written and directed over 100 short films/ educational films, corporate films, docu dramas and advertisements.
Shital set her foot on stage for the very first time when she was just 3 years old along with her guru and mother, Hina Shah when they performed Oddissi dance at the Tagore Hall, Ahmedabad. That was the beginning. Shital learnt the Oddissi dance style from her mother and also learnt Kathak for 12 years. She has bagged several awards at State level and national level competitions while in college, and has performed and many national dance festivals. Shital, along with her mother and sister Shaina continues to dance for charity events as well as dance festivals.
