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My Take
Adah Sharma strikes me as one of Indian cinema's most unpredictable talents. Plenty of actresses settle into a comfortable lane after a strong debut; she instead bounced between the Hindi and Telugu industries and across genres until The Kerala Story made her the face of India's biggest female-led box-office success. Whatever one thinks of that film's politics, carrying a phenomenon of that scale requires serious screen presence. I am equally charmed by her offbeat public persona, since she treats stardom with a wink rather than reverence. She feels less like a finished product than an actress still choosing her own adventure, and that makes her worth watching.
Overview
Adah Sharma (born 11 May 1992) (pronounced [ˈʌdə ʃəɾmaː]), is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi and Telugu films. She is best known for being the main lead of The Kerala Story, which made ₹375 crore at the box office making it India's highest-grossing female-led film of all time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adah Sharma
- Name (Japanese)
- アダー・シャルマ
- Reading
- あだー・しゃるま
- Born
- May 11, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Stardust Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
- Iconic Gold Awards
- Zee Cine Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/adah_ki_adah/
- Xhttps://x.com/adah_sharma
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adah%20Sharma
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.