Kunal Shah (born as Kunal Dilipkumar Shah on 21 August 1976) is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil-language films. Son of a businessman Dilip Shah he started his career as an actor in Nassar's film Pop CarnHe performed his first lead role in the 2003 musical film Pop Carn before rising to fame with his breakthrough performance in Raam (2005) which won an award at the Cyprus International Film Festival.