Mahavir Shah (5 April 1960 – 31 August 2000) was a noted Indian television and stage actor who worked in Hindi and Gujarati movies. He is remembered for portraying several villainous roles. He died in a car crash in 2000, when he was in the United States during a two-month holiday tour.^[1][2]

Shah was born on 5 April 1960 in Bombay (now Mumbai). He gained interest in acting since his childhood.Mahavir Shah (born on 5 April 1960 in Bombay, Bombay State, India) was Indian actor worked in Hindi and Gujrati movie, TV shows. He was born in Gujarati Hindu family. He was mainly known for his work in Police Aur Mujrim (1992), Baadshah (1999), and Yes Boss (1997). He married Chetna Shah. This couple has one daughter and one son. He was mainly known for his work in villain roles. He started his career as a stage actor and worked in several plays. He made his Hindi movie debut with Ab Kya Hoga (1977). He made his TV debut with Zee Horror Show (1993-2001). Mahavir played police and lawyer character roles in several movies. He played mainly small roles in movies. He never got big/important roles. But with his talent, he played small roles and got recognization. Mahavir Shah worked in more than 86+ movies and 02 TV shows. Aaj Ka Andha Kanoon (2003) was his last acted movie. On 31 August 2000 will he was on a tour for a performance in the US along with his wife, son, and daughter in Chicago, United States their car collided with another car. Luckily all four (Mahavir, his wife, daughter and son) survived but when Mahavir came out of the car he was run over by ay another car plying on the road resulting in his death.

On 31 August 2000, when Shah was in the U.S. during his two-month holiday tour, he died in a car crash. He is remembered for his several villainous roles and his TV shows.