Adah Sharma was born in a Tamil family and was raised in Mumbai. Her father S. L. Sharma, who hails from Madurai, was a captain in the merchant navy and her mother, a native from Nattupura (bordering Palakkad), is a classical dancer. Adah did her schooling from Auxilium Convent High School in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai.[citation needed] When she was in Class X, she had decided to become an actress. She wanted to drop out of school but her parents insisted that she at least complete her schooling.[4] After finishing her Plus Two, she stopped studying
