Adah Sharma is a Tamil Brahmin born in Palakkad, Kerala and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1] Her father S. L. Sharma, who hailed from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, was a captain in the merchant navy and her mother, a native from Nattupura (bordering Palakkad), is a classical dancer.[1] Adah did her schooling from Auxilium Convent High School in Pali Hill, Bandra, Mumbai.[5] 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.[6] After finishing her Plus Two, she stopped studying.
