{{Short description|Indian mentalist (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Suhani Shah | image = Suhani Shah in 2024 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Shah in 2024 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Jaipur, Rajasthan, Halwani, India | other_names = Jadoo Pari<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/suhani-shah-everything-about-jadoo-pari-who-is-popular-for-reading-minds/articleshow/97305286.cms?from=mdr |newspaper=Economic Times |title=Suhani Shah: Everything about "Jadoo Pari," who is popular for reading minds|date=25 January 2023 }}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Mentalist|YouTuber}} | years_active = 1997–present | website = {{URL|suhanishah.com}} | youtube_handle = @SuhaniShah | youtube_display_name = Suhani Shah
| youtube_years_active = | youtube_genre = | youtube_subscribers = 4.77 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 1.31 billion<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = 27 October 2025 }} '''Suhani Shah''' (born 29 January 1990)<ref name="aajtak-27Jan23">{{cite news |url=https://www.aajtak.in/education/knowledge/photo/know-who-is-the-magician-suhani-shah-who-challenged-dhirendra-shastri-1624112-2023-01-27 |newspaper=Aaj Tak |title=Suhani Shah: 'दिमाग पढ़ने' वाली लड़की... क्लास 1 तक ही गई स्कूल, अनोखी है सुहानी की कहानी |trans-title=Suhani Shah: A 'mind reading' girl... only went to school until class 1, Suhani's story is unique |first1=Aman |last1=Kumar |date=27 January 2023 }}</ref> is an Indian mentalist, mind reader, magician, and YouTuber.
== Early life == Suhani Shah was born on 29 January 1990 in Udaipur, Rajasthan<ref name="aajtak-27Jan23"/> in a Marwadi family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Kajal |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722131224/https://www.patrika.com/bilaspur-news/bilaspur-in-a-moment-the-girl-is-missing-this-beautiful-sorceress-1383387/ |title=Bilaspur: In A Moment The Girl Is Missing This Beautiful Sorceress |url=https://www.patrika.com/bilaspur-news/bilaspur-in-a-moment-the-girl-is-missing-this-beautiful-sorceress-1383387/ |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=Patrika News |date=19 August 2017 |language=hindi |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Kakoli |title=These mind readers in Hyderabad will leave you in awe |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/feb/26/these-mind-readers-in-hyderabad-will-leave-you-in-awe-2108441.html |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=26 February 2020}}</ref> She dropped out of her school after the first grade to pursue her passion. She was home-schooled because of her constant tours all over the world. Suhani never had a formal education and says that "experiences have taught more than what a school could or would".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nagarajan |first1=Uthra |title=Casting a spell |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nxg/what-leads-chennais-youngsters-to-make-a-career-in-magic/article6325953.ece |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=17 August 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shehkawat |first=Meemansa |title=Meet Suhani Shah, first female Indian mentalist, started performing magic at 7, dropped after first grade, now bags honour of... |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/viral/report-meet-suhani-shah-first-female-indian-mentalist-started-performing-magic-at-age-of-7-dropped-after-first-grade-now-bags-honour-of-best-magic-creator-italy-fizm-3170126 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2024-06-10 |title=‘I haven’t been to school’: the superstar magician who has performed since she was six |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/jun/11/suhani-shah-rising-festival-spellbound-the-capitol-melbourne |access-date=2026-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Career == Her first stage show was held at Thakorbhai Desai Hall in Ahmedabad on 22 October 1997. She has won several awards and has been conferred the title of ''Jadoopari'' ({{translation|magic fairy}}) by the All India Magic Association.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pattanashetti |first1=Girish |title=Magical musings of a teenager |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/magical-musings-of-a-teenager/article27433870.ece |access-date=26 July 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=23 July 2005 |language=en-IN}}</ref> As of 2019, she has done more than 5000 shows.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Tabir |title=क्लास वन के बाद स्कूल नहीं गई ये मैजिक गर्ल, अब पढ़ रहीं लोगों का दिमाग |url=https://www.patrika.com/raipur-news/magic-girl-come-to-raipur-4188395/ |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=Patrika News |date=25 February 2019 |language=hindi}}</ref> She started off as an illusionist and is now a mentalist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Likhita |title=Works Like Magic |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2019/nov/21/works-like-magic-2064618.html |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=21 November 2019}}</ref> She works as a clinical hypnotherapist at her clinic, ''Suhani Mindcare'' in Goa.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Shruti |title=Who is Suhani Shah? |url=http://archive.asianage.com/life-and-style/who-suhani-shah-389 |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=26 November 2012 |language=en}}</ref> She is a corporate trainer, an author and a counselor, and she has given several TED Talks.<ref name="only female, hypnotherapist">{{cite news |last1=Bhatt |first1=Priyanka |title=Meet Suhani Shah, The Only Female Magician In India Who Rules The Male Dominant Profession! |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/meet-suhani-shah-the-only-female-magician-in-india-who-rules-the-male-dominant-profession-341030.html |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=IndiaTimes |date=8 March 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
In June 2024, Shah's show, ''Spellbound'', was presented at The Capitol as part of the 2024 RISING: festival in Melbourne.<ref>https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/suhani-shah, Retrieved 2024-06-15.</ref>
In February 2025, Shah appeared on the Australian talk show ''The Project''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghoshal |first=Sudeshna |date=2025-02-27 |title=Unbelievable! Mentalist Suhani Shah reveals Australian TV host’s crush’s name, iPhone passcode on air, stuns everyone {{!}} Today News |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/suhani-shah-indian-mentalist-guesses-phone-passcode-tv-show-iphone-11740645497151.html |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>
Between July 14-19, Shah won the 'Best Magic Creator' award at FISM 2025 in Torino, Italy. FISM is known as the 'Oscars of Magic', the world's highest recognition for a magician.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shivam |date=2025-07-23 |title=Suhani Shah Became First Indian To Win ‘Oscar for Magicians’ at FISM 2025 |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/suhani-shah-became-first-indian-to-win-oscar-for-magicians-at-fism-2025/ |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=adda247 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
== Publications ==
*{{Cite book|last=Shah|first=Suhani|title=Unleash Your Hidden Powers|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|year=2006|isbn=8179926702}}
== YouTube == She is active on YouTube, where she uploads videos on topics such as illusionism and mentalism. She also has a web show called ''That's My Job''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/suhani-shah-everything-about-jadoo-pari-who-is-popular-for-reading-minds/articleshow/97305286.cms?from=mdr |newspaper=Economic Times |title=Suhani Shah: Everything about "Jadoo Pari," who is popular for reading minds|date=25 January 2023 }}</ref>
== See also == * List of Indian YouTubers
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website}}
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Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:People from Udaipur Category:Indian magicians Category:Mentalists Category:Indian YouTubers