Neel Madhav

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Neel Madhav
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Born (1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 (age 30)
Nationality Indian
Education The Doon School
Alma mater H.R. College of Commerce and Economics
Occupations
Years active2013—present
Parent
  • Vinita Madhav (mother)
Awards Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2019) (Sports and Entertainment)

Neel Madhav is an Indian television personality, public speaker, actor, author, mentalist, TedX Speaker, [1] illusionist. Neel is also Director of Special Projects at Fashion TV Paris, where he handles television distribution and programming. [2] Neel is the son of mega tycoon businessman Raghvendra Madhav who has invested more than $100 billion of foreign investments in India.

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Neel hosts the travel and magic TV show You Got Magic with Neel Madhav. [3] [4] He was included in 2019 Forbes Asia Sports and Entertainment 30 under 30. [5] His work frequently features contemporary magic with mentalism, neuro-linguistic programming, and criminology. Madhav also specializes in the areas of nonverbal communication and body language and consults for major companies. [6]

Early life

Neel was born on 14 August [7] [8] 1993 to Raghvendra Madhav,[ citation needed ] an Investment banker, [9] [10] and Vinita Madhav, a scriptwriter and a producer. [11] [12] His family shuttled between several locations including New York, Mumbai, and New Delhi over the years, [13] and he now lives in Mumbai. [14]

Neel did his secondary studies at The Doon School and Bachelor of Commerce from H.R. College, Mumbai. [15]

Neel counts magicians James Randi, [10] Jason Randal as his inspirations; [6] and David Blaine, Dynamo, Derren Brown as his role models. [16]

Career

Neel worked for a year towards a show that combined food, travel, and adventure with magic, [13] which in 2014, launched as You Got Magic with Neel Madhav on NDTV Good Times. [15] [17] [18] It is scheduled to air on Sony BBC Earth starting in March 2020. [4]

His popular tricks include turning sand into gold, turning leaves into butterflies, making people forget how to read, and predicting the headlines of newspapers. [17] [19]

Neel has spoken at two TEDx conferences: At St. Xavier's College, Mumbai [20] and at Christ University, Bangalore. [21] He also teaches criminal psychology and neuro-linguistic programming. [6] [17]

In 2016 Neel co-authored a book You Got Magic with Vinita Madhav, published by Penguin Random House. [22] [13]

In 2019 Neel starred in a recurring role as Arjun Mehra, lead character Karan Mehra's brother, in an Amazon Original TV Series, Made in Heaven. [2] [23] Later that year, he was included in the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 for Sports and Entertainment. [5]

TV shows

Television
YearTitleRoleChannel
2013—presentYou Got MagicHost, Writer, Producer
  • NDTV Good Times (2013—2019)
  • BBC Earth (2020—)
2019—present Made in Heaven Arjun Mehra [2] [23] Amazon Prime Video
2021—present"Tour D' Royale"Host, Writer, Director, Producer History TV 18

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  1. ↑ "Neel Madhav". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Raggett, Matthew. Sampath, Karan (ed.). "The Doon School Informational Review". The Doon School Weekly . No. May 2019. The Doon School. p. 19. Retrieved 30 May 2020– via issuu.com. It was good to see two Doscos amongst the cast as they make their way in the world; Aditi Joshi played the bride in the first episode and Neel Madhav played Karan's younger brother in two episodes.
  3. ↑ "These young magicians from India will leave you spellbound". Deccan Chronicle. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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  8. ↑ Madhav, Neel (14 August 2015). "Happy independence day to Pakistan and Happy Birthday to me. Lol". instagram.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Neel Madhav (21 August 2017). Neel Madhav at Zee Literature Festival, British Library. London. Event occurs at 8m40s. Retrieved 1 June 2020– via youtube.com.
  10. 1 2 Sen, Tanushree (14 December 2016). "In India, magic as a genre needs to be modernised believes mentalist Neel Madhav". justearthnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Admitting how it was not easy to convince his parents, he said, My dad is an investment banker and he is from Harvard Business School. So for someone like him, it was very hard to accept that his younger son wanted to be a magician
  11. ↑ Rajpal, Seema (28 November 2017). "What slick trick is up Neel Madhav's sleeve these days?". newindianexpress.com. Express News Service. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020. In 2014, he began hosting a TV series called You Got Magic with Neel Madhav on NDTV, which sees the young magician travelling across India and performing his tricks. When he felt the need to elevate the status of magicians in India, he co-authored his first book You Got Magic, with Vinita Madhav, his mother.
  12. ↑ "Neel Madhav & Vinita Madhav". penguin.co.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Vinita Madhav began her career as a freelance presenter with BBC Radio, London, in 1989, after a short stint with All India Radio and Doordarshan. Thereafter she proceeded to work in corporate and film production, specializing in scriptwriting. On returning to India, she launched her own company, Media Network Pvt. Ltd. For the past twenty years, Vinita has produced several shows for a host of Indian and international television networks.
  13. 1 2 3 Madhav, Neel; Madhav, Vinita (2016). You Got Magic. London: Penguin Random House. ISBN   9789386057983 – via books.google.com.
  14. ↑ "Neel Madhav Biography". starclinch.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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  16. ↑ @NeelMadhav4 (12 January 2016). "Being featured in India's 10 most Dynamic Debuts of 2016 in the Verve magazine. #verve #India #magic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  18. ↑ Jayashree Narayanan (20 October 2015). "Keeping it simple with magical approach". deccanherald.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  19. ↑ P, Peter (14 October 2016). "Spell Theory". The New Indian Express . Indulge. Vol. 9, no. 51. Chennai: The New Indian Express. p. 22. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.
  20. ↑ "TEDx at St Xavier's, Mumbai". ted.com. TEDxStXaviersMumbai. Mumbai. 8 February 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Neel Madhav, a young graduate is known to scintillate his audiences with his dabble in magic.
  21. ↑ "Theme: Prism of Possibilities". ted.com. TEDxChristUniversity. Bangalore. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Neel Madhav is not your run-of-the-mill magician. This new-age illusionist combines magic with mentalism, neuro-linguistic programming and criminology, even applying it to corporate strategies. Neel has spoken at other conferences and college events in between shooting new episodes of his show "You Got Magic with Neel Madhav".
  22. ↑ R Hassan, Lamat (26 January 2017). "Neel conquers dyslexia to cast a magical spell on India". catchnews.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  23. 1 2 "All That Glitters Is Gold". Made in Heaven. Season 1. Episode 1. March 2019. Event occurs at 21m44s. Amazon. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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