Neel Madhav | |
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Born | 14 August 1993 |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | The Doon School |
Alma mater | H.R. College of Commerce and Economics |
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Years active | 2013 — present |
Known for | Television work: You've Got Magic with Neel Madhav, Made in Heaven |
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Awards | Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2019) (Sports and Entertainment) |
Neel Madhav (born 14 August 1993) is a television producer, director, educator, public speaker, television personality, illusionist, mentalist, actor and writer. He is the director of special projects at Fashion TV Paris, where he handles television distribution and programming. He is also the CEO of Nyaas Solutions which is a fashion consultancy & fashion tourism firm. [1]
Madhav hosts the travel and magic television show You Got Magic with Neel Madhav. [2] [3] He was included in the 2019 Forbes Asia Sports and Entertainment 30 under 30 . [4] His work incorporates mentalism, neuro-linguistic programming, and criminology. Madhav also specializes in nonverbal communication and body language and provides consultation services for companies. [5]
Madhav was born on 14 August 1993 to Raghvendra Madhav, an investment banker, [6] [7] and Vinita Madhav, a scriptwriter and producer. [8] [9] [10] [11] His family lived in various locations, including New York City, Mumbai and New Delhi. [12]
He attended The Doon School for his secondary education and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. [13]
Madhav cites magicians James Randi [9] and Jason Randal as inspirations, and David Blaine, Dynamo, and Derren Brown as role models. [14] [5]
Madhav developed You Got Magic with Neel Madhav, which premiered on NDTV Good Times in 2014. The show features a combination of food, travel, adventure, and magic. [12] [13] [15] [16] The show began airing on Sony BBC Earth in March 2020. [3]
His illusions include turning sand into gold, turning leaves into butterflies, making people forget how to read, and predicting newspaper headlines. [15] [17]
Madhav has presented at TEDx conferences at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai [18] and Christ University in Bangalore. [19]
He teaches criminal psychology and neuro-linguistic programming. [5] [15]
In 2016, Madhav co-wrote the book You Got Magic with his mother, Vinita Madhav, published by Penguin Random House. [20] [12]
In 2019, Madhav played a recurring role as Arjun Mehra in the Amazon Original TV series Made in Heaven. [1] [21] He was also included in the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list for Sports and Entertainment. [4]
Madhav resides in Mumbai. [22]
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Year | Title | Role | Channel |
2013 – present | You Got Magic | Host, writer, producer |
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2019 – present | Made in Heaven | Arjun Mehra [1] [21] | Amazon Prime Video |
2021 – present | Tour D' Royale | Host, writer, director, producer | History TV 18 |
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.
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
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.
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.
Neel Madhav, a young graduate is known to scintillate his audiences with his dabble in magic.
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".