Indian illusionist
Neel Madhav (born 14 August 1993) is an Indian TV Personality, Author, Mentalist, Illusionist and TedEx speaker. He also has his own TV show on NDTV Good Times called, You Got Magic with Neel Madhav which is a travel and magic show.[1] He has also been featured on Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list for his contribution in sports and entertainment in 2019. His tricks include a combination of magic with mentalism, neuro-linguistic programming, and criminology. [2]
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 TV Shows
- 4 References
Early life[edit]
Neel was born in New Delhi and lives in Bandra, Mumbai. He is part Kashmiri and Hindkowan from his maternal side and of Bengali and Hindavi heritage from his paternal side. He has an elder brother Suryavir Madhav. His family shuffled between Malaysia, London, and New Delhi over the years until he went to the prestigious The Doon School spending the next 5 years of his life.[3]
Neel under-graduated in Bachelor of Commerce from H.R. College, Mumbai. While in College he did 5 internships which were an integral part of his learning system. He interned at MTV in London, Aircel, Red FM, Sphere Origins and at a social media agency to get an overall understanding of how a production house works.
Neel counts magicians James Randi[2] and Jason Randell as his inspirations.
Career[edit]
In 2013, Neel started working on his TV show called You Got Magic with Neel Madhav.[4] He has been working and producing this show since with his 3rd Season successfully running. Neel Also Teaches Criminal Psychology and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).
Madhav performs street-magic on his TV show similar to Steven Frayne’s TV show Dynamo and Simply Magic by Cyril Takayama. His most famous work on the TV show was to turn sand into gold, turn leaves into butterfly, make a bucket full on pulses appear from his bare hands, making people forget how to read, predicting the headlines of a newspaper on 93.5, Red fm.[5]
He has given Two Tedx Talks, one in Mumbai on Criminal Psychology and NLP and the other in Bangalore which was on Creativity and Innovation.
Neel Has also signed a Two book Contract with Penguin Random House.
Neel also performs all over the world for celebrities and Royalties. His Corporate clients being, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, Vedanta Group are among the very few.
The third season aired on 26 September 2016[6]
TV Shows[edit]
References[edit]
^ “These young magicians from India will leave you spellbound”. Deccan Chronicle. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:”””””””‘””‘”}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url(“//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png”)no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ a b Bhumika K. (3 February 2015). “I want to believe in magic”. The Hindu. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ http://www.catchnews.com/culture-news/neel-madhav-conquers-dyslexia-to-cast-a-magical-spell-on-india-1485414495.html
^ Jayashree Narayanan (20 October 2015). “Keeping it simple with magical approach”. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ Divyani Rattanpal (26 September 2014). “Neel Madhav Brings Some Magic In Your Life!”. Mensxp. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ Mayuri J Ravi (21 September 2015). “The Singular Mind”. The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neel_Madhav