Neel Madhav is an Indian television personality, public speaker, actor, author,

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and represents

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International in India. He hosts the travel and magic TV show ''You Got Magic with Neel Madhav''. He was included in 2019

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Sports and Entertainment '' 30 under 30'', judged by

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and Dick Lee. His work frequently features ''contemporary'' magic with mentalism, neuro-linguistic programming, and

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. Madhav also specializes in the areas of nonverbal communication and body language and consults for major companies.

Early life

Neel was born on 14 August 1993. His family shuttled between several locations including New York, Mumbai, and New Delhi over the years, and he now lives in Mumbai. Neel did his

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at The Doon School and Bachelor of Commerce from H.R. College, Mumbai. While in college he undertook seven internships, which were an integral part of his studies. Neel counts magicians James Randi, Jason Randal as his inspirations; and David Blaine, Dynamo, Derren Brown as his role models.

Career

Neel worked for a year towards a show that combined food, travel, and adventure with magic, which in 2014, launched as ''You Got Magic with Neel Madhav'' on NDTV Good Times. It is scheduled to air on Sony BBC Earth starting in March 2020. His popular tricks include turning sand into gold, turning leaves into butterflies, making people forget how to read, and predicting the headlines of newspapers. Neel has spoken at two TEDx conferences: At

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, Mumbai on criminal psychology and neuro-linguistic programming, and at

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, Bangalore on creativity and innovation. He also teaches criminal psychology and neuro-linguistic programming. In 2016 Neel co-authored a book ''You Got Magic'' with Vinita Madhav, published by Penguin Random House, in first of a two-book contract. 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''. Later that year, he was included in the Forbes Asia ''30 under 30'' for Sports and Entertainment.

TV shows

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