Neeraj Madhav

Neeraj Madhav born 26 March 1990 is an Indian film actor and dancer who works in Malayalam films Neeraj made his debut in Malayalam through the film Buddy 2013 directed by Raaj Prabavathy Menon Hes popular for his roles in Drishyam 2013 1983 2014 Sapthamashree Thaskaraha 2014 Oru Vadakkan Selfie 2015 Kunjiramayanam 2015 and Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2015 Neeraj is a native of Thiruvannur Calicut He did schooling from St Josephs Boys Higher Secondary School Calicut Then graduated in Visual communications from SRM University Chennai and later did postgraduation in Theatre from School of Drama and Fine Arts Thrissur His father Dr K Madhavan is a veterinarian and his mother Latha a teacher The young talent started off as a dancer with the first edition of reality television programme Super Dancer on Amrita TV and made it to the final round Neeraj is also a trained Bharata Natyam dancer having learnt it under Kalamandalam Saraswathy and her daughter Aswathy He is also trained in the chenda and is a disciple of Kalanilayam Udayan Namboodiri Neeraj also has a younger brother Navneeth another dancer turned actor in the family He has acted in films such as Shikkar Nallavan and Manikyakkallu and TV series such as Kuttichathan The actor made his entry to the Malayalam cinema industry through Raaj Prabavathy Menons Buddy into which he was selected through an audition He was later noticed by director Jeethu Joseph and was invited to be a part of his movies Memories and Drishyam both of which turned out to be huge box office hits Meanwhile Neeraj also acted in Abrid Shines 1983 and Sathyan Anthikads Oru Indian Pranayakadha Anil Radhakrishnan Menons Sapthamashree Thaskaraha the story of seven innocent thieves in which Neeraj plays one of the lead characters alongside Prithviraj Anoop Kannans Homely Meals and Apothecary film a medical drama directed by Madhav Ramadasan are also other noted performances of the actor Neeraj also debuted as an official choreographer through Oru Vadakkan Selfie scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan with the fun song Enne thallendammava His other releases in 2015 also include Jamna Pyari Kunjiramayanam Madhura Naranga KL10 Pathu Charlie and Adi Kapyare Kootamani The upcoming movie Oozham which has Prithviraj in the lead will see Neeraj in a fulllength role The movie directed by Jeethu Joseph is expected to release in September this year during Onam