Neil Nitin Mukesh - Bollywood Actor
Neil was born on 15th january 1982, to bollywood playback singer nitin mukesh and nishi mukesh
, at mumbai. He was named after astronaut neil armstrong by bollywood playback singer lata mangeshkar. After completing his schooling form greenlawns high school at mumbai, neil completed his bachelor degree in communication from hr college.
He took his acting classes at kishore namit kapoor acting institute and anupam kher institute during his college vacations. Neil also assisted aditya chopra for mujhse shadi kaoge (2002). Neil first appeared on the silver screen in yash chopra directed film vijay (1988), as a child artist. He was also seen in vimal kumar jaisi karni waisi bharni (1989), again as a child artist.
Neil was offered many roles for his debut in bollywood. But as he didnt want to debut in a typical bollywood romantic film, neil waited for the right role to come his way. This role was that of vikram in sriram raghvan johny gaddar (2007).
This was a pathbreaking film with its story highly influenced by james hadley chase and vijay anand style stories. With a plot full of twists and turns, the movie was gripping, and indeed worked as an excellent launch vehicle for neil. Johny gaddar also starred dharmendra, zakir husaain, vinay pathak, govind namdeo, dayanand shetty and rimi sen.
Johny gaddar (2007) was critically acclaimed, and neil was nominated as most promising newcomer in many award ceremonies. After johny gaddar (2007), neil waited for a year to get another role that would suit his personality and abilities.
After pondering over his strengths and weaknesses for a year, neil acted in 3 films in the year 2009. Aa dekhen zara (2009) was neil first film for 2009. It was a thriller directed by jehangir surti, starring neil opposite bipasha basu. The story of the film revolves around a camera, which can produce the future. After neil inherits the camera, he is chased by villains who want to obtain it.
The film did an average opening at box office, but later suffered due to competition, to be finally declared as an average grosser. Neil also tried playback singing for this film in the song Aa Dekhen Zara
Neil next film, new york (2009) was a multistarrer with cast like john abraham, katrina kaif and irrfan khan. After his debut, this was neil first film with an established production house like yash raj films. New york (2009) tells a story of three friendsomar (neil), sameer (john) and maya (katrina)studying at new york and how their life changes after the 9/11 attack on world trade center.
Sameer is detained after 9/11 attack and this transforms him in a terrorist from an innocent man. Omar tries to prevent sameer from getting involved in terrorist activities, with the help of FBI agent roshan (irrfan). The powerful performance delivered by neil in new york (2009) earned him many praises.
The film did good business in india as well as abroad, and was the sixth highest grosser of 2009. Director madhur bhandarkar Jail (2009) was neil last film for 2009. Jail (2009) was an honest account of cruelties faced by prisoners in indian jails, touching various issues like sexual harassment and torture.
Neil played the character of parag dixit, who lands up in jail after some unfortunate incidents. Mughda godse and manoj bajpai were neil costars for jail (2009). There were rumors that neil would appear nude in one of the torture scenes in the movie.
Apparently, the scene was severely blurred to pacify the censor board. The movie received mixed reviews from the critics, but was completely rejected by the audience, ending up as a flop. Lafangey parindey (2010) was neil first film for 2010. Directed by Pradeep sarkar, the romantic comedy starred deepika padukone opposite neil.
The story of the movie revolves around pinky palkar, a skater who aspires to appear on a tv show doing figure skating, despite being blind. Neil character was that of one shot nandu, a boxer famous for his blindfolded fights.
The duo team up, when nandu teaches pinky to ee with her other senses and pinky teaches nandu figure skating and makes him her partner in the act. The film received mixed reviews and still running in cinema halls. Saat khoon maaf, directed by vishal bharadwaj, will be neil next film. The film is in pipeline now and is slated to release on 21st january 2011. The film also stars priyanka chopra, john abraham, and irrfan khan.
Neil hails from the family of mukesh, which is known for its musical contribution towards bollywood. Neil grandfather, mukesh, was a legendary singer in bollywood. Nitin mukesh, neils father, is also a renowned bollywood playback singer.
by: Karishma Roy
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