Neeraj Madhav
Indian actor
Neeraj Madhav (born 26 March 1990), also known as NJ, is an Indian actor and rapper who predominantly works in Malayalam and Hindi films, apart from one Tamil film.
Early life
Neeraj was born on 26 March 1990, in Kozhikode, Kerala into a Malayali family. He studied at St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode. He graduated in Visual communications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kanchipuram and later did his post-graduation 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 Bharatanatyam dancer, having studied under Kalamandalam Saraswathy and her daughter, Aswathy. He is also trained in chenda and is a disciple of Kalanilayam Udayan Namboodiri.
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