Happy Birthday, Neil Nitin Mukesh: All you need to know about the actor

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh was born as Neil Nitin Mukesh Chand Mathur on 15 January 1982 in Mumbai. His father is Bollywood playback singer Nitin Mukesh, son of veteran singer Mukesh.

Did you know that he was named by legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar after the American astronaut Neil Armstrong.

He started his film career playing brief parts in ‘Vijay’ (1988) and ‘Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii’ (1989).

After graduating from HR College with bachelor's degree in commerce, Neil Nitin Mukesh returned to acting in 2007 with ‘Johnny Gaddaar’. His performance in the film was appreciated by the audience as well as the critics and it earned him a Best Male Debut nomination at the 53rd Filmfare Awards.

His first commercial success was in the thriller film ‘New York’ (2009) for which he was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

After a series of poorly received films in Bollywood, Neil Nitin Mukesh made his debut in Tamil cinema with the majorly successful ‘Kaththi’ (2014).

In November 2018, he turned producer and started filming ‘Bypass Road’, a thriller-drama film directed by his brother Naman Nitin Mukesh and written by himself.

Neil Nitin Mukesh is married to Rukmini Sahay and they are parents to daughter Nurvi.

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