He had a normal childhood, like most other children. He graduated from HR College, with a B.Com degree. At his father’s insistence, he has been very focused on his career since he was in the 12th standard. He did a 4-month workshop with Kishore Namit Kapoor and also at Anupam Kher’s institute, during vacations. He also assisted Aditya Chopra in his movie ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’, when he was in college. He did receive offers as a lead actor earlier, but as he did not want to debut with a love story, he chose to wait. Then Sriram offered him a movie – he was impressed with the script, which demanded an ensemble cast.He has always wanted to be an actor. It has been his childhood dream. He has also worked in Yash Raj’s movie ‘Vijay’ and Vimal Kumar’s ‘Jaise Karni Wiasi Bharni’ as a child artiste when he was around 4 years old. When he played the role of Govinda as a child in ‘Jaise Karni Waise Bharni’, he was appreciated more than Govinda and that left an impression on his mind. If he had become a singer, people would have expected a lot more from him because of his father and grandfather.
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Movies
7 Khoon Maaf
After the passing of his Pondicherry-born mentor, Susanna, Mumbai-based Dr. Arun Kumar Singh narrates his story to his wife, Nalini. With photographs from an old album that he has never shared with anyone, he informs her as to how Susanna caught him stealing; got him to quit his job &…
Aa Dekhen Zara
Mumbai-based struggling wildlife photographer, Ray Acharya, is informed that his maternal grandfather has passed away, and left some mementos for him. He picks them up, finds out they include an old camera which has the uncanny ability to photograph the future. He uses it to amass wealth at the lotteries…
Lafangey Parindey
A dash of style with loads of attitude and a hunger to reach the stars, LAFANGEY PARINDEY is about a group of youngsters living in the backstreets of Mumbai. It is an unusual love story of Nandu (Neil Nitin Mukesh) and Pinky(Deepika Padukone) whose path to love is paved by…
Golmaal
Gopal,Laxman1,Madhav,Lucky and Laxman 2 live in orphanage of Jamnadas.One day they come across an abandoned baby outside the orphanage and name her Kushi.Gopal and Mahadav don’t get well with each other and often have fights.Gopal leaves the orphanage with Laxman 1 and Madhav also leaves with Lucky and Laxman 2.Years…
New York
NEW YORK is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) has gone abroad for the first time in his life and soon enough he begins to see and love America…
Wazir
‘Wazir’ is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there’s a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in…
Johnny Gaddaar
Plain-clothed police officers, on patrol in a police van in Mumbai’s Khar Danda area, recount the story of five crooks: Sheshadari, Shiva, Prakash, Vikram, Shardul, and their Police Inspector friend, Kalyan. The tale revolves around a bag containing 2.5 Crore Rupees that goes missing – resulting in lies, deception, betrayal,…
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
A conspiracy to eliminate Prince Vijay, just days before his coronation, is hatched by his younger brother who eyes the throne, its riches, and its power. Prem, a lookalike of the prince, steps in at this point only to lose his heart to the prince’s beloved, Maithili.
Fun Facts
Grandson of legendary singer Mukesh and son of singer Nitin Mukesh.
Cousin of Bollywood director Sameer Sharma. Sameer's mother and Neil's father are siblings.
Brother of assistant director Naman Nitin Mukesh.
Uncle Mohnish Mathur (Born 1961) is a charted accountant. He is Nitin Mukesh' brother.
Aunt Namrata Mukesh Sheth ( Born 1967) is a singer and does alot of shows with his dad.
Aunt Nalini Mathur died 2 years after grandfather Mukesh died.
Aunt Nalini Mukesh Mathur died in 1978 in Delhi . It was a very bad road accident.
Aunt Rita is a dentist. She is also the mother of director Sameer Sharma. Sameer's paternal grandfather was film distributor B.M. Sharma.
Starred in Tigmanshu Dhulia"s shelved movie ""Good Night"" (2008). Starring Neil Mukesh