Background
His father Doctor K.Madhavan is a veterinarian, and his mother Latha, a teacher.
His father Doctor K.Madhavan is a veterinarian, and his mother Latha, a teacher.
He did schooling from Saint Joseph"s Boys" Higher Secondary School Kozhikode, graduated in Visual communication from SRM University, Chennai and later did post graduation in Theatre from School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur.
Neeraj made his debut in Malayalam through the movie Buddy directed by Raaj Prabavathy Menon in 2013 and is more popular for his roles in Drishyam, 1983, Sapthamashree Thaskaraha. The actor made his entry to the Malayalam cinema industry through Raaj Prabavathy Menon"s 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 Shine"s 1983 and Sathyan Anthikad"s Oru Indian Pranayakadha.
Anil Radhakrishnan Menon"s Sapthamashree Thaskaraha - the story of seven innocent thieves in which Neeraj plays one of the lead characters alongside Prithviraj, Anoop Kannan"s 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 and KL.10 Pathu. Charlie and Adi Kapyare Kootamani released in December 2015 are currently running in theatres.
The upcoming movie Oozham, which has Prithviraj in the lead, will see Neeraj in a full-length role.
The movie will be directed by Jeethu Joseph and is planned to begin shoot in April 2016. Asiavision.