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.

Rukmini Sahay (9 February 2017 - present)

Trivia

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).
After Johnny Gaddar,Sriram Raghavan was planning a film titled Johnny Tokyo with Neil Mukesh. All plans were later scrapped.

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