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NEHA IYER

Neha Iyer (Born on 27th November) is an Indian actress who works in the Malayalam & Hindi film industries. Before taking up a career in acting, she was an award-winning Radio Jockey in Mumbai & Dubai.

Early Life

She is the great-granddaughter of legendary writer and theatre playwright Pandit Radheshyam Kathavachak, whose adaptation of Tulsidas Ramayana provided the basis for Ramanand Sagar's television epic “Ramayana”

Neha was born in Vishakhapatnam to a gallantry award-winning naval officer and raised in Mumbai.

She passed out of Divine Child High School, Mumbai, after which she graduated in Chemistry, from St. Xavier’s College Mumbai. She did her post-graduation in Journalism & Mass Communication from Xavier Institute of Communications (XIC), Mumbai.

Career: Early days

Modeling career / Endorsements – assignments, how it all started

Neha's passion for theatre and performing arts started while studying at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Apart from acting in various plays at inter-collegiate festivals, she started her journey in professional theatre with Raell Padamsee. Simultaneously, she took to dance professionally and became a Jazz/Ballet dance instructor at the Shiamak Davar's Institute of Performing Arts (SDIPA) for a brief period.

On completion of her formal education, Neha becomes a radio jockey and worked with Mumbai's Radio City 91.1 FM and Dubai's Cool 94.7 FM for 4.5 years.

After winning the radio excellence awards in Mumbai & Dubai, Neha quit being an RJ and returned back to Mumbai.

She took to acting, as a full-time career. She acted in Makrand Deshpande’s play Sona Spa. Starring in several TV commercials, she’s been the face of brands like Pears, Amazon, Biba, Reliance, Netflix, Manyavar and Anouk. After starring in a Hotstar TV commercial with superstar Mohanlal, she bagged her first Malayalam film ‘Tharangam.’

Film Career (2017 – Present)

Neha made her silver screen acting debut with the Malayalam movie, Tharangam (2017), as a lead alongside Tovino Thomas. The movie was directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dhanush's Wunderbar Films. Neha plays a character named Omana Varghese.

Her other projects include a web-series titled XYX (post-production, please elaborate?) in which she plays the lead character Farah Joseph; and Ribbon, which marked her debut in a Hindi-language film. The movie was directed by Rakhi Sandilya, featuring Sumeet Vyas and Kalki Koechlin in lead roles.

Recognition & Success

· Masala! Award - Best Radio Jockey in UAE, Dubai

· Radio City CEO's Award - Excellence in radio, Mumbai