This is the Amazing Vijay and I am glad you found me. I live in the Northern California Bay Area and have been performing magic shows for over 25 years.
As a magician serving San Jose, Los Altos, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Foster City, Milpitas, Fremont, Hayward, Union City, San Leandro and the greater San Franscisco Bay Area, I am quite busy on weekends making both children and adults happy.I can also come to Pleasanton, San Ramon and Livermore areas.
As a magician serving San Jose, Los Altos, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Foster City, Milpitas, Fremont, Hayward, Union City, San Leandro and the greater San Franscisco Bay Area, I am quite busy on weekends making both children and adults happy.I can also come to Pleasanton, San Ramon and Livermore areas.
Services
My deluxe magic show is definitely the most popular show and it is about 40 to 45 minutes of non-stop, fun filled entertainment for the entire family. It is filled with comedy bits and audience participation and is tailored to your special event. If this is a birthday party, your child becomes the star when I perform a special trick for the birthday child and they assist me in all the major effects.
Below you can also see 3 short videos from my shows. These shows were public shows in outdoor places and as you can see I am wearing my Indian magician costume. When I perform at private homes and retaurants, I wear a more traditional western costume or the Indian costume depending on the season and the party theme.
I have been interested in this since I was in high school, but did not devote any time to Magic while I was in college. I started getting into it again about 20 years ago when I started working in the Los Angeles area. Since then, I have learnt a lot of magic. I have performed as a part time professional since 1990.
I am a Vice President of Software Engineering at a company called WideOrbit in San Francisco. WideOrbit is the leading provider of business management software for media companies. Our software is used by many, many TV stations and Radio stations all over the world. It is an exciting space and a great company.
People love math magic - whether it is a super fast magic square or my tricky addition opening trick, I always get compliments about the math tricks. Here are a few more for your fun. Fun fact: Did you know that the letters "a", "b", "c" or "d" do not appear in the spelling of any number from 1 to 99?.
Reviews (22)
Olga Calero
Dec 21, 2021
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Vijay is truly wonderful! We had him for our daughter’s birthday and all the kids absolutely loved the show! And the parents too! So much that at the end of the show, several parents approached him to inquire about his services because they want him at their kids birthdays too! He is not only an awesome magician, he is also super nice and fun with the kids. Also, very easy to communicate with and helpful all the time previous to the event. Highly recommend!!!
Shilpa P.
Dec 19, 2021
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We had Mr. Vijay as our magician for my son's 9th birthday. It was our pleasure to have him. He was very engaging, funny and of course performed nice tricks to amaze kids. Adults too enjoyed. Floating kid trick was charm. Super exciting ... Kids were like what.. how ... They even kept on discussing how he did all the tricks. He was flexible and was kind enough to wait for extra 10 mins to start the show. I would surely recommend him.
Ashish Agarwal
Nov 01, 2021
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Vijay is truly amazing. He performed his magic show on my daughter's double digit birthday and all the kids were left spellbound. He engaged them for one and half hours and left them wanting. He is superb. All his tricks are so seamless that you think you know what he is doing but at the end you just say "what", "how" :-) Thank you Vijay for making my daughters birthday memorable.
Vidhya Ranganathan
Sep 20, 2021
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We had Vijay's magic show for my son's birthday party. Vijay was truly amazing in entertaining the kids. All the kids were at the edge of the seat throughout the performance. My son had his most memorable birthday. Kids were so happy to get the balloon twist at the end of the show from Vijay. He was skillfull and on time to the show. Thanks Vijay for the wonderful show for our party.
Bindiya Khanna
Jun 02, 2021
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Vijay taught my son magic many years ago and he was incredible! My son learnt so much and had such a fabulous time learning this new skill. Vijay is talented, professional and patient. Most recently, he agreed to do a virtual/Zoom magic show for an organization that I'm involved in and pulled it off beautifully.
Minoti W.
May 24, 2021
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Naresh K.
Jan 13, 2019
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Ajay T.
Sep 11, 2018
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Vijay was part of the 6th Birthday Party for my son. He kept kids engaged throughout the party. He is very punctual and professional. I loved the way he dealt with kids. He made it possible to make it a great party!! Would love to refer him to any event! He makes every kid smile!! Even adults were engaged for about an hour!!
Bhagavatula M.
Apr 14, 2018
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I relied on Yelp to search for a magician for my daughters 5th birthday and Yelp reviews for Vijay helped me to make my decision easy. Vijay came to the venue 20 mins ahead and around 25 kids between 4-6 years of age thoroughly enjoyed his show. He was gracious enough to leave some extra twisted balloons as he anticipated that some children come in late and may ask for the balloons.
Thanks Vijay for making it a fun filled celebration.
Thanks Vijay for making it a fun filled celebration.
Bindu L.
Dec 07, 2017
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Vijay performed his show for my Son's 5th Birthday and daughter's 1st birthday on Nov 17 2017 for a group of 15 kids (age group 2 to 10) and 40 adults. He did a Great job in keeping everyone entertained and engaged. It was a lot of fun.
There was a balloon twisting event also at the end of the magic show where kids got twisted balloon of their choice. We'd happily recommend Vijay if you are looking to have a magic show and Balloon Twisting at your party.....Thanks Vijay.....
There was a balloon twisting event also at the end of the magic show where kids got twisted balloon of their choice. We'd happily recommend Vijay if you are looking to have a magic show and Balloon Twisting at your party.....Thanks Vijay.....
Reena K.
Dec 04, 2017
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I invited Vijay for my son's 5th birthday and it was an amazing experience. He came in early to set up his table and did not rush to finish the show. I must say that kids enjoyed the most and some of his tricks are so memorable. He made sure to engage the kids and keep them entertained till the end of the show. I highly recommend him for a magic show birthday parties.
Dee R.
Sep 12, 2016
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Amazing Vijay is amazing. Kids, adult, everyone loved the show. He has mastered the technique of capturing the audience attention and making the environment lively and entertaining. My kid came home asking lots of questions.......he came early to prep and the show started on time. Now everyone wants his show
Sweta G.
Feb 28, 2016
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Zoey S.
Dec 16, 2014
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Mathilde L.
Dec 11, 2014
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Vijay performed his deluxe magic show at my sons' birthday party in a city park recently. I am so pleased that I picked him, because all, kids and adults alike, enjoyed his show and had a great time. I particularly appreciate that he can really keep these kids' attention during 45 min, which is not the least of his magic tricks! The kids' ages ranged from 4 to 8, and they all were mesmerized. The adults were laughing and in the following days, kept telling me how much fun they and their kids had had. Vijay gave a funny certificate to the 2 birthday boys, so we have a souvenir to
Cricket H.
Apr 15, 2014
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I'm very grateful to the Yelpers who previously recommended Vijay, because I wouldn't have found him otherwise. He was fantastic! Our event was an office/family party, with about 40 people, with ages ranging from 5 to 80 -- and he delighted everyone. Vijay is charming, funny, engages well with a crowd...Some of the parents were astonished to see their normally restless kids sit still and become mesmerized as they watched his adept performance. Some of the usually shy ones even volunteered to participate. We were glad to have signed on for a few extras -- especially the floating child
Raji Nair
Dec 23, 2013
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We had Vijay's magic performance a couple of years back for my daughter's birthday and now for my son's. We had a large crowd and the magic show was very well received on both occasions! Kids and adults of all age group enjoyed the show and days later, folks were still discussing how a particular trick must have been performed, etc. Kids were very inspired too!
It is a very fun entertainment idea for parties and we highly recommend Vijay!
It is a very fun entertainment idea for parties and we highly recommend Vijay!
Anuradha Venkatesan
Nov 19, 2013
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We had Vijay perform at our house for our son's Birthday. We had 4-12 year old kids at the party, Vijay was very interactive with them and they had great fun. He built up the show slowly so the kids will latch on. The big brother to the Birthday boy had a great day as he was called over a few times to assist. One of the bigger kids who talked to Vijay about the magic shows he has seen before was called over to assist in some of the cool tricks. He was thrilled to say the least. The adults also enjoyed the show well. The show was followed by balloon twisting and the swords and flowers kept the kids
Jian H.
Aug 15, 2012
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We are a nonprofit organization (shinshinfoundation.org) that helps improve rural education in China. Amazing Vijay was invited to our annual picnic event hosted in a park in Saratoga, CA. He was truly amazing! All the kids and adults enjoyed his show. He also arrived early to set up the equipment, and did everything perfectly. We were very impressed by the way that Vijay encouraged the kids to be curious in learning. His passion for magic is admirable, especially if you could understand how challenging it would be to work as a software VP and keep a hobby as a magician.
Kavitha H.
Dec 20, 2010
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Vijay's magic show was the favorite part of our party.
We had pinata, cake, goody bags and magic show. Towards the end when we asked our party guests about the best part of the party, they all said it was the magic show. It was surprising to hear this review from both grown ups and the children alike!
We had pinata, cake, goody bags and magic show. Towards the end when we asked our party guests about the best part of the party, they all said it was the magic show. It was surprising to hear this review from both grown ups and the children alike!
Shashi C.
Dec 17, 2009
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We had a birthday party of approx. 40 kids + 60 adults. Vijay was on time and ready to begin at the scheduled time. The kids were engrossed for the next 45 mins. They loved the custom dollar bill that was handed out and had a lot of fun during the entire magic show. We also had him make balloons for the kids. I would definitely recommend him.
LInda S.
Dec 14, 2009
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We had Vijay perform his deluxe magic show for of family holiday party of 25 adults and children - it was great. Both the kids AND the adults were totally focused and having fun for the entire hour. One elementary school girl said on her way out the door later that night - "this was THE BEST holiday party ever!"