Vineeth

Vineeth
Vineeth
	Vineeth in 2008
Born	Vineeth Radhakrishnan; 23 August 1969[1]; Thalassery, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor; dancer; voice artist; choreographer;
Years active	1985 – present
Spouse(s)	Priscilla Menon (m. 2004)
Children	1
Relatives	Travancore family
Website	www.actorvineeth.com

Vineeth Radhakrishnan(born 23 August 1969) is an Indian film actor, classical dancer, voice artist and choreographer who primarily works in Malayalam and Tamil language films. He has also starred in a few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi language films.He has won several awards including 2 Kerala State Film Awards,Kalaimamani from Government of Tamil Nadu and Filmfare Award.

Early life

Vineeth was born to K. T. Radhakrishnan and P. K. Shanthakumari on 23 August 1969 at Thalassery in Kannur district of North Kerala. He has a sister, Kavitha Dinesh.[2] He studied at Good Shepherd International School, Ooty and St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery.[3] He pursued bachelors in commerce from The New College in 1991.

Vineeth is the nephew of Ramachandran Nair, the husband of actress Padmini of the Travancore sisters. His aunt, Padmini and her sister, Ragini convinced his parents to send him to dancing school.[4] Vineeth is also a cousin of the film actress Shobana, Krishna and relative of Arun Kumar, actress Sukumari and Ambika Sukumaran.

He learned Bharathanatyam at the age of six. He caught the public eye by winning several prizes in the Bharatanatyam dance form while studying in school, including winning the first prize at the Kerala State Youth festival for four years in a row[1] and winning the top prize of "Kalaprathibha" in 1986.[5]

Film career

Vineeth with Director Lenin Rajendran and other cast of the film Rathri Mazha at Indian Panaorama, during presentation on 24.11.2007 at Panji Goa

Vineeth entered the film industry with the I. V. Sasi film Idanilangal in 1985. It was, however, with his second film Nakhakshathangal in 1986, that he caught the public eye in films.[6] His dancing skills were prominently displayed in several films as well.

He has acted in several well received films since, in all the South Indian languages. In spite of his success in films, he still considers dance as his first love and is undergoing advanced training in Bharatanatyam and participates in several dance programs all over the world as well as the Surya Dance Festival.[6]

Personal life

Vineeth married Priscilla Menon in 2004[7] and lives in Chennai . They have a daughter named Avanthi born in 2006.

Awards and nominations

1986 - Kalaprathibha - Kerala School Kalolsavam
1992 - Best New Face award by Film Fan's Association in Tamil Nadu for Aavarampoo
1992 - Kerala Film Critics Association Awards Second Best Actor award for Daivathinte Vikrithikal and Sargam
1993 - Supporting Actor award by Film Fan's Association in Tamil Nadu for Jathi Malli and Pudhiya Mugam
2006 - Yuvakala Bharathi award - Bharath Kalachar
2009 - Kalaimamani Award from Government of Tamil Nadu
2013 - Asiavision Awards for Best Supporting Actor[8]
2016 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography - Kambhoji for the song "Chenthar Nermukhi"
2013 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam - Nominated for Bavuttiyude Namathil
2020 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist - Lucifer (dubbed for Vivek Oberoi), Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham (dubbed for Arjun Sarja)

Filmography

Films in Malayalam

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2020	Vaanku	TBA	Malayalam	Post Production
2019	Madhaveeyam	Madhav Dev	Malayalam
2019	Panthu	Anwar	Malayalam
2018	Kaalchilambu	Kannan	Malayalam
2017	Kambhoji	Kunjunni	Malayalam
2016	Pallikoodam	Gokul Sir	Malayalam
2015	Njan Samvidhanam Cheyum		Malayalam
2015	Akkaldhamayile Pennu	Anto	Malayalam
2015	Kumbasaram	Rafi	Malayalam
2015	Sukhamayirikkatte		Malayalam
2015	100 Days of Love	S. P. Pillai	Malayalam
2014	Swapaanam	Thuppan Namboodiri	Malayalam
2013	Aattakatha	Unnikrishnan	Malayalam
2013	Ezhamathe Varavu	Prasad	Malayalam
2013	Cleopatra		Malayalam
2013	Omega Brothers	Sidharth	Malayalam
2013	Breaking News Live	Deepak	Malayalam
2012	Arike	Balu	Malayalam
2012	Father's Day	Gopan	Malayalam
2012	Ideal Couple	Ganeshan	Malayalam
2012	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Satheeshan	Malayalam
2011	Munthiri Paadam	Munna	Malayalam
2010	Killy Killy	Aloshy	Malayalam
2010	Thathwamasi	Rameshan	Malayalam
2010	Neelambari	Devanand	Malayalam
2009	Banaras	Hari	Malayalam
2009	Chemistry	Aloshy	Malayalam
2009	2 Harihar Nagar	Shyam Sundhar	Malayalam
2008	Mizhikal Sakshi	Aravind	Malayalam
2008	Kaalchilambu	Kannan,Jayadevan	Malayalam
2007	Rathri Mazha	Harikrishnan	Malayalam
2006	Vadakkum Nathan	Parameshwaran	Malayalam
2006	Moonnamathoral	Dr. Arun	Malayalam
2005	Mayookham		Malayalam
2005	Alice in Wonderland	Victor Joseph	Malayalam
2004	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Krishna	Malayalam
2004	Perumazhakkalam	Raghu Rama Iyer	Malayalam	Guest Appearance
2000	Darling Darling	Subash Chandra Bose/ Kochu Kurup / Aniyankutty (fake identity)	Malayalam
1999	Ustaad	Nandan	Malayalam
1999	Prempujari	Murali	Malayalam
1999	Mazhavillu	Vijay Krishnan	Malayalam
1998	Manjeeradhwani	Manu	Malayalam
1996	Hitler	Whistling Passenger	Malayalam
1996	Kala Pani	G S Sethu	Malayalam	Dubbed in Tamil as Sirai Chaalai
1995	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar	Shyam	Malayalam
1995	Highway	Vinod Menon	Malayalam
1995	Thakshashila	Salman	Malayalam
1995	Maanthrikam	Menaka/Cptn.Diana	Malayalam
1994	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Landlord's son	Malayalam
1994	Parinayam	Madhavan	Malayalam
1994	Manathe Vellitheru	Ramesh	Malayalam
1993	Arthana	Jayakrishnan	Malayalam
1993	Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha	Vishnu	Malayalam
1993	Kabuliwala	Munna	Malayalam
1993	Kalippattam	Harikrishnan	Malayalam
1993	Samooham	Udayan	Malayalam
1993	Gazal	Muneer	Malayalam
1992	Sargam	Haridas	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Critics Association Second Best Actor Award)
1992	Kamaladalam	Somashekharanunni (Malavika's lover)	Malayalam
1992	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Son of Landlord	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Critics Association Second Best Actor Award
1992	Aacharyan	Abraham	Malayalam
1992	Champakulam Thachan	Chanthutti	Malayalam
1990	Aaram Vardil Aabhyanthara Kalaham		Malayalam
1990	Kattukuthira	Mohan	Malayalam
1990	Lal Salam (1990 film)		Malayalam
1989	Rugmini		Malayalam
1989	Mahayanam	Rameshan	Malayalam
1988	Oru Muthassi Katha	Chanthu	Malayalam
1988	Janmandharam	Unnikrishnan	Malayalam
1988	Kanakambarangal	Rajan	Malayalam
1988	Aranyakam	Mohan	Malayalam
1987	Kanikanum Neram	Vinu	Malayalam
1987	Ponnu		Malayalam
1987	Rithubhedam	Keshavan	Malayalam
1987	Amrutham Gamaya	Unnikrishnan	Malayalam
1986	Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha	Ananth	Malayalam
1986	Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal	Antony	Malayalam
1986	Oridathu	Josekutty	Malayalam
1986	Nakhakshathangal	Ramu	Malayalam
1986	Pranamam	Appukuttan	Malayalam
1985	Idanilangal	Kunjumon	Malayalam

Others language films

Year	Film	Language	Role	Ref.
2021	Rang De	TBA	Telugu	Post production
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam	Mani	Tamil
2011	Queens! Destiny Of Dance	Mukta	Hindi
2010	Aptharakshaka	Ramanatha	Kannada
2008	Uliyin Osai	Iniyan	Tamil
2008	Sila Nerangalil	Madhavan	Tamil
2007	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Sharad Pradhan/Shashidhar	Hindi
2006	Thanks	Sri Ram	Telugu
2005	Chandramukhi	Viswanathan & Gunashekaran	Tamil
2003	Priyamana Thozhi	Michael Dsouza	Tamil
2003	Kadhal Kirukkan	Gautham	Tamil
2003	Maa Baapu Bommaki Pellanta	Krishnamoorthy	Telugu	Cameo appearance
2002	Bokshu, the Myth		English	Indian English film[9][10]
2002	Nee Premakai	Srinivas	Telugu
2002	Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Srinivasa Naidu	Telugu
2001	Ammai Kosam	Venkat	Telugu
2001	Vedham	Sanjay	Tamil
2000	Karisakattu Poove	Pounrasu	Tamil
2000	Prema Kosam	Rahul	Telugu
2000	Maa Annayya	Shekhar	Telugu
2000	Balaram	SrinivasaPrasad	Telugu
2000	Thodu Thodu	Sushank	English
1999	Suyamvaram	Gautham	Tamil
1999	Maravathe Kanmaniye		Tamil
1999	Preminchalani Vundi		Telugu
1998	W/o V. Vara Prasad	Varaprasad	Telugu
1998	Padutha Theeyaga		Telugu
1998	Rukmini	Ravi	Telugu
1998	Prema Pallaki		Telugu
1998	Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene		Kannada
1998	Simmarasi	Kathir	Tamil
1997	Daud: Fun on the Run	Inspector Sri	Hindi
1997	Nandhini	Suresh	Tamil
1997	Devathai	Umapathi	Tamil
1997	Aaro Pranam	Chanti	Telugu
1997	Evandi Pelli Chesukondi	Vijay	Telugu
1997	Sakthi	Sakthi	Tamil
1996	Kadhal Desam Prema desam (Telugu)	Karthik anand (in Telugu)	Tamil & Telugu
1994	Sarigamalu	Ram	Telugu
1994	May Madham	Eeshwar	Tamil
1993	Jathi Malli	Moscow	Tamil
1993	Pudhiya Mugam	Raja Rajeswaran "Raja (father) and (son) Hari (dual role)	Tamil
1993	Gentleman	Ramesh	Tamil
1992	Aavarampoo (Tamil debut)	Sakkarai	Tamil	Best New Face Awarded from the Film Fan's Association in Tamil Nadu

Dubbing

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Character	Notes
2019	Lucifer	Vivek Oberoi	Bimal Nair / Bobby	Won: Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist
2020	Big Brother	Arbaaz Khan	Vedantham IPS
2020	Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham	Arjun Sarja	Ananthan	Won: Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist

References

Former Students. St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery
A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal Archived 17 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Cinidiary. Retrieved on 21 October 2015.
"ലാലേട്ടന് എന്റെ ഗുരുവാണ് -വിനീത്". mangalam.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
Rediff On The Net, Movies: Winning, vulnerable Vineeth Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (16 October 1997). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
Top 100 Handsome Indian Men – Vineeth Archived 31 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Webindia123.com. Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
Success, at last! Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Hindu (13 October 2003). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.
"Vineeth ties nuptial knot". Archived from the original on 11 November 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
VM Sathish. "Mammotty, Kavya Madhavan bag Asiavision awards". Emirates 24-7. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
Young, Deborah (13 June 2006). "Bokshu, The Myth". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
Warrier, Shobha (22 May 2002). "Why can't an Indian make a film in English?". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

External links

Actor Vineeth - Official Website
Vineeth at IMDb
Vineeth at MSI
Actor and dancer Vineeth goes to Bollywood http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGalatta.com_100807_0858.htm
Interview with Vineeth: varnachitram » Blog Archive » Interview with Vineeth

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[stjosephshss.info-1] Former Students. St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery

[2] A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal Archived 17 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Cinidiary. Retrieved on 21 October 2015.

[3] "ലാലേട്ടന് എന്റെ ഗുരുവാണ് -വിനീത്". mangalam.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[4] Rediff On The Net, Movies: Winning, vulnerable Vineeth Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (16 October 1997). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.

[5] Top 100 Handsome Indian Men – Vineeth Archived 31 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Webindia123.com. Retrieved on 26 February 2012.

[The_Hindu_:_Success,_at_last!-6] Success, at last! Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Hindu (13 October 2003). Retrieved on 26 February 2012.

[7] "Vineeth ties nuptial knot". Archived from the original on 11 November 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[8] VM Sathish. "Mammotty, Kavya Madhavan bag Asiavision awards". Emirates 24-7. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[9] Young, Deborah (13 June 2006). "Bokshu, The Myth". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

[10] Warrier, Shobha (22 May 2002). "Why can't an Indian make a film in English?". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2017.