Vineeth
Vineeth in 2008
Born	(1969-08-23) 23 August 1969 (age 42)[1] Kannur, Kerala, India
Years active	1985 – Present
Spouse	Priscilla Menon (2004 – Present)
Website
http://www.actorvineeth.com

Vineeth (born on 23 August 1969)^[2] is an Indian film actor and classical dancer who has acted in several well received films in his native Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. He studied in Good Shepherd Public School, Ooty, and at St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Thalassery.^[2]

Vineeth is nephew of the famous Travancore sisters. Of them, apparently, Padmini and Ragini imposed on his parents to send him to dancing school.^[3] Vineeth is also a cousin of the film actress Shobhana and a relative of actress Sukumari.

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^[2] and winning the top prize of 'Kalaprathibha'.^[4]

Vineeth entered the film industry with the I. V. Sasi film Edanilagal in 1985. It was, however, with his second film Nakhakshathangal in 1986 that he caught the public eye in films.^[5] 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.^[5]

In 2004, he married Priscilla Menon^[6][7] and lives in Chennai.

Filmography[link]

1980s[link]

• Idanilangal (1985) as Kochumon
• Pranamam (1986)) as
• Nakhakshathangal (1986) as Ramu
• Oridathu (1986) as Josekutty
• Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986)
• Amrutham Gamaya (1987) as Unnikrishnan
• Oru Muthassi Katha(1988)
• Janmandharam (1988) as Unnikrishnan

1990s[link]

• Sargam (1992) as Haridas
• Aranyakam (1988) as Mohan
• Mahayanam (1989) as Rameshan
• Kattu Kuthira (1990)
• Kamaladalam (1992) as Malavika's lover
• Daivathinte Vikrithikal (1992) as Son of Landlord
• Champakulam Thachan (1992) as Chanthutti
• Aavarampoo (1992)
• Jathi Malli (1993)
• Pudhiya Mugam (1993)
• Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha (1993)
• Kabuliwala (1993) as Munna
• Gazal (1993 film) (1993)
• Gentleman (1993) as Ramesh
• Sarigamalu (1994)
• Parinayam (1994)
• May madham (1994)
• Manathe Vellitheru (1994) as Ramesh
• Thacholi Varghese Chekavar (1995) as Shyam
• Highway (1995)
• Kala Pani (1996) as G S Sethu
• Kadhal Desam (1996) as Karthik
• Aaropranam (1996)
• Devathai (1997)
• Daud: Fun on the Run (1997) as Inspector Sri
• Rukimini(1997)
• W/O V.Varaprasad (1998) as Varaprasad
• Manjeeradhwani (1998)
• Usthad (1999) as Nandan
• Suyamvaram (1999)
• Prempujari (1999)
• Mazhavillu (1999) as Vijay Krishnan

2000s[link]

• Darling Darling (2000)
• Vedham (2001)
• Bokshu the Myth (2002)
• Nee Premakai'(2002)
• Priyamana Thozhi (2003) as Michael
• Kadhal Kirukkan (2003)
• Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) as Krishna
• Perumazhakkalam (2004) as Raghu Rama Iyer
• Chandramukhi (2005) as Visvanathan/Gunasekaran
• Alice in Wonderland (2005) as Victor Joseph
• Vadakkum Nathan (2006) as Parameshwaran
• Moonnamathoral (2006) as Dr. Arun
• Rathri Mazha (2007) as Harikrishnan
• Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) as Professor Sharad Pradhan/Shashidhar
• Uliyin Osai (2008) as Iniyin
• Sila Nerangalil (2008) as Madhavan
• Banaras (2009) as Hari
• Chemistry (2009) as Aloshy
• 2 Harihar Nagar(2009) as Dancer Shyam sundhar

2010s[link]

• Aptharakshaka (2010) – Kannada movie
• Neelambari (2010) as Devanand

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Vineeth in Pudhiya Mugam Tamil Mp3 Listen And Download
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• Official Website http://www.actorvineeth.com
• Success, at last! http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/10/13/stories/2003101301750200.htm
• Winning, vulnerable Vineeth – http://www.rediff.com/entertai/oct/16vin.htm
• Actor and dancer Vineeth goes to Bollywood http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGalatta.com_100807_0858.htm
• Former students: http://stjosephshss.info/fstudents.htm
• Top 100 handsome men: http://www.webindia123.com/personality/men/vineeth/vineeth.html
• Interview with Vineeth: http://varnachitram.com/2006/11/08/interview-with-vineeth/
• Vineeth ties nuptial knot: http://movies.indiainfo.com/telugu/movienews/morenews167.html