Vineeth

Vineeth
Vineeth in 2008
Born	Vineeth Radhakrishnan (1969-08-23) 23 August 1969 Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala, India
Years active	1985 – Present
Spouse(s)	Priscilla Menon (2004 – Present)
Children	Avanthi
Parent(s)	K. T. Radhakrishnan P. K. Shanthakumari
Website	http://www.actorvineeth.com

Vineeth (born 23 August 1969^[1][2]) is an Indian film actor and classical dancer known for his works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and Tamil cinema. He was also starred in few Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films.

Career

Vineeth is the 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, Krishna and relative of actress Sukumari and Ambika Sukumaran.

He learned bharathanatyam at the age of 6. 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' in 1986.^[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]

Personal life

He is born to K. T. Radhakrishnan and Dr P. K. Shanthakumari on 23 August 1969 at Thalassery, Kannur. He has a sister, Dr Kavitha Dinesh.^[6] He studied at Good Shepherd International School, Ooty and St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery.^[7] He pursued bachelors in commerce from The New College in 1991.

Vineeth married Priscilla Menon^[8][9] and lives in Chennai . They have a daughter named Avanthi Vineeth.

Awards

• 1986 Kalaprathibha - Kerala State Government for the Kerala State School Youth Festival
• 1992 Best New Face Award- Film Fan’s Association in Tamil Nadu - Aavarampoo
• 1992 Second best actor Award - Kerala State Film Critics Association for Daivathinte Vikrithikal and Sargam
• 1993 Supporting actor award - Film Fan’s Association - Jathi Malli and Pudhiya Mugam
• 2006 Yuvakala Bharathi award - Bharath Kalachar
• 2013 – Asiavision Awards – Best Supporting Actor^[10]

Filmography

References

External links

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• Vineeth in Pudhiya Mugam Tamil Mp3 Listen And Download
• Vineeth R at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website http://www.actorvineeth.com
• Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/actor.dancer.vineeth
• Vineeth at MSI
• 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