Vineeth

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Field	Value
name	Vineeth
image	Vineeth 2008.jpg
caption	Vineeth in 2008
birth_name	Vineeth Radhakrishnan
birth_date
birth_place	Thalassery, Kerala, India
occupation
yearsactive	1985 – present
spouse
children	1
relatives	Shobana (cousin)
family	See Travancore family
honours	Kalaimamani (2007)
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Vineeth Radhakrishnan (born 23 August 1969) is an Indian actor, Bharatanatyam dancer, voice artist and choreographer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films. He has also appeared in a few Hindi and Kannada films. He has won several awards including 3 Kerala State Film Awards, Kalaimamani honour from Government of Tamil Nadu and Filmfare Award South nominations.

Early life

Vineeth was born to K. T. Radhakrishnan and P. K. Shanthakumari on 23 August 1969 at Thalassery in Kannur district, Kerala. His family hails from the Travancore region (present-day Southern Kerala districts). He has a sister, Kavitha Dinesh. 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. Actress Shobana is his cousin.

Vineeth attended Good Shepherd International School, Ooty, St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery, and St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode. He then pursued a Bachelor of Commerce from The New College, Chennai, in 1991.

Vineeth started training in Bharathanatyam at the age of six and won several dance prizes while a student, including the first prize at the Kerala School Kalolsavam for four years in a row, also winning the top title of "Kalaprathibha" in 1986.

Film career

Vineeth entered films with the I. V. Sasi film Idanilangal in 1985, and caught the public eye with his second film, Nakhakshathangal, in 1986. His dancing skills were prominently displayed in several films as well. He played the lead characters in Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha (1987), a story by poet Balachandran Chullikkadu and Oru Muthassi Katha (1988) directed by Priyadarshan. Aavarampoo (1992), the Tamil remake of Thakara changed everything for Vineeth directed by Bharathan. As soon as Aavarampoo ended, Hariharan called him for Sargam (1992), in which he played a musical genius. Suddenly Vineeth was doing multiple films in Malayalam and Tamil. Kabooliwala (1994) and Manathe Vellitheru (1994) became two turning points in his Malayalam career, one establishing him as a young romantic hero, the other proving he could handle negative shades really well. Though his films impressed both critics and front benchers, he did not become a super hero, a sought after actor. He had appeared in maximum Malayalam films. But his career did not pick up as expected.

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His roles in successful Tamil films also include Gentleman (1993), Pudhiya Mugam (1993), Jaathi Malli (1993) and May Maadham (1994). Among other projects came Kadhal Desam (1996), where Vineeth and Abbas played college students in love with the same woman, played by Tabu. The movie, with its themes of friendship and romance and the music of A. R. Rahman, became very popular. He has acted in several well received films since then in all the main 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 programmes all over the world as well as the Surya Dance Festival. He has worked in several Telugu films such as Aaro Pranam (1997), Maa Annayya (2000), Ammayi Kosam (2001), Nee Premakai (2002) and Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002). Vineeth, who disappeared from both Tamil and Malayalam cinema, made a comeback with Rajinikanth starrer Chandramukhi (2005). He played the same role in the Hindi version of Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) as well. He also played in many roles in Malayalam films such as Rathri Mazha (2007), Banaras (2009), Thathwamasi (2010), Ideal Couple (2012), Omega Brothers (2012), Aattakatha (2013), Sukhamayirikkatte (2015) and Pallikoodam (2016).

He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography for Kambhoji in 2017. Vineeth has collaborated with G. V. Prakash Kumar in Sarvam Thaala Mayam (2019). It was a Tamil musical drama that was written and directed by Rajiv Menon. Actor singer Krishnachandran dubbed for Vineeth in most of his early movies. Ironically, Vineeth won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist in 2020 for giving voice to Vivek Oberoi's character in Lucifer, actor Prithviraj’s first as a director. In Malayalam, he was seen in Kavya Prakash's debut film Vaanku (2021), based on a story by Unni R. In Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (2021), he dubbed for the character played by Tamil star Arjun Sarja. Vineeth won the award for his dubbing. In 2023, he co-starred with Fahadh Faasil in Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum and Dhoomam. He is making his comeback in Tamil cinema and plays a father in the drama film, Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai (2025).

Personal life

Vineeth married Priscilla Menon, who hails from Thalassery, in August 2004. They live in Chennai, and a daughter was born to them in 2006.

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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
2013 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam - Nominated for Bavuttiyude Namathil
2017 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography - Kambhoji for the song "Chenthar Nermukhi"
2020 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist - Lucifer (dubbed for Vivek Oberoi)
2021 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist - Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham (dubbed for Arjun Sarja)

Filmography

Malayalam films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Idanilangal	Kunjumon
1986	Nakhakshathangal	Ramu
Pranamam	Appukuttan
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal	Antony
Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha	Ananth
1987	Oridathu	Josekutty
Amrutham Gamaya	Unnikrishnan
Rithubhedam	Keshavan
Ponnu
Kanikanum Neram	Vinu
1988	Aranyakam	Mohan
Kanakambarangal	Rajan
Janmandharam	Unnikrishnan
Oru Muthassi Katha	Chanthu
1989	Mahayanam	Rameshan
Rugmini
1990	Lal Salam	Medayil Josekutty
Kattukuthira	Mohan
Aaram Vardil Aabhyanthara Kalaham
1992	Champakulam Thachan	Chanthutti
Aacharyan	Abraham
Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Son of Landlord	Kerala State Film Critics Association Second Best Actor Award
Kamaladalam	Somashekharanunni (Malavika's lover)
Sargam	Haridas	Kerala State Film Critics Association Second Best Actor Award
1993	Gazal	Muneer
Samooham	Udayan
Kalippattam	Harikrishnan
Kabuliwala	Munna
Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha	Vishnu
Arthana	Jayakrishnan
1994	Manathe Vellitheru	Ramesh
Parinayam	Madhavan
Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Landlord's son
1995	Thakshashila	Salman
Highway	Vinod Menon
Thacholi Varghese Chekavar	Shyam
1996	Kala Pani	G S Sethu	Dubbed in Tamil as Sirai Chaalai
Hitler	Whistling Passenger		Cameo appearance
Kavadam		Unreleased
1999	Mazhavillu	Vijay Krishnan
Prempujari	Murali
Ustaad	Nandan
2000	Darling Darling	Subash Chandra Bose/ Kochu Kurup / Aniyankutty (fake identity)
2004	Perumazhakkalam	Raghu Rama Iyer	Guest Appearance
Chathikkatha Chanthu	Krishna
2005	Alice in Wonderland	Victor Joseph
Mayookham
2006	Moonnamathoral	Dr. Arun
Vadakkum Nathan	Parameshwaran
2007	Rathri Mazha	Harikrishnan
2008	Mizhikal Sakshi	Aravind
2009	2 Harihar Nagar	Shyam Sundhar
Chemistry	Aloshy
Banaras	Hari
2010	Neelambari	Devanand
Thathwamasi	Rameshan
Killy Killy	Aloshy
2011	Munthiri Paadam	Munna
2012	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Satheeshan
Ideal Couple	Ganeshan
Father's Day	Gopan
Arike	Balu
2013	Breaking News Live	Deepak
Omega Brothers	Sidharth
Aattakatha	Unnikrishnan
Ezhamathe Varavu	Prasad
Cleopatra
2014	Swapaanam	Thuppan Namboodiri
2015	100 Days of Love	S. P. Pillai
Sukhamayirikkatte
Kumbasaram	Rafi
Njan Samvidhanam Cheyum
Akkaldhamayile Pennu	Anto
2016	Pallikoodam	Gokul Sir
2017	Kambhoji	Kunjunni
2019	Panthu	Anwar
Madhaveeyam	Madhav Dev
2021	Vaanku	Razak
Kaalchilambu	Kannan, Jayadevan
2023	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum	Riyas
Dhoomam	Praveen
2024	Manorathangal	Venugopal's father	Released on ZEE5 Anthology series
Segment: Kadugannawa, Oru Yathra Kurippu
2025	Dheeran	Abubackar Haji
Dominic and the Ladies' Purse	Adv. Prakash Menon
Eko	Mohan Pothan
Sarvam Maya	Vinod Mathew Manjooran, Delulu/Maya's father
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Tamil films

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Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1992	Aavarampoo	Sakkarai	Best New Face Awarded from the Film Fan's Association in Tamil Nadu
1993	Jathi Malli	Moscow
Pudhiya Mugam	Raja Rajeswaran / Hari (dual role)
Gentleman	Ramesh
1994	May Madham	Eeshwar
1996	Kadhal Desam	Karthik
1997	Sakthi	Sakthi
Devathai	Umapathi
Nandhini	Suresh
1998	Simmarasi	Kathir
1999	Maravathe Kanmaniye	Surya
Suyamvaram	Gautham
2000	Karisakattu Poove	Pounrasu
2001	Vedham	Sanjay
2003	Kadhal Kirukkan	Gautham
Priyamana Thozhi	Michael D'Souza
2005	Chandramukhi	Viswanathan & Gunashekaran
2006	Pasakiligal	Nallarasu
2008	Sila Nerangalil	Madhavan
Uliyin Osai	Iniyan
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam	Mani
2025	Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai	Devaraj
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Telugu films

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Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1993	Sarigamalu	Kalidasu
1997	Evandi Pelli Chesukondi	Vijay
Aaro Pranam	Chanti
Rukmini	Ravi
1998	Prema Pallaki
Priyuralu		Dubbed in Malayalam as Manjeeradhwani
Padutha Theeyaga	Rushi
W/o V. Vara Prasad	Varaprasad
1999	Preminchalani Vundi
Prema Kosam	Rahul
2000	* Balaram*	Srinivasa Prasad
Maa Annayya	Shekhar
2001	Ammayi Kosam	Venkat
2002	Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Srinivasa Naidu
Nee Premakai	Srinivas
2003	Maa Baapu Bommaki Pellanta	Krishnamoorthy	Cameo appearance
2005	Thanks	Sri Ram
2021	Rang De	Arjun's brother-in-law
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Other language films

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Year	Film	Role	Language
1997	Daud: Fun on the Run	Inspector Sri	Hindi
1998	Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene	Raghunandan	Kannada
2002	Bokshu – The Myth	Rati's lover	English
2007	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Sharad Pradhan / Shashidhar	Hindi
2010	Aptharakshaka	Ramanatha	Kannada
2011	Queens! Destiny Of Dance	Mukta	Hindi
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Dubbing

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Year	Film	Dubbed for	Character	Language	Notes
2019	Lucifer	Vivek Oberoi	Bimal Nair / Bobby	Malayalam	Won, Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist
2020	Big Brother	Arbaaz Khan	Vedantham IPS
The Kung Fu Master	Jiji Scaria	Rishi Ram
2021	Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham	Arjun Sarja	Ananthan	Won, Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist
2022	Kaduva	Vivek Oberoi	I.G Joseph Chandy / Ouseppukutty
Ottu	Arvind Swamy	David
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