1. Vineeth Radhakrishnan was born on 23 August 1969 and is an Indian actor, Bharatanatyam dancer, voice artist and choreographer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films.
17 Facts About Vineeth
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Vineeth has appeared in a few Hindi and Kannada films.
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Vineeth has won several awards including 3 Kerala State Film Awards, Kalaimamani honour from Government of Tamil Nadu and Filmfare Award South nominations.
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Vineeth is the nephew of Ramachandran Nair, the husband of actress Padmini of the Travancore sisters.
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Vineeth attended Good Shepherd International School, Ooty, St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery, and St Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode.
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Vineeth then pursued a Bachelor of Commerce from The New College, Chennai, in 1991.
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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, winning the top title of "Kalaprathibha" in 1986.
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Vineeth played the lead characters in Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha, a story by poet Balachandran Chullikkadu and Oru Muthassi Katha directed by Priyadarshan.
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Aavarampoo, the Tamil remake of Thakara changed everything for Vineeth directed by Bharathan.
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Suddenly Vineeth was doing multiple films in Malayalam and Tamil.
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Vineeth has acted in several well received films since then in all South Indian languages.
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Vineeth, who disappeared from both Tamil and Malayalam cinema, made a comeback with Rajinikanth starrer Chandramukhi.
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Vineeth played the same role in the Hindi version of Bhool Bhulaiyaa as well.
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Vineeth won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography for Kambhoji in 2017.
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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.
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Vineeth is making his comeback in Tamil cinema and plays a father in the drama film, Kaadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai.
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Vineeth married Priscilla Menon, who hails from Thalassery, in August 2004.