Vineeth Sreenivasan
Vineeth in 2018
Born	(1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 (age 39) Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor film director creative director screenwriter lyricist playback singer dubbing artist producer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Divya Narayanan ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Parents	Sreenivasan (Father) Vimala Sreenivasan (Mother)
Relatives	Dhyan Sreenivasan (Brother) M. Mohanan (uncle)

Vineeth Sreenivasan (born 1 October 1984) is an Indian playback singer, actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, creative director and dubbing artist. He predominantly works in the Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor and screenwriter Sreenivasan.^[1]

Early life and family

Vineeth Sreenivasan is the eldest son of Malayalam screenwriter and actor Sreenivasan and Vimala.^[1] He completed his primary education from nursery to 10th standard at Rani Jai Higher Secondary School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from KCG College of Technology, Chennai.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He made his acting debut playing one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film Cycle, which did well at the box office.^[2] He did his second movie role with his father in the movie Makante Achan.^{[citation needed]}

He writes the lyrics of most of his album songs and has also directed his own music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Vineeth won the AMMA Best Male Singer Award 2008 for his songs "Mampullikkavil" and "Jillu Jillu" and also the Best Male new face of the year 2008 by Asianet, for his role in Cycle.^{[citation needed]} Vineeth wrote the script and Lyrics and debuted as director for the movie Malarvadi Arts Club, with seven new young actors. He won the Asiavision award for the best debutant director for Malarvadi Arts Club. Thattathin Marayathu was the second movie in which he was the screenwriter, director and playback singer. His third movie Thira was released in 2013, in which he introduced his younger brother Dhyan Sreenivasan.^{[citation needed]} He then worked as a screenwriter on Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which had a good run at the box office. His fourth film as director and screenwriter was the family drama, Jacobinte Swargrajyam. The screenplay, also written by Vineeth, was based on a real life incident of a NRI Malayali businessman Jacob Zachariah. The film succeeded both critically and commercially.

Hridayam, his next film, was released in theatres worldwide on 21 January 2022. It garnered critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, music, score, and standout performances by the cast. The film also achieved significant commercial success, securing its position as the 3rd highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year.^[3] His upcoming movie, Varshangalkku Shesham, is set to release in April 2024.^[4]

Personal life

Vineeth married Divya Narayanan on 18 October 2012, after an eight-year-long relationship since 30 March 2004. She was his junior at KCG College of Technology in Chennai.^[5] The couple had a son Vihaan Divya Vineeth on 30 June 2017 & daughter Shanaya Divya Vineeth^[6]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Actor

Director/writer

Producer

• Aanandam (2016)
• Helen (2019)

Dubbing artist

• Note Book - Voice for Skanda Ashok
• Positive - Voice for Skanda Ashok
• Elektra - Voice for Skanda Ashok
• Malarvadi Arts Club - Voice for Geevarghese Eappen

Narrator

• 2012 - Jawan of Vellimala - Narration
• 2014 - Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram - Voice over/Narration
• 2019 - Adhyarathri - Voice over/Narration
• 2017 - Godha - Narration

Recurring collaborations

Editor Ranjan Abraham, music composer Shaan Rahman, cinematographer Jomon T. John, and actor Aju Varghese have worked on five movies. Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, and Deepak Parambol acted in three films.

Films	Ranjan	Shaan	Jomon	Nivin	Aju	Deepak	Sreeram	Bhagath	Harikrishnan	Sreenivasan	Anu
Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Thattathin Marayathu (2012)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Thira (2013)	Y	Y	Y			Y	Y				Y
Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Hridayam (2022)	Y				Y

Discography

As playback singer

Albums