Classical dancer-actor Vineeth, who has acted in several well received films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, celebrates his birthday on August 23. Galatta.com wishes happy birthday and all the best to Vineeth.
Vineeth, nephew of the famous actress Padmini of the Travancore sisters and cousin of National Award winning actress Shobana, an acknowledged exponent of Bharathanatyam, has acted in more than 90 movies mainly for dance-oriented roles in a career spanning 23 years.
Vineeth started learning classical dance in his childhood itself. It was his aunty, Padmini who persuaded his parents to send him to dancing school. He became the first person in Kerala to win the Kalaprathiba title four times at the State Youth Festival.
Vineeth entered films with I.V. Sasi's Edanilagal in 1985. It was however with his second film Nakakshathangal in 1986 that he caught the public eye. Nakakshathangal, introducing three debutants, was a super hit and won a lasting impression among the Malayalam film viewers.
Although he has later done several memorable movies like Idavazhiyil Oru Kaalocha, Rithubhedam, Amruthamgamaya, Aaranyakam, Sargam, Ghazal, Kabooliwala, Parinayam etc., his career didn't take off as expected. In Tamil, Vineeth managed to earn a place for himself with movies like Avarampoo, Kaathal Desam, Priyamana Thozhi, Bokshu-The Myth, among others. His dancing skills were prominently displayed in several movies like Mazhavillu, Chandramukhi and latest Uliyin Osai, written by the legendary Kalaignar Karunanidhi.
In spite of his fame in films, he still considers dance as his first love and is undergoing advanced training in Bharathanatyam and participates in several dance programmes all over the world. Vineeth still learns Bharathanatyam from Dr. Padma Subramanium. He recently revealed that he would start a dance school in future. In 2004, he married Priscilla Menon and lives in Chennai.
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