Vinay Bharadwaj

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Vinay Bharadwaj
Born
Vinay Kumar

(1983-07-20) July 20, 1983 (age 41)
Nationality Indian
Occupation(s)Television Host, Film Maker, Designer
Years active2015–present

Vinay Bharadwaj is an Indian-Singapore-based ex-banker turned filmmaker, television host, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. After working for a decade in banking, he quit to start his own show to promote cancer awareness after he lost a loved one to the disease. His started hosting shows on YouTube called “Let’s Talk with Vinay”. He shot to fame in Karnataka for hosting the stylish Kannada talk show called "Mathu Kathe Vinay Jothe" on Star Suvarna channel and Hot Star. [1]

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He made his international debut as a host with the show called "Salaam Namasthe Singapore" on Colors TV APAC. Since then he has hosted many popular shows on international feeds of Indian channels. His latest show "Star Talk With Vinay - South Meets North" premiered in 130 countries across the world which had some of the biggest names from the movie industry like Vidya Balan, Tabu, Rana Daggubati, Santosh Sivan, R. Balki, Aditi Rao Hydari. He got into film making in 2017 with short films and made his debut as a feature film-maker through the Kannada film 'Mundina Nildana' and went on to make a Tamil film ‘Sila Nodigalil’. Vinay also co-founded a digital marketing and a creative studio called Mavendoer in 2020 which has presence in Singapore, India and Dubai. He is also a motivational speaker who does public speaking at corporates and colleges.

Early life

Vinay Bharadwaj was born in Bangalore. He completed his schooling at Kumaran's School (SKCH) and Bachelors of Business Management (BBM) at Bangalore University. At the age of 21, he moved to Singapore to pursue an MBA from the University of Wales and since then he has settled there. Post his MBA he started his corporate career in Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He moved to Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore where he handled various country and global roles for 9 years. In parallel to his corporate career, he started his fashion label.[ citation needed ]

Career

Fashion career

Vinay began his fashion label "Shinayele" in Bangalore along with his childhood friend at his garage. His career began with bridal wear and Indian fusion clothing in June 2014. Vinay's designs focus on using Indian fabrics to create western and fusion clothing.[ citation needed ]

Television career

His first series 'Bangalore Edition', had 20 guests spanning from different walks of life and fields and was started on YouTube on a weekly basis from January 2016. [2] He had some of the best of Bangalore like Biocon Founder, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, billiards world champion Pankaj Advani, badminton champion Ashwini Ponnappa, cricketer K. L. Rahul, musician Raghu Dixit, singer and actor Vasundhara Das, Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar and 12 others.

Post this he started the second city'Chennai Edition' in May 2016 on YouTube and hosted 25 stalwarts like Padma Vibhushan Dr.V Shanta, Padma Bhushan Singer Sudha Raghunathan, Actor Padma Shri Vivek, Apollo Hospital granddaughter Upasna Kammineni, Ace music director Devi Sri Prasad, singers Srinivas, Karthik, Chinmayi and 17 more.

His third edition was a Kannada show on one of the Kannada channels of Karnataka, Star Suvarna, with celebrities from Karnataka Film Industry. Along with casual conversations and much entertainment with celebrities, each episode had a short segment with a doctor and patient speaking about different types of illness.

Actress Deepika Padukone's family friend and trustee of her organization (The Live Love Laugh Foundation), Anna Chandy was one of the guests on Bharadwaj's Bangalore Edition. Anna and Vinay collaborated in mid-2016 to do a short web series called 'Mind Check Conversations with Anna' to dispel myths about mental health.[ citation needed ]

He made his international television debut through a successful show called "Salaam Namaste Singapore" which brought together the best of Indian origin people, places and stories together. The show which was telecasted in 14 countries across APAC region was an instant success which led Vinay to bag a celebrity talk show on StarPlus. [3]

"Star Talk with Vinay [4] - South Meets North" was a concept that Vinay created which featured 12 celebrities who are originally from South India or started their career in South Indian Film Industry. The show which was aired on StarPlus, Star Vijay and Asianet, premiered in 130 countries across the world (outside India).

Film career

Vinay Bharadwaj got into the direction in 2017. [5] His first short film was on organ donation in which Sudha Rani, play the lead role. Since then he has directed short films in India and Singapore, created documentaries for The Akshaya Patra Foundation and designer Manish Malhotra, and conceptualized and directed music videos. [6] He penned and directed his first Kannada feature film titled Mundina Nildana . An urban love story set in Bangalore which was released in 2019 and was appreciated by the audience and critics. [7] [8]

Filmography

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2019 Mundina Nildana Kannada
2020#CoffeeShotsEnglishWeb series in Singapore
2021#WhiteCoatWarriorsHindi-EnglishIndian docu-film
2023 Sila Nodigalil Tamil [9]

Television

YearTitleRoleChannel
2016Let's Talk with Vinay-Bangalore EditionHost & Concept YouTube
2016Let's Talk with Vinay-Chennai EditionHost & Concept YouTube
2016Mind Check-Conversations with AnnaHost YouTube-Mind Check
2017Mathu Kathe Vinay JotheHost & ConceptHot Star & Star Suvarna
2017Salaam Namaste Singapore Season 1Host & ProductionColors APAC
2018Star Talk with Vinay-South Meets NorthHost & Concept StarPlus, Star Vijay & Asianet
2018Salaam Namaste Singapore Season 2Host & ProductionColors APAC
2019Salaam Namaste Singapore Season 3Host & ProductionColors APAC
2019Vanakkam SingaporeHost & ProductionColors Tamil APAC
2020Colors Candid ConversationsHost & ConceptColors APAC
2022Salaam Namaste Singapore Season 4Host & ConceptColors APAC
2023Salaam Namaste Singapore Season 5Host & ConceptColors APAC
2024Star Talk With Vinay - South Meets North Season 2Host & ConceptStar Plus, Star Vijay, Asianet

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