Vishnu Vinay

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Vishnu Vinay
Born (1987-04-08) 8 April 1987 (age 37)
Kochi, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Scriptwriter
Years active2017–present
SpouseVidhu
Parent(s) Vinayan
Neena

Vishnu Vinay is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films. [1] He is the son of Malayalam film director Vinayan. [2] Vishnu made his debut in Malayalam through the film History of Joy [3] directed by Vishnu Govindan. Vishnu has also written the story for Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan (2007) directed by his father Vinayan.

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Early life

Vishnu lives in Palarivattom, Ernakulam. He did schooling from Rajagiri, Kalamasserry and later Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kochi.[ citation needed ] He then graduated with a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech, US and later pursued masters in Aeronautics from Purdue University, US.[ citation needed ]

His father Vinayan [4] is a veteran filmmaker from the Malayalam film industry and his mother Neena is a homemaker. He has a younger sister Nikhila who is married and settled in US.[ citation needed ] Vishnu started his career in the film industry in 2007 when he wrote the story for Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan which was turned into a film by his father. Vishnu is a trained percussionist and also has a keen interest in singing. On 19 January 2019, he married Vidhu Sreedharan, a dentist. [5]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2017 History of Joy JoyDebut Film [6]
2019 The Gambinos Musthafa [7]
Aakasha Ganga 2 Gopikrishnan [8]
2022 Pathonpatham Noottandu Kannan Kurup [9]

As writer/director

YearTitleCredited asNotesRef.
DirectorWriter
2007 Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan NoYesDirected by Vinayan [10]
TBA Anand Sreebala YesNoWritten by Abhilash Pillai [11]

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