Vishnu Vinay is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema is an Indian cinema, Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ...

s. He is the son of Malayalam film director

Vinayan T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. Early life Vinayan is from ...

. Vishnu made his debut in Malayalam through the film

History of Joy ''History of Joy'' is a Malayalam film directed by ''Vishnu Govindhan''.The cast of the movie includes Vishnu Vinay, Vinay Forrt, Sai Kumar etc. Cast * Vishnu Vinay * Vinay Forrt * Sai Kumar * Leona Lishoy * Joju George * Nobi * Nandu * ...

directed by Vishnu Govindan. Vishnu has also written the story for

Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan ''Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan'' () is a 2007 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Vinayan and written by Vishnu Vinayan, based on his own comic book. The movie stars Indrajith Sukumaran, Indrajith and Jayasurya in the lead roles. Plot The ...

(2007) directed by his father

Early life

Vishnu lives in

Palarivattom Palarivattom (MRC) is a region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India.Kochi City
Ke ...

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

. He did schooling from

Rajagiri Rajagiri is a part of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), an indigenous Syrian Catholic religious congregation founded in 1831. It is located in Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad, Kochi. It was acquired after Indian independence and developed b ...

Kalamasserry Kalamassery () is a major industrial region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It houses companies like Apollo Tyres and HMT; IT/Electronics Parks like KINFRA Hi Tech Park, Startup Village, and Electronics City. Kalamasse ...

and later Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kochi. He then graduated with a BS in

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from

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, US and later pursued masters in Aeronautics from Purdue University, US. His father

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. Vishnu started his career in the film industry in 2007 when he wrote the story for

which was turned into a film by his father. Vishnu is a trained

percussionist A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

and also has a keen interest in singing. On 19 January 2019, he married Vidhu Sreedharan, a dentist.

Filmography

*''All films are in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

language unless otherwise noted''.

As actor

As writer/director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vishnu Vinay Indian male film actors Living people Male actors in Malayalam cinema Male actors from Kochi 21st-century Indian male actors 1987 births