Vini Vishwa Lal ( ml, വിനി വിശ്വ ലാൽ) is an Indian screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Vini's debut movie was
Second Show
''Second Show'' is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action crime film directed by Srinath Rajendran and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. The film, set in the backdrop of criminal gangs of varied varieties in Kerala, tells the story of young Hari who ...
(2012) directed by Srinath Rajendran(debut) . Its also the first movie of
Dulquer Salman
Dulquer Salmaan (born 28 July 1986) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business managemen ...
,
Sunny Wayne
Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...
and
Gauthami Nair
Gauthami Nair is an Indian actress and director who is associated with Malayalam films. She made her silver screen debut in the 2012 movie ''Second Show''.
Early life
Gauthami Nair was born to Madhu Nair and Sobha in Alappuzha. She has an elder ...
in their acting career. His next film
Koothara
''Koothara'' () is a 2014 Malayalam-language coming of age film directed by Srinath Rajendran and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. It stars Mohanlal, Bharath, Sunny Wayne, and Tovino Thomas The story, set in an untold period, focuses on three e ...
starring
Mohan Lal,
Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...
,
Bharath and
Sunny Wayne
Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...
in the lead released in June 2014. In 2015
Starring Pournami
''Starring Pournami'' is an unreleased Malayalam road movie directed by Albey, starring Sunny Wayne Tovino Thomas and Aju Varghese in the lead roles. The film was shot in seven states of India. The first schedule started in New Delhi
...
a
road trip movie starring
Sunny Wayne
Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...
and
Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...
was penned by Vini. The film later dropped due to some budget issues.
His latest movie
Theevandi
''Theevandi'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Fellini T. P. and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Samyuktha Menon, Sudheesh, Surabhi Lakshmi, Rajesh Sharma, Suraj Venjaram ...
released on 7 September 2018, starring
Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...
and
Samyuktha Menon
Samyuktha Menon (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Malayalam films along with a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.Her debut in the Malayalam film Industry was through the 2016 film ''Popcorn''.
Earl ...
.
Vini also played acting roles 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 ...
movies, first in
Ladoo
''Laddu'' or ''laddoo'' (; ms, kuih laddu; id, kue laddu) is a spherical sweet originating from India and spread through the Indian subcontinent and the Malay world. Laddus are primarily made from flour, fat (ghee/butter/oil) and sugar or j ...
followed by
Theevandi
''Theevandi'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Fellini T. P. and written by Vini Vishwa Lal. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Samyuktha Menon, Sudheesh, Surabhi Lakshmi, Rajesh Sharma, Suraj Venjaram ...
and
Kalki
Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...
.
Personal life
Vini Vishwa Lal was born in
Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...
district,
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
on 25 May 1985. He is the eldest child of G Viswanathan Pillai, (Retd) District Transport Officer at
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the country's oldest state-run public bus transport services. The corporation is divided into three zones ( ...
and Dr. S Nirmala Devi, (Retd) Principal at Farook Training college -
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...
. He has a younger brother Nivi Viswa Lal, a film musician working for Malayalam film industry. Vini grew up in
Feroke
Feroke (), is a Municipality and a part of Kozhikode metropolitan area under Kozhikode Development Authority (K.D.A) in the Kozhikode district of the Indian state of Kerala.
Feroke municipality shares the border with Kozhikode corporation, Ra ...
, where he did schooling at Al-Farook residential school in
Feroke
Feroke (), is a Municipality and a part of Kozhikode metropolitan area under Kozhikode Development Authority (K.D.A) in the Kozhikode district of the Indian state of Kerala.
Feroke municipality shares the border with Kozhikode corporation, Ra ...
,
kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...
. He later studied in CUIET -
Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology and graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Where he was classmate of Srinath Rajendran - Malayalam movie director and
Sunny Wayne
Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...
- Malayalam movie actor who was his senior.
Filmography
Writer
Actor
Others
References
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Screenwriters from Kerala
Malayalam-language writers
Indian male screenwriters
1985 births
People from Pathanamthitta
Living people