Arun ( Abbas), on the other hand, comes from a rich and wealthy family, studies in Loyola College, drives his own car, hangs out with numerous friends, and is also the captain of his football team. He is also a good poet and daydreams about his dream girl. Karthik ( Vineeth) is a poor orphan who studies in Pachaiyappa's College, a hobo in a rented room, travels by the bus, hangs out with a number of friends, and is the captain of his football team. They have a daughter named Avanthi born in 2006.In Chennai, a traditional rivalry has always existed between the students of Pachaiyappa's and Loyola colleges. Vineeth married Priscilla Menon in 2004 and lives in Chennai. In Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea, he dubbed for the character played by Tamil star Arjun Sarja. In Malayalam, he was seen in Kavya Prakash's debut film Vaanku (2021), based on a story by Unni R. Ironically, Vineeth won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist in 2020 for giving voice to Vivek Oberoi's character in Lucifer, actor Prithviraj’s first as a director. Actor singer Krishnachandran dubbed for Vineeth in most of his early movies. It was a musical drama that was written and directed by Rajiv Menon. Prakash Kumar starrer Sarvam Thaala Mayam (2019) in Tamil. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Choreography for Kambhoji in 2017. He played the same role in the Hindi version of Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) as well. Vineeth, who disappeared from both Tamil and Malayalam cinema, made a comeback with Rajinikanth starrer Chandramukhi (2005). He has worked in several Telugu films such as Aaro Pranam (1997), Maa Annayya (2000), Ammayi Kosam (2001), Nee Premakai (2002) and Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002). In spite of his success in films, he still considers dance as his first love and is undergoing advanced training in Bharatanatyam and participates in several dance programmes all over the world as well as the Surya Dance Festival. He has acted in several well received films since then in all South Indian languages. The movie, with its themes of friendship and romance and the music of A.
Among other projects came Kadhal Desam (1996), where Vineeth and Abbas played college students in love with the same woman, played by Tabu. His roles in successful Tamil films also include Gentleman (1993), Pudhiya Mugam (1993), Jaathi Malli (1993) and May Maadham (1994). But his career did not pick up as expected.
He had appeared in maximum Malayalam films. Though his films impressed both critics and front benchers, he did not become a super hero, a sought after actor. Kabooliwala (1994) and Manathe Vellitheru (1994) became two turning points in his Malayalam career, one establishing him as a young romantic hero, the other proving he could handle negative shades really well.
Suddenly Vineeth was doing multiple films in Malayalam and Tamil. As soon as Aavarampoo ended, Hariharan called him for Sargam (1992), in which he played a musical genius. Aavarampoo (1992), the Tamil remake of Thakara changed everything for Vineeth directed by Bharathan. He notably played the lead characters in Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha (1987), a story by poet Balachandran Chullikkadu and Oru Muthassi Katha (1988) directed by Priyadarshan. He kept getting called for a number of movies, many acclaimed ones among them Pranamam (1986), Namukku Parkkan Munthirithoppukal (1986), Oridathu (1987), and so on. His dancing skills were prominently displayed in several films as well. It was, however, with his second film Nakhakshathangal in 1986 that he caught the public eye. He caught the public eye by winning several prizes in the Bharatanatyam dance form while studying in school, including winning the first prize at the Kerala State Youth festival for four years in a row and winning the top prize of "Kalaprathibha" in 1986. He learned Bharathanatyam at the age of six. Vineeth is also a cousin of the film actress Shobana, Krishna and relative of Arun Kumar, actress Sukumari and Ambika Sukumaran. His aunt, Padmini and her sister, Ragini convinced his parents to send him to dancing school. Vineeth is the nephew of Ramachandran Nair, the husband of actress Padmini of the Travancore sisters. He pursued bachelors in commerce from The New College in 1991. He studied at Good Shepherd International School, Ooty and St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thalassery. Shanthakumari on 23 August 1969 at Thalassery in Kannur district of North Kerala.