"Dance is a spiritual experience for me. Dancing helps me in acting as well. It is and added advantage for me. I enjoy playing the character of a dancer in the films. I am very passionate about dancing. I take time off to dance during my shooting schedules. There is a lot more to be learnt in dancing. Dancing is my first love. Dancing gives me great pleasure.
I started to dance at the age of five. My arangetram was held at Thiruvangad Temple in Thalassery. I learnt Bharatanatyam from Kalamandalam Saraswathy, (M. T. Vasudevan Nair's wife). M.T.Vasudevan is a novelist and film maker. I am now a student of Padmabhushan, Dr.Padma Subramaniam. I am also trained in "Kuchipudi" and "Mohiniyattam", two other South Indian styles of dances" says classical dancer and South Indian Film Star, Vineeth.
He has come to Sri Lanka to grace "Paadha Laalithyam". Dance compositions of Kalasuri Vasugy Jegatheeswaran will be unveiled in "Paadha Laalithyam" at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall on October 14 th 2006, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Natya Kala Mandhir.
He was born in 1969 in Kannur, Kerala. He is a nephew of world class classical dancer and film star Late Padmini. He has performed in Gulf and Europe in many stage shows.
He used to win the `Kala Pratibha' dance award for the best overall performance in the state youth festival annually, while he was at school and college.
M.T.Vasudevan is a novelist and film maker asked him to take up acting as his career. Vineeth wanted to give it a try. His debut film was in Malayalam " Edanilangal" . He has been acting since 1985, when he was a tenth grade student. His first Tamil film was Bharathan's "Aavarampoo" in 1992. He visited Sri Lanka in 1993 for the first time, for Suresh Menon's "Puthiya Mugam" filming in Colombo, and Kandy.
Vineeth is an attentive listener. He has won the appreciation of the audience as a passionate person.He is a great lover of pets such as pigeons, rabbits, cats, dogs, and an eagle. He did schooling in Ooty, and Kerala. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Madras in 1991.His father is a well known lawyer Mr. K.T.Radhakrishnan,and mother is a noted doctor Mrs. Shanthakumari. He is a graduate in Commerce from the University of Madras. His father is a lawyer and mother is a doctor. He got married to Prasilla Menon in 2004, who works for an airlines company in Bahrain. Vineeth has earned the reputation of being a better dancer than an actor. Dancing has been Vineeth's childhood passion.
Following are the excerpts of an exclusive chat with Vineeth at the Global Towers in Wellawatte:-
"Padmini Periyamma (My father's elder brother's wife) is a legend. She was an excellent classical dancer and actress. I used to admire her dancing. Padmasri Kamalhassan is an excellent classical dancer. I have watched his films, and enjoyed as a young upcoming dancer. There have been many young boys, who have watched his films and learnt dancing.
"Chandramugi" was a turning point in my career. This brought me new opportunities to act in Tamil films. I have got more offers. I have acted in 95 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English. Quantity does not matter to me, always quality matters to me a lot.
My latest film is "Rathrimazha" in Malayalam by Lenin Rajendran. I am playing a role of a dancer (Harikrishnan) who becomes physically challenging after an accident. However I retain my passion for dance He is confined to a wheel chair. And from the wheel chair he tries to create a unique dance-art production. I am a trained Bharathanatyam dancer. It is the first time that, I am doing a contemporary style of dance, a fusion of Kalari, Chhau, and others. But it's challenging. It's a new experience for me. It's another opportunity to show my talent.
It's a great opportunity to meet reputed artistes. I admire all the directors. All are great in different ways. All characters I portray, whether big or small are close to my heart. I treasure them all.
It gives me a great pleasure to grace an occasion, where great dancers of Sri Lanka will be performing on a stage. I will be honoured to perform on a stage in Sri Lanka next time. I am looking forward to it".
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