A mechanical engineer from Anna University, Chennai, Vineeth Sreenivasan is the son of the Malayalam film actor and filmmaker Sreenivasan.
He is a part of the band Malayalee with Jakes Bejoy, Shaan Rahman and Arjun Sasi. He has also acted as one of the main protagonists in the Malayalam film titled Cycle which did well at the box office. He writes the lyrics of most of his album songs and has also shown his direction skills, directing his own music videos. He got first prize in Mappilappattu in the State Youth Festival, where he outshone his ability for quick wit. When he was asked whether his father liked him singing Mappilappattu, he answered, "He didn't have any hatred towards my Mappilappattu, to my knowledge.
Vineeth recently won the AMMA Best Male Singer Award 2008 for his songs "Mampullikkavil" and "Jillu Jillu". Currently Vineeth is acting with his father in the movie "Makante Achchan".
