Its also the first movie of Dulquer Salman, Sunny Wayne and Gauthami Nair in their acting career.

[7] His next film Koothara starring Mohan Lal, Tovino Thomas, Bharath and Sunny Wayne in the lead released in June 2014.

[8] His latest movie Theevandi released on 7 September 2018,[citation needed] starring Tovino Thomas and Samyuktha Menon.

Vini also played acting roles in Malayalam movies, first in Ladoo followed by Theevandi and Kalki.

[citation needed] He is the eldest child of G Viswanathan Pillai, (Retd) District Transport Officer at Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and Dr. S Nirmala Devi, (Retd) Principal at Farook Training college - Kozhikode.