He is an electronics engineering graduate from Sastra University and worked at IBM, Chennai for five years before resigning to pursue a career in cinema.
He added his Gotra Namam Athreyasa and is now known as Vivek Athreya.
His second film Brochevarevarura was praised for the writing and the message the movie hasredfor women.
[3][4] His third directorial was Ante Sundaraniki, which co-starred Nani and Nazriya Nazim, released on 10 June 2022, another romantic comedy which tells the story of an inter religious couple, woven upon lies, which leads to more complex problems.
He wrote songs in his films Mental Madhilo, and Tharun Bhascker's Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi (2018) and Keedaa Cola (2023).