Vinnil Markan

Vinnil Markan is an Indian film director who has worked mostly in the Bollywood film industry. Born in Mumbai, he was brought up in New Delhi. He attended the Delhi Public School. Later, he finished his graduation in Economics from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi. From the age of nineteen Vinnil was involved in the theatres as an actor and as a part of the direction and production. Vinnil started his career by making music videos and ad films.

Within a span of eight to nine years, he had 140 music videos to his credit. From January 1990 to November 1998, Vineet started his career as a production assistant in Stop Frame Moving Picture Company and organized productions for corporate films and TV commercials. He left the company as an associate director.

From January 1999 to December 2000, he worked as an ad films director for D. Ranganathan, Producer at Final Cut Private Ltd. Vinnil has worked for some of the famous brands like Dabur Vatika, McDonalds and Nestle Bar One. From March 2000 to July 2007, he worked as a freelancer directing music videos for music artists in the Punjabi and Hindi pop music industry. It was during this phase he won the Best Music video Director by ETC Channel Punjabi.

From September 2007 to March 2017, he worked as a film director at Tips Industries Limited. Vinnil entered Bollywood industry in this phase. He was associate director of the Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd Septembe >> Read More... movie, Prince (2010). His former colleague, Cookie Vilati called his for this position. His connection with Tips was also because of Cookie and Jay – his former partners. The movie failed to make an impact, but Vinnil had made a connection with the founders of Tip Industries and Vivek Oberoi.

The founder, Kumar S. Taurani became a family to him. Vinnil made his debut as a director with Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story. The movie released in February 2013 and was a remake of the South Korean movie My Gangster Lover. Vinnil’s romantic comedy starred Vivek Oberoi and newbie Neha Sharma Neha Sharma is born in Bihar. But she migrated to >> Read More... . The movie didn’t get a satisfactory reception.

The movie was a go-to if you were hardcore, hopeless romantic. Vinnil marked his niche as a director and was lauded for his skills. Vinnil spoke to ETC Bollywood Business Komal Nahta Komal Nahta is an Indian Film trade analyst. He wa >> Read More... and said that the bad response from audience disheartened him, but he has faced many adversities which have taught him to stay optimistic. He believes in seeing a silver lining. From June 2013 to January 2015, Vinnil worked as the film director at PTC Networks.

But 2016 turned out to be the lucky year for Vinnil. He directed the Punjabi film Zorawar starring Yo Yo Honey Singh. Vinnil showed immense confidence in the rapper and was more than positive that he would win people’s hearts as an actor even. Vinnil and Honey go a long way back. It was Vinnil who had directed Honey’s first music video ‘Glassy.’ From April 2015 to February 2017 he was the president of Trigger Happy Entertainment.

Since 2017 Vinnil has been the managing director at M7Media. Vinnil now calls himself a freelancer and is settled in Mumbai. He has a very supportive family and wife, who are waiting for him to make a name n the industry and they would all shift to Mumbai. His motto is: learn, grow, chin up and move forward; because you’re good.