Vinay Bharadwaj

He made his international debut as a host with the show called "Salaam Namasthe Singapore" on Colors TV APAC. Since then he has hosted many popular shows on international feeds of Indian channels. His latest show "Star Talk With Vinay - South Meets North" premiered in 130 countries across the world which had some of the biggest names from movie industry Vidya Balan, Tabu, Rana Daggubati, Santosh Sivan, R. Balki, Aditi Rao Hydari. Vinay is a motivational speaker who does workshops and public speaking at corporate and colleges. He got into film making in 2017 with short films and is made his debut as a feature film maker through Kannada film 'Mundina Nildana'. The critically acclaimed film released in November 2019 and went on to become the musical hit of the year.

Vinay Bharadwaj got into the direction in 2017. His first short film was on organ donation and he had one of the finest actresses of Karnataka, Sudha Rani, play the lead role. Since then he has directed short films in India and Singapore, created documentaries for The Akshaya Patra Foundation and designer Manish Malhotra and conceptualized and directed music videos. He penned his first Kannada feature film which he is directing. An urban love story set in Bangalore which was released in 2019.

His first series 'Bangalore Edition', had 20 guests spanning from different walks of life and fields and was started on YouTube on a weekly basis from January 2016. He had some of the best of Bangalore like Biocon Founder, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, billiards world champion Pankaj Advani, badminton champion Ashwini Ponnappa, cricketer K. L. Rahul, musician Raghu Dixit, singer and actor Vasundhara Das, Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar and 12 others.

Post this he started the second city'Chennai Edition' in May 2016 on YouTube and hosted 25 stalwarts like Padma Vibhushan Dr.V Shanta, Padma Bhushan Singer Sudha Raghunathan, Actor Padma Shri Vivek, Apollo Hospital granddaughter Upasna Kammineni, Ace music director Devi Sri Prasad, singers Srinivas, Karthik, Chinmayi and 17 more.

Actress Deepika Padukone's family friend and trustee of her organization (The Live Love Laugh Foundation), Anna Chandy was one of the guests on Bharadwaj's Bangalore Edition. Anna and Vinay collaborated in mid-2016 to do a short web series called 'Mind Check Conversations with Anna' to dispel myths about mental health which was widely appreciated for its content.

In October 2014 a loved one of Bharadwaj was diagnosed with cancer. Post 8 chemo sessions, she had a massive heart attack inside the MRI machine. After 54 days of coma in the ICU battling between life and death on a ventilator, she passed away on 12 March 2015. It was a catastrophic incident and completely changed Vinay's perspective of life. He learned a lot about Cancer and it was alarming for him to know that in the coming years 1 in 5 would be diagnosed with this disease. He wanted to do something to spread cancer awareness. He wanted people who make a difference in society to speak about it. He knew that if the show is only about Cancer, Young India would not see. Hence Vinay amalgamated inspiring stories, casual conversations with health awareness and started a talk show called "Let's Talk with Vinay" in December 2015.

Vinay began his fashion label "Shinayele" in Bangalore along with his childhood friend at his garage. His career began with bridal wear and Indian fusion clothing in June 2014. From designing brides to decking up celebrities, the brand has made a name for customization and unique designs. Vinay's designs focus on using Indian fabrics to create western and fusion clothing. He has designed and styled some of the leading actresses of the South Indian Film Industry.

Vinay Bharadwaj (born 20 July 1983) is an Indian television host, filmmaker, motivational speaker, and fashion designer. His fashion career started through a label called "Shinayele" in a garage in 2014 and since then he has designed outfits for movies and styled some of the leading actresses of South India. He started his hosting career with the show called "Let's Talk With Vinay" on YouTube. He shot to fame in Karnataka for hosting the stylish Kannada talk show called "Mathu Kathe Vinay Jothe" on Star Suvarna channel and Hot Star.