Vinu Mohan's debut appearance was in the movie 'Kanne Madanguka'. But, he got noted with the movie 'Nivedhyam'. His performance in the movies Cycle, Chattambinadu, Colours, Ee Thirakkinidayil, etc were highly praised. Vinu is the son of actress Shobha Mohan and nephew of Sai Kumar. He is married to actress Vidhya.

Vinu Mohan is an actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is the grandson of the actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, son of actors K. Mohan Kumar and Shobha Mohan, and nephew of actor Sai Kumar. Due to his unique acting style he is better known as "Galaxy Star"

Vinu Mohan was born to actors K. Mohan Kumar and Shobha Mohan in Kottarakkara, Kerala, India. He is the grandson of the veteran actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and nephew of Sai Kumar. Actor Anu Mohan is his younger brother. He attended Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Karunagappalli and Government Model B.H.S.S, Trivandrum.

Vinu married actress Vidhya Mohan in 2013 after they co-starred in Ee Thirakkinidayil.

He started his acting career with the multilingual film Ajantha, but its release was delayed until 2012. His first release was Nivedyam in 2007, for which he won the Asianet Best Star Pair Award with his costar, Bhama

Sai Kumar was cast as the villain in the film Cycle, in which Vinu played the lead role along with Vineeth Sreenivasan. In 2009, he acted alongside Mammootty in the film Chattambinadu. He played leading roles in Sultan (2008) and Koottukar (2010). He portrayed the role of Manikuttan in Pulimurugan (2016) starring Mohanlal. In 2017, he acted in Jomonte Suvisheshangal alongside Dulquer Salmaan.