Nelson (director)

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Nelson
Born
Nelson Dilipkumar
NationalityIndian
Alma materNew College, Chennai, Santhome Higher Secondary School, Mylapore
Occupation
Years active2010-present
Children1

Nelson Dilipkumar, credited in films as Nelson, is an Indian director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. His films are known for featuring elements of dark humor.

Nelson won the Best Screenplay Award in Norway Tamil Film Festival for his directorial debut Kolamaavu Kokila.[1] He was listed among the Promising Directors of 2018 in Times of India article.[2]

Film career[]

Nelson holds a degree in visual communication from New College, Chennai. He started his career as an assistant script-writer in Star Vijay.[3]

Nelson started his work on what was originally intended to have been his directorial debut, Vettai Mannan, in 2010. The film would have starred Silambarasan, Jai, Hansika Motwani and Deeksha Seth, would have been produced by NIC Arts's S. S. Chakravarthy, and would have featured music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. However, the film was shelved for unknown reasons halfway through production.[4][5] There was an attempt to revive the project in 2017 with a new crew, such as Anirudh Ravichander replacing Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer.[6] However, the project failed to take off again.

Anirudh Ravichander helped Nelson make his actual debut feature film as writer-director,[7] the dark comedy Kolamaavu Kokila, starring Nayanthara in the lead role. The film, produced by Lyca Productions, released on 17 August 2018 and became a commercial success.[8][9][10] His next film was Doctor, starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role opposite Priyanka Arul Mohan. The film became one of the biggest Tamil-language blockbusters among films that released theatrically after the pandemic-induced lockdowns.[11][12]

In November 2020, composer Anirudh Ravichander introduced Nelson to actor Vijay,[13][14] who was impressed with Nelson's script for Beast. The film, an action-comedy thriller and Vijay's 65th film,[15][16] also starring Pooja Hegde,[17] was released on 13 April 2022 as a pan-Indian film dubbed in the Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages.[18][19] Beast collected ₹300 crore at the worldwide box office.[20][21] Nelson's next project is for Rajinikanth’s 169th film which is tentatively titled Thalaivar 169.[22] On 17 June 2022, the title was announced to be Jailer.[23] Rajinikanth will be playing the role of an experienced jailer in this film.[24] The film will be released in the month of summer in 2023.[25]

Filmography[]

Key

Films that have not yet been released

Denotes films that have not yet been released
Years Film Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer
2018
 Kolamaavu Kokila Yes Yes [26]
2021 Doctor Yes Yes [27]
2022 Beast Yes Yes Guest appearance in the song "Jolly O Gymkhana" [28]
2023Films that have not yet been released Jailer Yes Yes Filming [29]

Recurring collaborations[]

Editor R. Nirmal, Music composer Anirudh Ravichander has worked in four films. Actors Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, and Shaji Chen have worked on three movies. Bjorn Surrao, Sunil Reddy, Shiva Aravind, and Arun Alexander acted in two films. D. R. K. Kiran has done the art direction in two films. Stunt director Anbariv have worked in two films. Sivakarthikeyan has written lyrics for 3 out of 4 movies.

Films R. Nirmal Anirudh Ravichander Yogi Babu Redin Kingsley Bjorn Surrao Sunil Reddy Shiva Aravind Arun Alexander Shaji Chen D. R. K. Kiran Anbariv
Kolamaavu Kokila (2018) checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Doctor (2021) checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Beast (2022) checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Jailer (2023) checkY checkY checkY

Awards and nominations[]

Year Film Award Category Result
2019 Kolamaavu Kokila 8th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Director Won
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards Best Screenplay Won

References[]

  1. ^ "'Pariyerum Perumal' bags Best Film award at Norway Tamil Film Festival". The News Minute. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ "From PS Mithran to Arunraja Kamaraj, Promising directors who made a mark in 2018". The Times of India. 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Kolamaavu Kokila director Nelson on signing Nayanthara: 'I knew she could pull off the titular role with ease'- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Sivakarthikeyan was part of Simbu's shelved 'Vettai Mannan'". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Simbu in Nelson's Vettai Mannan – Indian Express". The Indian Express.
  6. ^ "Anirudh to compose for Simbu?". The Times of India.
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Mirchi Shiva And Nelson Teasing Vignesh Shivan And Anirudh" – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Geetha Govindam enters Rs 100 cr club; Kolamaavu Kokila becomes highest-grossing heroine-led film in Tamil-Entertainment News , Firstpost". 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Nayanthara instantly agreed to be part of 'Kolamaavu Kokila': Director Nelson to TNM". The News Minute. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Saranya speaks about Yogi Babu-Nayanthara Romance". Behindwoods. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Shooting wrapped for Sivakarthikeyan's Doctor".
  12. ^ "Doctor: The Sivakarthikeyan-Nelson Dilip Kumar Project Wrapped Up!". 3 January 2021.
  13. ^ "THIS star is the reason for Nelson Dhilipkumar's union with Vijay - Times of India". The Times of India.
  14. ^ Banerjee, Urmimala; Banerjee, ByUrmimala (21 June 2021). "Eclipse Superstar Thalapathy Vijay will be new title card of Vijay from film Beast". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  15. ^ "'Thalapathy 65': Vijay teams up with Sun Pictures and director Nelson". The Hindu. 10 December 2020.
  16. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (21 June 2021). "Vijay's 'Thalapathy 65' titled 'Beast'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  17. ^ "'Thalapathy 65': Pooja Hegde to star opposite Vijay in Nelson Dhilipkumar's directorial". The Times of India. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "'Thalapathy 65' will be a pan-Indian project: Cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa". The News Minute. 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Will the first single from Vijay's 'Beast' arrive on Pongal? - Times of India". The Times of India.
  20. ^ "'Beast' box office collection: Vijay scores fifth consecutive Rs 250 crores". The Times of India. 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Thalapathy Vijay's Beast Crosses Rs 250 Crore at Worldwide Box Office". India.Com. 6 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Rajinikanth teams up with Nelson for 'Thalaivar 169'". The Hindu. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Nelson-Rajinikanth's Thalaivar 169 titled Jailer". Cinema Express. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Rajinikanth's 'Jailer' shooting with Nelson Dilipkumar to begin in August". The Times of India.
  25. ^ "Rajinikanth's 'Thalaivar 169' to release in Summer 2023". The Times of India. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  26. ^ Kolamaavu Kokila [CoCo] – Official Tamil Trailer | Nayanthara | Anirudh | Nelson | Lyca Productions. Lyca Productions. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via YouTube.
  27. ^ DOCTOR | Sivakarthikeyan | Nelson Dilipkumar | Anirudh | Sivakarthikeyan Productions | KJR Studios. . 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2021 – via YouTube.
  28. ^ "Vijay's Thalapathy 65 planned for Pongal 2022? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  29. ^ "Thalaivar 169 by Sun Pictures - Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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