In this Indian name, the name Dilipkumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nelson.
Nelson Dilipkumar
Born
(1984-06-21) June 21, 1984 (age 39)
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality
Indian
Alma mater
The New College, Chennai
Occupation
Film director
Screenwriter
Years active
2010–present
Nelson Dilipkumar (/nɛlsənðɪliːpkumɑːr/ born 21 June 1984) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He started his carrer with a feature film in 2010 with Vettai Mannan, starring Silambarasan. However, it was shelved due to various reasons. He later directed Kolamaavu Kokila (2018), making his debut in the industry. He directed Doctor (2021) featuring Sivakarthikeyan, which emerged a commercial success during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by Beast (2022), with Vijay in the lead role, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2022. He then worked on Jailer (2023), which became his most successful film; it became one of the highest-grossing Indian film, earning over ₹600 crore (US$75 million) worldwide, collaborating with Rajinikanth.
NelsonDilipkumar (/nɛlsən ðɪliːpkumɑːr/ born 21 June 1984) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He started...
she made her Tamil debut with Sivakarthikeyan's Doctor, directed by NelsonDilipkumar. Both the film and her performance received positive response. The...
Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by NelsonDilipkumar in his directorial debut, and produced by Lyca Productions. The film...
Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022. "NelsonDilipkumar reveals why he chose Pooja Hegde to star opposite Vijay in 'Beast'"...
pics from Thalapathy Vijay's Beast shooting spot ft Pooja Hegde, NelsonDilipkumar, Anirudh". Behindwoods. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on...
remake of the 2018 Tamil film Kolamaavu Kokila written and directed by NelsonDilipkumar, it stars Janhvi Kapoor as the titular lead alongside Deepak Dobriyal...
Silambarasan directed by NelsonDilipkumar, was shelved. Later in 2018, he appeared in Nayanthara's Kolamaavu Kokila, again directed by Nelson. After appearing...
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(2020). On 10 December, the production house announced that director NelsonDilipkumar had replaced Murugadoss. The film eventually became Beast (2022)....
NelsonDilipkumar Shaji played a two scene cameo as a distressed metro train driver. In the Vijay starrer movie Beast directed by NelsonDilipkumar he...
assistant director in NelsonDilipkumar's Kolamaavu Kokila. Later, he went on to name a character in his movie Kanaa after NelsonDilipkumar which was played...
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named NelsonDilipkumar, an ex-Indian cricketer, develops the team’s spirit and gets the players ready for the upcoming T20 world cup. Nelson discovers...
Selvaraghavan made his debut, as an actor, with Vijay's Beast, directed by NelsonDilipkumar. Though it received mixed reviews from the critics, it grossed over...
Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021. "NelsonDilipkumar reveals why he enjoyed shooting for 'Beast' the most". The Times of...
universally. He also came to work on the soundtrack of Doctor, directed by NelsonDilipkumar. The first single "Chellamma" was a hit among the youth with the fun...
respectively. His recent blockbuster, Jailer (2023), directed by NelsonDilipkumar, grossed over ₹600 crores, making it his second film to gross over...
He achieved wider attention by playing the antagonist Varman in NelsonDilipkumar's Tamil-language action thriller film Jailer (2023) starring Rajinikanth...
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