Nelson Dilipkumar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nelson Dilipkumar

• Nelson Dilipkumar is a Tamil director, story, and screenplay writer who has made many successful films in his career.

• After school, he wanted to study medicine or engineering, but his dad said he had to do engineering at a good college or study visual communication. He got 80% in 12th grade, so he chose visual communication at The New College, Chennai and later entered the Tamil entertainment field.

• He began as an assistant screenplay writer for Vijay TV, which later became Star Vijay. Then, he became a Program Director for various TV shows.

  

• In 2018, he started his work as a film director and writer with Nayanthara in the main role of his debut film ‘Kolamaavu Kokila.’ He got this chance with the help of his friend, Anirudh Ravichander.

  

• Later, he made successful Tamil films like ‘Doctor’ in 2021, which had Sivakarthikeyan and Priyanka Arul Mohan, ‘Beast’ in 2022, featuring Vijay and Pooja Hegde, and ‘Jailer‘ in 2023, starring Rajinikanth and Suniel Shetty. Around May 2023, there were discussions that he might make a movie with Dhanush as the lead, after finishing ‘Jailer.’

  

• He briefly appeared in his film ‘Beast,’ in the song ‘Jolly O Gymkhana.’

• Nelson keeps his personal life private and doesn’t often share family photos on social media.

• He was set to start directing in 2010 with the Tamil film ‘Vettai Mannan,’ but the film got cancelled.

• He likes sports and watches cricket and football during his leisure time.

  

• Nelson admires Korean movie direction. His favourite director is American director, Steven Spielberg, and he once had Spielberg’s picture as his phone wallpaper.

• Nelson usually gets praised by critics and famous people for his directing and writing; however, after the release of the film ‘Beast’ in 2022, SA Chandrasekhar, Vijay‘s father, criticized Nelson’s screenplay. ^[1]Hindustan Times

• Nelson was reported to become the highest-paid director in 2023. Following the release of the film ‘Jailer,’ film trade analyst and columnist Manobala Vijayabalan reported that Nelson had received an advance payment of Rs. 55 crores for the film. Following this, sources indicated that if Vijayabalan’s reported amount was accurate, Nelson would become the highest-paid director in the industry upon receiving the full payment. ^[2]DNA