Nelson Dilipkumar

Nelson Dilipkumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Nelson won the Best Screenplay Award in Norway Tamil Film Festival for his debut directional movie "Kolamavu Kokila". He was listed among the Promising Directors of 2018 in Times of India article.
Film career.
Nelson is a graduate with a degree in Visual communication from New College, Chennai. He started his career as an assistant script-writer in Star Vijay. 
In between, Nelson started his debut movie "Vettai Mannan" in 2010 starring Silambarasan, Hansika Motwani and Deeksha Seth which was planned to be produced by NIC Arts S. S. Chakravarthy. The movie was shelved for unknown reasons in halfway through.
His debut movie was the black comedy "Kolamavu Kokila" starring Nayanthara in the lead role, which he wrote and directed, and was produced by Lyca Productions released on 17 August 2018 to positive response and became a commercial success. His Next film Doctor starring Sivakarthikeyan in lead role opposite Priyanka Arul Mohan to be released in 2021. 
In 2021, Nelson had signed on to direct actor Vijay's 65th film which is tentatively titled as "Eclipse-superstar-Thalapathy 65" or "Thalapathy 65". "Thalapathy 65" is a pan-Indian film and will be released in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages in 2022. The film stars Pooja Hedge and Sai Pallavi as female leads. John Abraham is the main villain in the film.