Nelson Dilipkumar Wiki, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Nelson Dilipkumar is a Tamil director, screenwriter and story writer who has given many hit films during his career.

Contents

1 Wiki/Biography
2 Physical Appearance
3 Family
- 3.1 parents and siblings
- 3.2 wife and children
4 Religion
5 livelihood
- 5.1 Television
- 5.2 film
6 award
7 Facts/General Knowledge

Wiki/Biography

Nelson Dilipkumar (popularly known as Nelson) was born on Thursday, 21 June 1984 (age 39 years; as of 2023) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His zodiac sign is Cancer. After completing his schooling, he decided to pursue graduation in medicine or engineering; However, his father set a condition that he had to do engineering from a good college or study visual communication. Since he had scored only 80% marks in his 12th class examination, he decided to pursue graduation in Visual Communication at The New College, Chennai. After completing his graduation, he pursued a career in the Tamil entertainment industry.

Nelson Dilipkumar during his college years

Physical Appearance

Height (Approx): 5′ 8″

Weight (Approx): 70 kg

Hair Color: Black

Eye colour: black

Family

He is from a middle class family.

parents and siblings

His father died on 26 November 2018. Not much information is available about his mother and siblings.

wife and children

His wife’s name is Monisha Nelson. They have a son named Aadvik born on 17 July 2015.

Nelson Dilipkumar with his wife Monisha Nelson and son Advik

Religion

He follows Christianity.

livelihood

Television

He started his career as an assistant scriptwriter for Vijay TV (later named Star Vijay). He later worked as a program director for several shows on Vijay TV.

Nelson Dilipkumar (second from right) during his television days

film

He made his debut as a film director and writer in 2018 with the Tamil film Kolamavu Kokila, starring Nayanthara in the lead role. He got this film with the help of his friend and musician Anirudh Ravichander. He later wrote and directed several hit Tamil films including Doctor in 2021 starring Sivakarthikeyan and Priyanka Arul Mohan, Beast in 2022 starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde, and Jailer in 2023 starring Rajinikanth and Sunil Shetty. There was speculation in May 2023 that after Jailer, he will make a film with Dhanush in the lead role.

Nelson Dilipkumar (in blue shirt) during the shooting of a film.

award

Galatta Most Entertaining Film by Debutant Award in 2018

Best Debut Director Award at Provoke Awards 3.0 in 2019

Nelson Dilipkumar honored with the Best Debut Director Award

Best Debut Director Award at the 8th South Indian International Movie Awards in 2019

Best Screenplay Award at the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards in 2019

Facts/General Knowledge

He has made a guest appearance in the song Jolly O Gymkhana from his film Beast.

Nelson is very private about his personal life and rarely posts any photos of his family on social media.

He made his debut as a director in 2010 with the Tamil film Vettai Mannan; However, the film was later cancelled.

He is a sports lover and likes to watch cricket and football.

Heartbroken to know this legend is no more RIP #Maradona Best player ever 💔💔💔 #legend #icon #soccer #greatest of all time #jersey10 #argentina pic.twitter.com/GkhWN9Jx3s

– Nelson Dilipkumar (@Nelsondilpkumar) 25 November 2020

Nelson likes directing Korean films. His favorite director is American director Steven Spielberg and he even had a picture of Spielberg as wallpaper on his mobile phone.

Steven Spielberg Wallpaper of Nelson Dilipkumar Phone

Although Nelson has generally received praise from critics and celebrities for his direction and screenplay, Vijay’s father, SA Chandrasekhar, criticized his script after the release of the film Beast.

In 2023, film trade analyst and columnist Manobala Vijayabalan reported that Nelson was paid Rs. Was paid. Rs 55 crore advance for the film ‘Jailor’. According to sources, if the amount claimed by Vijaybalan was true, then upon receiving the full payment, Nelson would become the highest paid actor in the industry. In September 2023, Nelson received a Porsche car and a check from Kalanithi Maran as a token of appreciation for the success of the film ‘Jailor’.