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Nelson Dilipkumar is an Indian film maker who is currently working on his directorial debut "Kolamavu Kokila" (2018) produced by The lyca Productions.

Nelson had previously worked with Silambarasan for a project titled Vettai Mannan starring Deeksha Seth and Hansika Motwani which after completing half the shoot, ran into production trouble.

He had directed the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards which is an annual award presenting ceremony for people in the Tamil film industry which recieved a huge positive response among the Film industry.

Career
Nelson Dilipkumar was born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from The New College, Chennai. He was encouraged by his father to educate himself with a Visual Communications degree. He started his career with working as an executive producer at the television channel Star Vijay.

Early Stages
He has worked as a creative director for Bigg Boss Tamil (season 1), Jodi Number One , Airtel Super Singer , Kings of Comedy Juniors etc. which proved to be the trend setters in Tamil television industry. He was well known for his work at most of the Anirudh Ravichander's International Concerts as a concert designer/director. He then started a step ahead to explore the actual cinema industry to follow his dreams as a Film Maker, with his debut Vettai Mannan starring Silambarasan as male lead. Unfortunately, The movie was struck into some production troubles and he was forced to drop the movie in a half-baked state.

Kolamavu Kokila
In July 2017, He started his next project "Kolamavu Kokila" associated with Lyca Productions to make a "female-centric" film starring Nayanthara in the lead role. Described as a "Dark Comedy", the makers held discussions with Saranya Ponvannan and Yogi Babu in July 2017 to cast them in key roles. Anirudh Ravichander was signed up to compose the film's score and soundtrack. As of February 2018, the movie is currently in its Post Production phase and scheduled to be released in Mid-April 2018. The team has announced that the First Look Poster and a single track will be released on March 5th and March 8th respectively.