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Neelan K. Sekar

Neelambaradhan (born June 12), better known by his stage name Neelan Sekar, is an Indian Film director and Screenwriter, works predominantly in Tamil cinema.[1] He started his career as a dialogue writer for Arinthum Ariyamalum. He made his directing debut with Alibhabha in 2008, with, actor Kreshna in the lead role, produced by Pattiyal Sekhar.[2] His work as a screenwriter includes movies like Naan, Super Deluxe, Maara and Cobra. He has also co-written Fingertip (web series) produced by Vishnuvardhan in 2019.[3] He received the Best Screenplay Writer award from the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards for his work in Super Deluxe along with Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Mysskin, and Nalan Kumarasamy.[4][5][6][7]

Neelan Sekar
Neelan Sekar
Neelan Sekar
BornNeelambaradhan[1]
(1976-06-12) 12 June 1976 (age 48)[1]
Tirunelveli[1]
OccupationDirector, screenwriter
LanguageTamil
Notable worksSuper Deluxe

Filmography

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Year Work Credited for Role Notes Ref.
Writer Direction Acting
2005 Arinthum Ariyamalum Screenplay, dialogues Yes bus conductor [8]
2006 Pattiyal Assistant Yes
2008 Alibhabha Yes Yes —
2012 Naan Dialogues Yes [9]
2017 Yaman Yes Inspector
2019 Super Deluxe Screenplay Yes [4]
Fingertip Screenplay, dialogues — Television series [3]
2020 Soorarai Pottru Script supervision —
2021 C/O Kaadhal Dialogues — [10]
2021 Maara Script supervision — [11][12]
2022 Cobra Dialogues — [13]
2023 The Village Yes Ponraj Television series

Awards and nominations

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Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2020 Super Deluxe Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Screenplay Won [4]
Critics Choice Film Awards Won [6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Aadhan Tamil (11 October 2018). Anurag Kashyap in Super Deluxe.? – Writer Neelan Sekar Vijay Sethupathi (Video) (in Tamil). Event occurs at 1:30 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Enchanting melodies". The Hindu. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Serial Chiller Zee5's Fingertip is a highly relatable, acutely watchable series about modern Tamil lives". Firstpost. 3 September 2019 [3 September 2019]. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Vikatan Awards 2019: Taapsee Pannu wins 'Best Actor' for Game Over, shares surreal moment with Dhanush and Vetrimaaran". The Statesman. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 2019". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020: Complete winners list". The Indian Express. 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ Film Companion South (7 March 2019). The Writing of Super Deluxe Mysskin Nalan Neelan Thiagarajan Kumararaja Interview (Video) (in Tamil). Event occurs at 3:26 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Arindhum Ariyamalum". Plex. n.d.
  9. ^ "Tamil Releases: 'Naan', 'Attakathi' and 'Etho Seithai Ennai'". News18. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  10. ^ "C/O Kaadhal Movie Review : An overly faithful, largely effective remake". The Times of India. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Maddy & Shraddha Srinath to team up again for 'Maara'!". Sify. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Here's when R Madhavan's Maara will release on an OTT platform". Zoom (Indian TV channel). 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  13. ^ Sony Music South (20 May 2022). Cobra - Release Date Announcement Chiyaan Vikram AR Rahman R Ajay Gnanamuthu 7 Screen Studio (Trailer). Event occurs at 0:35 – via YouTube.
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