Silambarasan and Nelson Dilipkumar's shelved film Vettai Mannan to be revived?

Director Nelson Dilipkumar is basking in the success of his latest outing, Jailer, which has Superstar Rajinikanth in the lead. The film has already raked in Rs 525 crore at the box office. Even as Nelson basks in the success of Jailer, the director recently opened up about his shelved project Vettai Mannan with Silambarasan in an interview with Galatta.

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When the show's host Suhasini Mani Ratnam asked Nelson about reviving the project, Nelson said, "I think I have a bit more maturity today than when I worked on the project then. I see more flaws in the film now," thus hinting that the project may not be revived after all.

Nelson added, "Simbu is my schoolmate. After school, I met him again on a show on Vijay TV. He asked if I could work with him in a film. That was the first time I had entered the cinema industry and had met very few people."

Interestingly, Vettai Mannan was supposed to mark Nelson Dilipkumar's debut as a director. The project had  to be shelved midway. The plot revolved around underworld assassins and was supposed to star Jai, Hansika and Deeksha Seth as well. Yuvan Shankar Raja was to score the music. If the film is revived, one has to wait and watch if Nelson retains the crew or goes for a fresh new cast.

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Nelson later made his directorial debut with Kolamavu Kokila (2018), a black comedy which starred Nayanthara in the lead, and had Yogi Babu, Saranya Ponvannan, RS Sivaji, Jacqueline, Hareesh Peradi, Mottai Rajendran, Arun Alexander and Redin Kingsley as part of the star cast.

Kolamaavu Kokila opened to fantastic reviews and was remade in Hindi as Good Luck Jerry with Janhvi Kapoor in the lead. Nelson also went on to direct Sivakarthikeyan's Doctor and Vijay's Beast.