Showing all artists born in June 21

Nelson Dilipkumar, credited in films as Nelson, is an Indian director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. His films are known for featuring elements of black comedy and synchronised comical characters.Nelson won the Best Screenplay Award in Norway Tamil Film Festival for his directorial debut Kolamaavu Kokila. He was listed among the Promising Directors of 2018 in Times of India article.

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, Jai, Hansika Motwani and Deeksha Seth which was planned to be produced by NIC Arts S. S. Chakravarthy, featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was shelved for unknown reasons halfway through.There was an attempt to revive the project in 2017 and a new crew was selected. Anirudh Ravichander replaced Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer. However the project failed to take off again.

Anirudh Ravichander helped Nelson land his debut feature film,the dark comedy Kolamavu Kokila starring Nayanthara in the lead role, which he wrote and directed. The film produced by Lyca Productions released on 17 August 2018 and became a commercial success. His next film was Doctor starring Sivakarthikeyan in lead role opposite Priyanka Arul Mohan. The film became one of the biggest Tamil-language blockbusters among the films that released theatrically after the pandemic-induced lockdowns.

In November 2020, composer Anirudh Ravichander introduced him to actor Vijay as a potential candidate to direct the latter's next film.Actor Vijay was impressed with Nelson's script and the latter was signed on to direct actor Vijay's 65th film Beast.The film stars Vijay and Pooja Hegde in lead roles. Beast will be released on 14 April 2022 as a pan-Indian film dubbed in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages.Nelson will also direct Rajinikanth's 169th film.

Gautami Kapoor is a model turned actress, born on June 21, 1974 in Mumbai. She started her modeling career at the tender age of 16 and then decided to switch to acting. She marked her debut with the TV serial 'Alag Alag' on DD Metro.

Gautami's homely features gained the lead role in Balaji Telefilm's 'Ghar Ek Mandir'. This show did wonders to her life, as she got the instant fame with her character role of Binita and also met the man of her life Ram Kapoor on its sets. She also owns the record of being the face of popular serials like 'Kehta Hai Dil' and 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'.

After a successful career in television, she stepped into the big screen with Marathi movie 'Bindhaast' in 1999. Till date, it is considered the best thriller film of Marathi film industry.

On 14th February 2003, Gautami got married to her longtime best friend turned boyfriend Ram Kapoor. The couple is having two children.

Post marriage she has reduced her onscreen appearance. She featured in supporting roles in the film like 'Kuch Naa Kaho', 'Fanaa', 'Student Of The Year' and 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects'.

Thiagarajan is an Indian actor, Director and producer of Tamil films.  He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth.