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Nelson Venkatesan

Director

Nelson Venkatesan

Directing
2023 — present · 2 films
Born
17 October 1984 · age 41

Nelson Venkatesan is an Indian Radio Jockey turned Film Director known for Oru Naal Koothu (2016), Monster (2019), Farhana (2023) & DNA (2025).

Career Signature

How Nelson Venkatesan’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

heavy emotional
anxious dread
emotionally devastating
tightly wound
claustrophobic tension

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

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Filmography

DNA

2025

Farhana

2023