Question: Who is the director of the 2012 Indian Tamil coming-of-age comedy film featuring the actor popularly known by his fans as "Ilayathalapathy"?

Context articles: Nanban (film)
Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga
John Hughes (filmmaker)
Chennai 600028
Boys (2003 film)
Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
Vijay (actor)
Endrendrum Punnagai
Vettai
Manoj K. Jayan

Nanban (English: "Friend") is a 2012 Indian Tamil coming-of-age comedy film directed by Shankar.
 It is a remake of Rajkumar Hirani's "3 Idiots" (2009).
 The film features an ensemble cast that includes Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyan and Sathyaraj.
Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga is a 2013 Tamil coming-of-age comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Pandiraj.
 It features Sivakarthikeyan and Vimal in lead roles, alongside Bindu Madhavi and Regina Cassandra.
 Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack.
 The film released on 29 March 2013 and received very high positive responses from critics as well as audiences.
 It successfully completed 100 days in many theatres in Tamil Nadu.
 The film was remade in Kannada as "Katte" with Nagashekhar and Chandan.
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
 He directed and/or scripted some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and early 1990s including the comedy "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), the coming-of-age comedy "Sixteen Candles" (1984), the teen sci-fi comedy "Weird Science" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy-drama "The Breakfast Club" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), the romantic comedy-drama "Pretty in Pink" (1986), the romance "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), the comedies "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987) and "Uncle Buck" (1989), the Christmas family comedy "Home Alone" (1990) and its sequel, "" (1992).
Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Tamil coming-of-age sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, in his directorial debut.
 The film stars Jai, Shiva, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Inigo, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with Vijayalakshmi, daughter of National Film Award-winning director Agathiyan, and Kristine Zedek, making their acting debut as well.
 The film was produced by S. P. B. Charan along with J. K. Saravana, a Singapore-based award-winning producer.
 The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Premji Amaran and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively.
Boys is a 2003 Indian Tamil coming-of-age film directed by S. Shankar.
 It stars newcomers Siddarth, Genelia, Bharath, Nakul, Manikandan and Sai Srinivas Thaman in the lead roles.
 The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman.
 "Boys" was simultaneously released in Telugu as well with the same title.
Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (English: A Few Pages Missing in the Centre ) is a 2012 Indian Tamil black comedy film and the directorial debut for Balaji Tharaneetharan.
 Featuring Vijay Sethupathi and Gayathrie Shankar in the lead roles, The plot revolves around a young man who forgets a full year of his life, 2 days before his wedding.
 The music and background score of the film are composed by Ved Shankar and Siddarth Vippin respectively.
 The film released on 30 November 2012 to very positive reviews from critics.The film was a huge cult hit.
 The film was remade in Telugu as "Pusthakamlo Konni Pageelu Missing" with newcomers Sree and Supraja in lead roles and it was also remade in Kannada as "Kwatley Satisha" with Satish Neenasam and Sonia Gowda playing lead roles.
 The film is also being remade in Odia(Oriya) as Sunapila Tike Screw Dhila with Babushan in lead role & it was also remade in Malayalam as "Medulla Oblangata" with Rahul Madhav
Vijay (born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar on 22 June 1974) is an Indian film actor, playback singer and philanthropist who works in the Tamil film industry.
 He is popularly known by his fans as "Ilayathalapathy" (Young commander-in-chief) or "Thalapathy" (commander-in-chief) of Tamil cinema.
Endrendrum Punnagai (English: Everlasting Smile ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by I. Ahmed starring Jiiva, Trisha Krishnan, Vinay Rai and Santhanam.
 The film has music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by R. Madhi.
 The film was launched officially in Chennai on 29 June 2012.
 Upon its release on 20 December 2013, the film met with positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success.
Vettai (English: "Hunt") is a 2012 Indian Tamil action comedy film co produced, written and directed by N. Linguswamy.
 The film stars Arya, R. Madhavan, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul in the lead roles while Ashutosh Rana, Thambi Ramaiah and Nassar played supporting roles.
 The film score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography is by Nirav Shah and editing handled by Anthony Gonsalves.
 The film became announced shortly after the release of Lingusamy's "Paiyaa", with Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies agreeing to produce the film, following a successful collaboration during the director's previous film.
 During a lengthy pre-production phase, the film underwent major changes in its main cast and Cloud Nine Movies stepped out of the project, with Linguswamy's own banner, Thirupathi Brothers, taking up the film.
 Filming was initially planned to begin by mid-2010, but was delayed until March 2011.
 The film was later remade into Telugu as "Tadakha" by Kishore Kumar and in Bengali as "Hitman" by Sumon.
Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan (born 15 March 1966) is an Indian actor popularly known as Manoj K Jayan who predominantly acts in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films.
 Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor, respectively for his portrayals of Hariharan's 'Kuttan Thampuran' in "Sargam" (1992), 'Thalakkal Chandu' in "Pazhassi Raja" (2009) and 'Kunjiraman' in Farook Abdul Rahiman's "Kaliyachan".
 His most critically acclaimed characters are "Kuttan Thampuran" ("Sargam"), "Digambaran" ("Anandabhadram"), "Thalakkal Chandu" ("Pazhassi Raja").