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Yaar Kannan

Overview

Kannan made his debut as a film maker by directing Yaar? (1985), a horror film which gave a breakthrough to actor Arjun in the Tamil film industry. The success of the film prompted the director to use the film's name as a prefix and he subsequently went on to make several films in the late 1980s with Ramarajan including Namma Ooru Nayagan (1988), Anbu Kattalai (1989) and Kaavalan (1990).

Kannan made a comeback with Yuga (2006), a low-budget science-fiction film featuring Richard, 'Ice' Ashok and Manikandan. Produced by fifty eight financiers, the film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. He then supervised the Tamil version of the Telugu film Punnami Naagu featuring Mumaith Khan and helped release it as Pournami Naagam (2010). The film, which was partially dubbed and partially re-shot, failed to recreate the success of the original Tamil version.[3][4] In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, thought the venture failed to materialise.

He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagu Magan, Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai.[6][7][8] In the 2010s, Kannan has made appearances as an actor in films, working twice with director Prabhu Solomon and with director Ponram in the film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam.

Known for

Acting
2024 Inspector Rishi Actor Udhayan Nambeesan 69
Fair
2023 Moothakudi Actor N/A
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2023 Kazhuvethi Moorkkan Actor 59
Average
2021 Meendum Actor 59
Average
2021 Eeswaran Actor Sonnamuthu 59
Average
2016 Kadalai Actor 58
Average
2016 Manithan Actor Advocate Pazhani 59
Average
2015 Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai Actor 59
Average
2014 Kayal Actor Prabhakar 58
Average
2013 Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Actor 59
Average
2012 Kumki Actor 59
Average
2008 Pazhani Actor Meiyappan 58
Average
1999 Chinna Raja Actor N/A
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Directing
2010 Pournami Nagam Directing Director N/A
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2006 Yuga Directing Director N/A
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1994 Magudikkaran Directing Director N/A
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1990 Kaavalan Directing Director N/A
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1989 Anbu Kattalai Directing Director N/A
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1988 Namma Ooru Nayagan Directing Director N/A
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1986 Kanne Kaniyamuthe Directing Director N/A
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1986 Unnai Ondru Ketpen Directing Director N/A
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1985 Yaar? Directing Director 59
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1982 Vadivangal Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2006 Yuga Writing Story N/A
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2006 Yuga Writing Screenplay N/A
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1989 Anbu Kattalai Writing Story N/A
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