Yaar Kannan

Yaar Kannan
Occupation Director

Yaar Kannan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He made his debut with the 1985 with the horror film Yaar? and regularly collaborated with Ramarajan in the late 1980s.[1]

Career

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.[2] 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.[5]

He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagumagan, 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.[9]

Filmography

Director
Year Film Language Notes
1982VadivangalTamil & Telugu
1985Yaar?Tamil & Telugu
1986Unnai Onru KetpenTamil
1986Kanne KaniyamutheTamil
1988Namma Ooru NayaganTamil
1989Anbu KattalaiTamil
1990KaavalanTamil
1994MagudikkaranTamil
2006YugaTamil
2010Pournami NagamTamil
Lyrics Writer
  • More than 20 Tamil Films & TV Serials
  • Including the Very Popular Song "Allithantha Boomi Annai Allava" in the Film "Nandu" Music Composed by "Ilayaraja"
Television
  • Jenmam X (Vijay TV)
  • Jananam (Mega TV)
  • Anupallavi (Sun TV)
Acted in Films

Remarkable leading role in the Following Films

Acted in Serials
Director/Producer Serial Language
K.BalachanderRaghuvamsamTamil
Shakthi RajendranMalligai MullaiTamil
UTVJenmum - XTamil
AabavananSundaravanamTamil
RevathiChinna Chinna AasaiTamil
RadhikaMarupiraviTamil
ChitraMaanasaTamil
Vista VisionMangaiTamil
HarirajanThozhigalTamil
Sathya Jyothi FilmsGopuramTamil
Vista VisionAvalum PenthaneTamil
Mega TVJananamTamil
Ramya Krishnan & Kutti PadminiKalasamTamil
Abinaya CreationPallavi Anu PallaviTamil
Acting in Up-Coming Films

Remarkable leading role in the Following Films

  • Karuppasamypuram
  • Madaithiranthu (Tamil & Telugu)
  • Katraai Malayaai Kadhalaai
  • Venkatasubramani Mike Testing 1-2-3
  • Pichuvakathi

References

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