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Kannan Kumar(Salem)
Kannan ( ta, கண்ணன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to a Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females. The name is derived from the Hindu god Krishna, who is offered the epithet of Kannan in Tamil, meaning, "the one who is to be seen". Etymology The word ''Kannan'' might come from the Pali into Tamil during the classical period. In Pali, Kanha means dark or black, and the Sanskrit equivalent will be Kṛṣṇa (Krishna). In Tamil-speaking regions, Lord Krishna will be called Kanna(or with a masculine ending Kannan).The word might also have a ancient Tamil root ``Kanha``காண் + ணா = காணா, which means invisibe to physical eyes. The Paramatma is represented as dark to indicate his presence beyond things you see with your eyes (non-materialistic nature). Notable people Given name * Michael Kannan Sundaresan, writer, guitarist, musician, American Eastern-Indian * B. Kannan, Indian cinematographer * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on Krishna Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls in late August or early September of the Gregorian calendar. The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as ''Krishna Leela''. He is a central character in the ''Mahabharata'', the '' Bhagavata Purana'', the ''Brahma Vaivarta Purana,'' and the '' Bhagavad Gita'', and is mentioned in many Hindu philosophical, theological, and mythological texts. They portray him in various perspectives: as a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero, and the universal supreme being. Quote: "Krsna's various appearances as a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedham Puthithu Kannan
K. Kannan popularly known as Vedham Pudhithu Kannan, is an Indian film/stage director, writer and producer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. At various stages of his career, Kannan had the privilege to be mentored by veteran directors Bharathiraja, S.P.Muthuraman and K. Balachander. Kannan is known for his penchant for embedding social reform messages in his stories, and as of 2016 he had won Kalaimamani, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer, Mylapore academy award for lifetime achievement among others. Film career Kannan began writing early, from his school years, having won in district level writing competitions. ''Subamuhurtham'', directed by Raghu and produced under the banner of Indralayam paved the way to Kannan's entry into the Tamil film industry. His subsequent theatre drama, ''Jaathigal Illayadi Pappa'' was adopted into the film ''Vedham Pudhithu'', directed by Bharathiraaja, for which Kannan penned the story and dialogue. After the success of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannan Varuvaan
''Kannan Varuvaan'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Karthik, Manthra and Divya Unni, while Goundamani, Senthil, Manorama, Ranjith and Radha Ravi play supporting roles. The music was composed by Sirpy with editing done by P. Sai Suresh and cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar. The film released on 25 May 2000. The film was average success at box office and its soundtrack was also average. Plot Kannan's ( Karthik) ambition in life is to take up the construction of the temple left incomplete by his forefathers. Unfortunately, funds are not forthcoming. Thannirmalai (Goundamani) assures Kannan that with his employer's help, Kannan's dream could become a reality. Unfortunately for Thannirmalai, he becomes disappointed when his employer, the wealthy landlady Ranganayagi's ( Manorama) grandson Raghu ( Ranjith), turns out to be money-minded and heartless. In a fit of anger, Thannirmalai pushes Raghu into a river and think ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannan En Kadhalan
''Kannan En Kadhalan'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Neelakantan, produced and written by R. M. Veerappan, starring M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa and Vanisri. It was released on 25 April 1968. Plot Kannan is the adopted son of a retired Captain. Sundar is the real son. Mallika is the niece of this rich man, who is engaged, at birth to Sundar. Mallika is secretly in love with Kannan. Malathi lost her father in an accident; she now lives with the widow as her adopted daughter. Malathi and Kannan fall in love as they share good bonding. Kannan and Sunder aren't on good terms. Sundar's behaviour towards Mallika and Malathi is not appropriate. Kannan warns Sundar, but an irritated Sundar kills Kannan and forcefully marries Mallika and Malathi. Years passed, he is blessed with kids and his wives name one son as Kannan. The film ends. Cast * M. G. Ramachandran as Kannan * Jayalalithaa as Maliga * Vanisri as Malathi * R. Muthuraman as The engineer Sunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaar Kannan
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. Career After assisting Mahendran, Kannan made his debut as a filmmaker 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharth Kannan
Siddharth Kannan is an Indian television and radio host, announcer, voice-over actor and a film critic. Early life and background He was born into a Tamil speaking family in New Delhi to parents V.Kannan and Radha Kannan, Sid K as he is popularly known as, moved to Kolkata with them and then spent 8 years in Lucknow and finally moved base with his family to Mumbai in 1994. Career Radio At the age of 14, Siddharth joined Times FM as a Radio Host. He holds the record for becoming the youngest radio host in India. In 1997, while at college, he joined Radio Star on 107.1 FM and hosted a show with Cyrus Broacha called ‘Miranda Char Baje Band Baje’. He started India’s first radio school called ‘Wild on Air’ in 1999. Emirates 2 FM in Dubai syndicated their Hindi shows to him, for whom he hosted and produced shows from Mumbai. He also produced and hosted shows for Rediff Radio on rediff.com. In 2009,He started an A list Bollywood celebrity chat show ‘Meow Starburst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravindran Kannan
Ravindran Kannan ( ta, ரவீந்திரன் கண்ணன்; born 12 March 1953, Madras) is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research India, where he leads the algorithms research group. He is also the first adjunct faculty of Computer Science and Automation Department of Indian Institute of Science. Before joining Microsoft, he was the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Applied Mathematics at Yale University. He has also taught at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, CMU and Indian Institute of Science, IISc. The ACM Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT) presented its 2011 Knuth Prize to Ravi Kannan for developing influential algorithmic techniques aimed at solving long-standing computational problems.Micro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Kannan R
Ravi Kannan R is an Indian surgical oncologist, based in Assam, India. He is the Director oCachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC), Silchar a nonprofit hospital, that provides free cancer treatment. He is the former Head of Department of surgical oncology at Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai. He is a recipient of Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honours, and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the highest award in Asia (called the "Nobel Prize of Asia"). Education Kannan did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tambaram. And than he graduated with an MBBS degree from the Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai and holds an MS degree from the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and MCH Surgical Oncology from Cancer Institute, chennai. Career Kannan was heading the surgical oncology department of Adyar Cancer Institute. In 2006, he visited the Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre for the first time for a consultation on the request of a colleague and that' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanal Kannan
Kanal Kannan (born as V. Kannan) is an Indian actor, action choreographer and screenwriter who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. He has worked with actors Mammootty, Prithviraj , Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Ta ...,Ajith Kumar, Vijay (actor), Vijay, Arjun Sarja and R. Sarath Kumar in many films. Stunt coordinators including Stun Siva, Peter Hein, Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Stunt Silva, Silva, Rajasekhar, Hari Dinesh, T. Ramesh and Thunder Jeeva have worked as fighters and assistants to him. Personal life Kannan has filed a case against his wife on April 2012 in a city family court to bring his wife Hemavathi who was living in separation from him due to some differences, back to his family. Filmography * 1991 ''Cheran Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embar Kannan
Embar S. Kannan is a violinist in the fields of Carnatic Music and Tamil Film Music. Trained in Carnatic as well as Western Classical methods, he is a Grade 'A top' artist of the All India Radio and is universally acclaimed as a soloist and an accompanist. Carnatic music career Born in a family of great musicians to Sangeetha Bhooshanam Sri Embar Sadagopan, Kannan took to playing the violin at the age of six. His initial training in Carnatic music was with Sri Subbanna Bhagavathar and Sri Vittal Ramamurthy. In 1986 he received a talent scholarship from the Government of India and earned a place under the mentorship of Kum.A. Kanyakumari. Shortly thereafter he received the Yuva Kala Bharathi from Bharat Kalachar and the ‘Best Violinist Award’ from the Madras Music Academy for eight consecutive years. Over the course of his Carnatic career he has accompanied many leading artists such as T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Trichur Ramachandran, T. N. Seshagopalan, Sudha Raghunathan, Kadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharathi Kannan
S.Bharathi Kannan is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was primarily active in the 1990s and early 2000 and is most noted for his work on devotional films. Career He started his career in 1981, joining as an assistant director to Nellai Sunderrajan and went on to continue such roles for the next fifteen years, while appearing in a few supporting roles as actor notably in ''Nethiyadi'' and ''Jadikketha Moodi'' (1989). He then apprenticed for a series of films under director K. Shankar, while looking for a producer for his first script. Meanwhile, he also worked as a distributor for films, releasing '' Guna'' and '' Pandiyan'' in Tirunelveli. Bharathi Kannan made his first film ''Aruva Velu'' in 1996 and won average reviews for his work. He was given the opportunity to produce a medium budget action film ''Thirunelveli'' (2000) by R. B. Choudary featuring Prabhu in the lead role, but the film became a box office failure. He then made a series of Hindu devo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beena Kannan
Beena Kannan is an Indian business woman, who is the CEO and lead designer of Seematti textiles. Career After university, she joined the family textile retailing business 'Seematti' in 1980, working with her father and husband. Seematti was started by her pioneering grandfather, the famous textile king Veeriah Reddiar. She became one of the most noticed wedding silk sari designers in south India. Her unique contribution appears to be her efforts to retain the pride of place for saris even in the face of onslaught from Western and North Indian fashions. Beena Kannan attracted attention when the longest ever silk sari created by her (half a km long) entered the Guinness World Records, Guinness Book of Records and Limca Book of Records in 2007. She has launched her sari designs in UAE (2007) and the United States (2009). Her rapport with the weaving communities earned for her a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Coimbatore Erode Weaving community in 2009. In September 2011, Beena Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
