Kanmani is an

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film director who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. After beginning his career in Tamil films, Kanmani has experienced more success in Telugu films.

Career

Kanmani completed a degree at

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before joining as a chorus singer to composer

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, and worked with him for twelve years. He then apprenticed under director Saran during the making of ''

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'' (2002), before making his debut with the low-budget romantic comedy ''

Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu ''Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu'' () is a 2003 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Kanmani The film starred Mithun, Charmy, Nassar, and Pyramid Natarajan. The film was produced by J S Pankaj Mehta. Aha Ethanai Azhagu also has Nassar, Ranjit ...

'' (2003) featuring Mithun Tejaswi and Charmy Kaur. He gained success with his next two ventures in Telugu, '' Naa Oopiri'' (2005) and ''

Chinnodu ''Chinnodu'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Kanmani. It stars Sumanth and Charmy Kaur in the lead roles while Rahul Dev, Chandra Mohan, Rajiv Kanakala, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. It was remade in Dhallywood as ...

'' (2006), before going on to make the social drama ''Call Center'' (2008) and the romantic comedy '' Odipolama'' (2009). In 2015, he made the Telugu film ''Beeruva'' before beginning work on the horror comedy ''Peigal Jaakirathai''.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanmani Living people Telugu film directors Tamil film directors Presidency College, Chennai alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 1980 births Film directors from Chennai 21st-century Indian film directors