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
Presidency College, Chennai
Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...
before joining as a chorus singer to composer
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of ...
, and worked with him for twelve years. He then apprenticed under director
Saran during the making of ''
Gemini
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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
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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