Yaar Kannan is an

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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

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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

including '' Namma Ooru Nayagan'' (1988), ''

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'' (1989) and ''Kaavalan'' (1990). Kannan made a comeback with ''

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'' (2006), a low-budget science-fiction film featuring

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, '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

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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 Telugu version. In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled ''Piravi'' with Master Vinay in the lead role, though the venture failed to materialise. He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of '' Azhagumagan'', Suriya Nithi of ''Vilambaram'' and actor Maruthi of ''Marumunai''. In the 2010s, Kannan has made appearances as an actor in films, working twice with director

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and with director Ponram in the film

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Filmography

Films

;Director ;Actor * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Kumki'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * '' Kayal'' (2014) * '' Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai'' (2015) * '' Manithan'' (2016) * ''

Kadalai ''Kadalai'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language comedy film directed by P. Sagayasuresh, starring Ma Ka Pa Anand and Aishwarya Rajesh. Featuring music composed by C. S. Sam, the film began production in early 2015 and was released ...

'' (2016) * '' Eeswaran'' (2021) * ''Meendum'' (2021) ;Lyrics *"Alli Thandha Bhoomi" - ''Nandu'' *"Metti Metti" - ''Metti''

Television

;Director *''Jenmam X'' (Vijay TV) *''Jananam'' (Mega TV) ;Actor

References

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