Kanal Kannan

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Kanal Kannan
Born
V. Kannan

(1962-02-12) 12 February 1962 (age 62)
Occupation(s)actor, screenwriter, action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator
Years active1989-present

Kanal Kannan (born as V. Kannan) is an Indian actor, action choreographer and screenwriter who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films. [1] He has worked with actors Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Vikram, Suriya, Vishal, Arjun Sarja and R. Sarath Kumar in many films. [2] Stunt coordinators including Stunt Silva, Peter Hein, Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Silva, Rajasekhar, Hari Dinesh, T. Ramesh and Thunder Jeeva have worked as fighters and assistants to him. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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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. [7]

Filmography

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