Kannan Thamarakkulam

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Kannan Thamarakkulamm
Born (1979-05-11) 11 May 1979 (age 45) [1]
Thamarakkulam, Alappuzha District, Kerala, India
Other namesThamara Kannan (Tamil)
Occupation(s) Film Director, Writer, Lyricist, Producer
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Vishnu Prabha
​
(m. 2020)​
Children1

Kannan Thamarakkulam is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam and Tamil films.

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Personal life

Thamarakkulam married Vishnu Prabha in a small ceremony at Chettikulangara in December 2020. [2]

Career

He joined the cinema industry as an assistant director. He has worked as an assistant and associate in a lot of TV serials and movies. He made his first solo debut as a director in a TV Series, titled, Minnaram. [3]

In 2014, he directed his debut as director in Tamil movie Sooraiyadal. [4] His first direction venture in Malayalam was Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare (2015) with Jayaram. [5] His third release was big budget film Aadupuliyattam in 2016. [6] The horror genre received good response from the audiences and the critics. [7] The next titled was the comedy, Achayans (2017). [8] In 2018, Kannan Thamarakkulam has opted for Chanakya Thanthram (2018) an approach much similar to the second half of his previous film Achayans. He has given due importance to Unni Mukundan and he has portrayed his character with the required mass appeal and style quotient. [9] In 2019, Kannan directs Jayaram in the comedy drama, Pattabhiraman . [10] In 2021, he had two thriller releases Vidhi: The Verdict and Udumbu. [11] [12] Next, the political drama Varaal (2022) was released. [13] In 2024, Virunnu also released in Tamil as Virundhu starring Arjun Sarja was a disappointment. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleLanguageNotesSource
2014Sooraiyadal Tamil Debut film [15]
2015 Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare Malayalam [16]
2016 Aadupuliyattam Malayalam [17]
2017 Achayans Malayalam [18]
2018 Chanakya Thanthram Malayalam [19]
2019 Pattabhiraman Malayalam [20]
2021 Vidhi: The Verdict Malayalam [21]
2021UdumbuMalayalam [22]
2022 Varaal Malayalam [23]
2024 Virunnu / VirundhuMalayalam, Tamil [24]

Television

YearFilmChannelNotes
2006Minnaram Asianet
2006MidhunamAsianet
2007Ammakkayi Surya TV
2008-2009AmmathottilAsianet
2009Akkare IkkareAsianet
2009-2011 Maharani Vijay TV Tamil serial
2011-2013AmmaAsianet
2011-2013 Aval Vijay TVTamil serial
2019Sabarimala Swami AyyapanAsianet
2019 Pournami Thinkal Asianet
2021-2022 Kaliveedu Surya TV
2024 Janakiyudeyum Abhiyudeyum Veedu Asianet

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