Yaar Kannan

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Yaar Kannan
Born
Govindasamy Kannan

(1957-10-12) October 12, 1957 (age 67) [1]
Madukur, Pattukottai [2]
Other namesMadukur Kannan
Occupation(s)Director, actor, lyricist

Yaar Kannan is an Indian 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 Ramarajan in the late 1980s. [3] [4]

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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 Ramarajan including Namma Ooru Nayagan (1988), Anbu Kattalai (1989) and Kaavalan (1990). [5]

Kannan made a comeback with Yuga (2006), a low-budget science-fiction film featuring Richard, 'Ice' Ashok and Manikandan. Produced by fifty-eight financiers, the film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. [6] He then supervised the Tamil version of the Telugu film Punnami Naagu featuring Mumaith Khan and helped release it as Pournami Naagam (2010). The film failed to recreate the success of the original Telugu version. [7] [8] In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, though the venture failed to materialise. [9]

He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagumagan , Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai. [10] [11] [12] In the 2010s, Kannan has made appearances as an actor in films, working twice with director Prabhu Solomon and with director Ponram in the film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam. [13] [ circular reference ]

Filmography

Films

Director
YearFilmNotes
1982 Vadivangal
1985 Yaar?
1986 Unnai Onru Ketpen
1986 Kanne Kaniyamuthe
1988 Namma Ooru Nayagan
1989 Anbu Kattalai
1990Kaavalan
1994 Magudikkaran
1995 Rasaiya
2006 Yuga
2010Pournami NagamReused some footage from Punnami Naagu (2009)
Actor
Lyrics

Television

Director
Actor
Director/ProducerSerialNotes
K. BalachanderRaghuvamsam
Shakthi RajendranMalligai Mullai
UTVJenmam X
AabavananSundaravanam
RevathiChinna Chinna Aasai
RadhikaMarupiravi
ChitraMaanasa
Vista VisionMangai
HarirajanThozhigal
Sathya Jyothi FilmsGopuram
Vista VisionAvalum Penthane
Mega TVJananam
Ramya Krishnan & Kutti PadminiKalasam
Abinaya CreationPallavi Anu Pallavi
Vikatan TelevistasRun
J. S. Nandhini Inspector Rishi

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