Yaar Kannan

Yaar Kannan
Yaar Kannan
Occupation	Director

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.^[1]

Career

Kannan made his debut as a film maker 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).

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.^[2] 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, which was partially dubbed and partially re-shot, failed to recreate the success of the original Tamil version.^[3]^[4] In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, thought the venture failed to materialise.^[5]

He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagumagan, Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai.^[6]^[7]^[8] 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.^[9]^{[better source needed]}

Filmography

Director

Year	Film	Language
1982	Vadivangal	Tamil & Telugu
1985	Yaar?	Tamil & Telugu
1986	Unnai Onru Ketpen	Tamil
1986	Kanne Kaniyamuthe	Tamil
1988	Namma Ooru Nayagan	Tamil
1989	Anbu Kattalai	Tamil
1990	Kaavalan	Tamil
1994	Magudikkaran	Tamil
2006	Yuga	Tamil
2010	Pournami Nagam	Tamil

Lyrics Writer

More than 20 Tamil Films & TV Serials
Including the Very Popular Song "Allithantha Boomi Annai Allava" in the Film "Nandu" Music Composed by "Ilayaraja"

Television

Jenmam X (Vijay TV)
Jananam (Mega TV)
Anupallavi (Sun TV)

Acted in Films

Remarkable leading role in the Following Films

Pazhani (2008)
Kumki (2012)
Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013)
Kayal (2014)
Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai (2015)
Manithan (2016)
Kadalai (2016)

Acted in Serials

Director/Producer	Serial	Language
K.Balachander	Raghuvamsam	Tamil
Shakthi Rajendran	Malligai Mullai	Tamil
UTV	Jenmum - X	Tamil
Aabavanan	Sundaravanam	Tamil
Revathi	Chinna Chinna Aasai	Tamil
Radhika	Marupiravi	Tamil
Chitra	Maanasa	Tamil
Vista Vision	Mangai	Tamil
Harirajan	Thozhigal	Tamil
Sathya Jyothi Films	Gopuram	Tamil
Vista Vision	Avalum Penthane	Tamil
Mega TV	Jananam	Tamil
Ramya Krishnan & Kutti Padmini	Kalasam	Tamil
Abinaya Creation	Pallavi Anu Pallavi	Tamil

Acting in Up-Coming Films

Remarkable leading role in the Following Films

Karuppasamypuram
Madaithiranthu (Tamil & Telugu)
Katraai Malayaai Kadhalaai
Venkatasubramani Mike Testing 1-2-3
Pichuvakathi

References

[1] ttp://www.valaitamil.com/movies/yaar-kannan_tamil-movies_819/

[2] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/yuga-tamil-movie-review-8015.html

[3] ttp://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/pournami-nagam-movie-review.html

[4] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-09-04/pournami-nagam-mumaith-khan-28-11-09.html

[5] ttp://m.indiaglitz.com/master-vinay-in-a-multilingual-tamil-news-53623.html

[6] ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-vilambaram-a-peek-at-the-ad-world/article4817407.ece

[7] ttp://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-azhagu-magan-striking-the-right-note/article5032270.ece

[8] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/musical-spectrum/article5591139.ece

[9] Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam

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