Yaar Kannan

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Also Known As Madukoor Kannan

Yaar Kannan

Biography

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. 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. He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagu Magan, 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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Inspector Rishi

as Udhayan Nambeesan

2021
Eeswaran

as Sonnamuthu

2016
Manithan

as Advocate Pazhani

2014
Kayal

as Prabhakar

2012
2008
Pazhani

as Meiyappan

Director

2010
Pournami Nagam

as Director

2006
Yuga

as Director

1994
Magudikkaran

as Director

1990
Kaavalan

as Director

1989
Anbu Kattalai

as Director

1988
Namma Ooru Nayagan

as Director

1986
Unnai Ondru Ketpen

as Director

1986
Kanne Kaniyamuthe

as Director

1985
Yaar?

as Director

1982
Vadivangal

as Director

Writer

2006
Yuga

as Screenplay

2006
Yuga

as Story

1989
Anbu Kattalai

as Story