Yaar Kannan

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.

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).

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 failed to recreate the success of the original Telugu version. In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, though the venture failed to materialise.

He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagumagan, Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai. 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.

Filmography Films Director Year Film Notes 1982 Vadivangal 1985 Yaar? 1986 Unnai Onru Ketpen 1986 Kanne Kaniyamuthe 1988 Namma Ooru Nayagan 1989 Anbu Kattalai 1990 Kaavalan 1994 Magudikkaran 2006 Yuga 2010 Pournami Nagam Reused some footage from Punnami Naagu (2009)

Actor Kasu (2006) Pazhani (2008) Kumki (2012) Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) Kayal (2014) Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai (2015) Manithan (2016) Kadalai (2016) Eeswaran (2021) Meendum (2021) 1945 (2022) Kazhuvethi Moorkkan (2023) Moothakudi (2023) Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026)

Lyrics "Alli Thandha Bhoomi" - Nandu "Metti Metti" - Metti

Television Director Jenmam X (Vijay TV) Jananam (Mega TV)

Actor Director/Producer Serial Notes K. Balachander Raghuvamsam Shakthi Rajendran Malligai Mullai UTV Jenmam X Aabavanan Sundaravanam Revathi Chinna Chinna Aasai Radhika Marupiravi Chitra Maanasa Vista Vision Mangai Harirajan Thozhigal Sathya Jyothi Films Gopuram Vista Vision Avalum Penthane Mega TV Jananam Ramya Krishnan & Kutti Padmini Kalasam Abinaya Creation Pallavi Anu Pallavi Vikatan Televistas Run J. S. Nandhini Inspector Rishi