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.^[3][4]

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

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

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)

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