Yaar Kannan

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 films 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 lowbudget sciencefiction 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 reshot failed to recreate the success of the original Tamil version34 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 Marumunai678 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