Kanmani (director)

Kanmani is an Indian film director who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. After beginning his career in Tamil films, Kanmani has experienced more success in Telugu films.

Kanmani
Born (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980[1]
OccupationDirector
Years active2003-present

Career

Kanmani completed a degree at Presidency College, Chennai before joining as a chorus singer to composer Ilaiyaraaja, and worked with him for twelve years. He then apprenticed under director Saran during the making of Gemini (2002), before making his debut with the low-budget romantic comedy Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu (2003) featuring Mithun Tejaswi and Charmy Kaur. He gained success with his next two ventures in Telugu, Naa Oopiri (2005) and Chinnodu (2006), before going on to make the social drama Call Center (2008) and the romantic comedy Odipolama (2009).[2]

In 2015, he made the Telugu film Beeruva before beginning work on the horror comedy Peigal Jaakirathai.[3][4]

Filmography
Year Film Language Notes
2003Aahaa Ethanai AzhaguTamil
2005Naa OopiriTelugu
2006ChinnoduTelugu
2008Call CenterTelugu
2009OdipolamaTamil
2013Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina AbbayiTelugu
2015BeeruvaTelugualso cameo
2016Peigal JaakkirathaiTamil
2018DesamudursTelugu
2020ArjunaTelugu

References
  1. "Kanmani".
  2. "Kanmani interview — Telugu Cinema interview — Telugu film director". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. "Peigal Jaakirathai : Kanmani To Direct Another Horror Film | Silverscreen.in". silverscreen.in. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (23 January 2015). "Beeruva: A closet full of gags — The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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