Kannan Thamarakkulam is an Indian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

who works in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

and

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films.

Personal life

Thamarakkulam married Vishnu Prabha in a small ceremony at

Chettikulangara Chettikulangara is a gram panchayat in the Mavelikkara-(6) taluk of the Alappuzha district, state of Kerala, India. Chettikulangara is in "Kayamkulam" legislative assembly (108). It is an area of paddy and sesame fields, and tapioca cultivation. ...

in December 2020.

Career

He joined the cinema industry as an assistant director. He has worked as an assistant and associate in a lot of TV serials and movies. He made his first solo debut as a director in a TV Series, titled, ''Minnaram''. In 2014, he directed his debut as director in Tamil movie ''Sooraiyadal''. His first direction venture in Malayalam was ''

Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare ''Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare'' ( ''Monday to Friday'') is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film, produced by Anto Joseph and directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam. The film stars Jayaram in lead role with, Anoop Menon, Singer Rimi Tomy, Racha ...

'' (2015) with

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Bhojpuri language films. He is also a chenda ...

. His third release was big budget film ''

Aadupuliyattam ''Aadupuliyattam'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language horror film directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and written by Dinesh Palleth, starring Jayaram, Om Puri, Ramya Krishnan, Sheelu Abraham, Akshara Kishor, Saju Navodaya, Ramesh Pisharody an ...

'' in 2016. The horror genre received good response from the audiences and the critics. The next titled was the comedy, ''

Achayans ''Achayans'' is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy crime thriller film directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and written by Sethu. It stars Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Unni Mukundan and Amala Paul in lead role

'' (2017). In 2018, Kannan Thamarakkulam has opted for '' Chanakya Thanthram'' (2018) an approach much similar to the second half of his previous film ''Achayans''. He has given due importance to

Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), popularly known as Unni Mukundan, is an India, Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Unni made his acting debut with the Tamil film ''Seedan'' (2011). Afte ...

and he has portrayed his character with the required mass appeal and style quotient. In 2019, Kannan directs Jayaram in the comedy drama, ''

Pattabhiraman ''Pattabhiraman'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language social crime drama thriller film directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam and written by Dinesh Pallath. It stars Jayaram, Miya George, Sheelu Abraham, Prem Kumar and Sai Kumar. Later the film w ...

''. In 2021, he had two thriller releases '' Vidhi: The Verdict'' and ''Udumbu''. Next, the political drama ''

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'' (2022) was released. In 2024, '' Virunnu'' also released in Tamil as ''Virundhu'' starring

Arjun Sarja Srinivasa Sarja (born 15 August 1962), better known by his stage name Action King Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil cinema, Tamil films in addition to Telugu ...

was a disappointment.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thamarakkulam, Kannan Malayalam film directors Film directors from Alappuzha district Living people Tamil-language film directors 1979 births Artists from Alappuzha 21st-century Indian people