K. Kannan popularly known as Vedham Pudhithu Kannan, is an Indian film/stage director, writer and producer who primarily works in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

. At various stages of his career, Kannan had the privilege to be mentored by veteran directors

Bharathiraja Bharathiraja ( born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with ''16 Vayathinile'', he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of ...

, S.P.Muthuraman and K. Balachander. Kannan is known for his penchant for embedding social reform messages in his stories, and as of 2016 he had won

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, Mylapore academy award for lifetime achievement among others.

Film career

Kannan began writing early, from his school years, having won in district level writing competitions. ''Subamuhurtham'', directed by Raghu and produced under the banner of Indralayam paved the way to Kannan's entry into the Tamil film industry. His subsequent theatre drama, ''Jaathigal Illayadi Pappa'' was adopted into the film ''

Vedham Pudhithu ''Vedham Pudhithu'' ( ) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-written by Bharathiraja. It is based on the play ''Saadhigal Illaiyadi Papa'' by K. Kannan, who wrote the film adaptation's dialogues and became known as ''Vedh ...

'', directed by Bharathiraaja, for which Kannan penned the story and dialogue. After the success of this film, Kannan became popularly known as Vedham Pudhithu Kannan. Later projects like '' Siva'', ''Pagalil Pournami'' (1990), and ''Kaaval Geetham'' (1992) established Kannan as a prominent writer in the Tamil film Industry. From then on, he had collaborated in vast story and film-making discussions for various films. He returned to stage plays with his longtime friend, T.V Varadarajan's troupe, United Visuals and staged 10 plays in the next 7 years. With the growing popularity of TV soap operas in Tamil satellite channels, he switched his concentration to TV. He has penned TV serials like Nimmadhi ungal Choice II & III, Jannal (Marabu Kavithaigal) and Sahaana. He wrote the script for ''Anni'' (directed by

Samuthirakani P. Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in '' Paarthale Paravasam''. He won the National F ...

), ''Akka'' (Telugu) among others. In 2006, Kannan became a producer under the banner Ezhuthupattarai, with his directorial debut ''Amirtham''.

Works

Stage dramas

Kannan wrote and directed these stage dramas: * ''Ilavasa Inaippu aka Re(a)el Estate'' * ''Mega Serial'' * ''Take it Easy'' * ''Iraval thanthavan ketkiran'' * ''Subamuhurtha Pathrikkai'' * ''Solladi Sivashakthi'' * ''Avanudaiya Chellamma'' * ''Magalir Mattum'' * ''LKG Aasai'' * ''Crorepathi'' * ''Matrum Palar'' * ''Veetukku Veedu Kaargil'' * ''Aasikkum Aasthikkum'' * ''Velicham'' * ''Porkaalam'' * ''Suya Tharisanam''

Television

* ''Nimmadi Ungal Choice II (Kannamavin Kadhai) (directed by S.P.Muthuraman)'' – Story, Screenplay & Dialogue writer * ''Nimmadi Ungal Choice III (Triveni Sangamam) (directed by S.P.Muthuraman)'' – Screenplay & Dialogue writer * ''Akka (telugu)'' – Story & Dialogue Writer * ''Jannal (Marabu Kavithaigal)'' – Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction (title/credits shared with K. Balachander) * ''Plastic Vizhuthugal'' – Story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer and Direction * ''Vidiyal Puthithu'' – Story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer and Direction * '' Sahaana'' – Dialogue Writer * '' Anni'' – Main story & Dialogue Writer * ''Vasantham'' – Story, Screenplay & Dialogue writer

Films

* ''Subha Muhurtham'' (1983) – Story and Dialogue writer * ''

'' (1987) – Story and Dialogue writer * '' Siva'' (1989) – Dialogue writer * ''

Kaaval Geetham ''Kaaval Geetham'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Vikram and Sithara. The film was released on 14 February 1992. Plot Priya is a crime journalist investigating the rape and m ...

'' – Story and Dialogue writer * ''Pagalil Pournami'' – Dialogue writer * ''

Devaraagam ''Devaraagam'' is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Bharathan and starring Aravind Swamy and Sridevi. It also had KPAC Lalitha, Kozhikode Narayanan Nair, Zeenath, and Nedumudi Venu in supporting roles. The film was ...

'' – Tamil dubbed dialogues writer * ''Kasthuri Manjal'' – Dialogue writer * ''

Amirtham ''Amirtham'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language drama film produced, written and directed by Vedham Puthithu Kannan, K. Kannan, making his directorial debut. The film stars newcomer Ganesh and Navya Nair, with Girish Karnad, Anu ...

'' (2006) – Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction * ''Puthu Mugam (telefilm)'' – Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction

References

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