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'''Kanmani''' is an [[Indian people|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.

==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 (director)|Saran]] during the making of ''[[Gemini (2002 Tamil film)|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).<ref name="idlebrain">{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/kanmani.html |title=Kanmani interview — Telugu Cinema interview — Telugu film director |publisher=idlebrain.com |accessdate=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170102131018/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/kanmani.html |archivedate= 2 January 2017 }}</ref>

In 2015, he made the Telugu film ''Beeruva'' before beginning work on the horror comedy ''Peigal Jaakirathai''.<ref name="silverscreen">{{cite web|url=http://silverscreen.in/tamil/news/peigal-jaakirathai-kanmani-to-direct-another-horror-film/|title=Peigal Jaakirathai : Kanmani To Direct Another Horror Film | Silverscreen.in|date=19 July 2015|publisher=silverscreen.in|accessdate=2015-09-26}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/beeruva-a-closet-full-of-gags/article6815348.ece|title=Beeruva: A closet full of gags — The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 January 2015|publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2015-09-26|last1=Dundoo|first1=Sangeetha Devi}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! Year
! Film
! Language
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Naa Oopiri]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Chinnodu]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Call Center (2008 film)|Call Center]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Odipolama]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Beeruva]]'' || Telugu || also cameo
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Peigal Jaakkirathai]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2018 ||''Desamudurs'' || ||
|-
|}

==References==
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