# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-kannan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:15:28.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-kannan"
name: "B. Kannan"
slug: "b-kannan"
description: "Bhimsingh Kannan was an Indian cinematographer and actor who worked in Tamil and Malayalam films. He was known for his association with Director Bharathiraja and was referred to as \"Bharathirajavin Kangal\"."
tagline: "Indian cinematographer (1951-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B.Kannan_Cinematographer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-01-10"
deathDate: "2020-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.73
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.918265333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437789/"
    handle:    "nm0437789"
sources:
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    title: "బి. కన్నన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بى. كانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Kannan"
    title: "B. Kannan"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Бхимсинг Каннан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Kannan"
    title: "B. Kannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பி. கண்ணன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16730562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1339589"
    title: "B. Kannan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump