# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:08.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheran"
name: "Cheran"
slug: "cheran"
description: "Cheran is an Indian film director, producer, actor and lyricist known for his works in Tamil cinema. He is a four time National Film Award winner for Vetri Kodi Kattu (2000), Autograph (2004),Aadum Koothu and Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005). He has also won five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and six South Filmfare Awards."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cheran_(Tamil_film_director).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.57
  momentum:             0.7269752220663861
  historical:           5.197074666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155741/"
    handle:    "nm0155741"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.directorcheran.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%BB_(%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB)"
    title: "ചേരൻ (സംവിധായകൻ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تشيران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheran_(director)"
    title: "Cheran (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "चेरन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "சேரன் (திரைப்பட இயக்குநர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3523441"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240439"
    title: "Cheran"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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