# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-kannan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:23:36.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-kannan"
name: "R. Kannan"
slug: "r-kannan"
description: "R. Kannan is an Indian filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the successful Tamil film Jayamkondaan starring Vinay and Bhavana in 2008."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kannan.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: "1971-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.51
  momentum:             21.29022155006038
  historical:           6.686148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1583171/"
    handle:    "nm1583171"
sources:
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    title: "ஆர். கண்ணன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آر. كانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kannan"
    title: "R. Kannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1._%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آر. کانان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kannan"
    title: "R. Kannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0._%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "आर. कण्णन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A._%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A"
    title: "ආර්. කන්නන්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273779"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586582"
    title: "R. Kannan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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