Kanal Kannan (born as V. Kannan) is an Indian actor, action choreographer & screenwriter who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada & Hindi films.[1] He has worked with actors Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Vikram, Suriya, Vishal, Arjun Sarja & R. Sarath Kumar in many films.[2] Stunt coordinators including Stun Shiva, Peter Hein, Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Silva, Rajasekhar, Hari Dinesh, Supreme Sundar, T. Ramesh & Thunder Jeeva have worked as fighters & assistants to him.[3][4][5][6]

Personal life

Kannan has filed a case against his wife in April 2012 in a city family court to bring his wife Hemavathi who was living in separation from him due to some differences, back to his family.[7]

Kannan's neighbour filed a complaint against Kannan in the Chennai police department on October 2007 accusing him of shooting dead one of the stray dogs she feeds with a gun. The complainant also filed a complaint against Kannan at the Chennai Police Commissioner Office. She later told the Journalists that Kannan who was enraged of her complaint, entered her house and beat up her brother and also said that her life is in danger and the police are trying to cover up the incident. Kannan denied the allegations and claimed that he was not in Chennai when the incident took place.[8][9]

Arrest

On June 18, 2023, Kanal Kannan shared a misleading video in Social media of Brazilian actor playing the role of a Christian priest and dancing with a woman, and included a caption urging converted Hindus to repent for the state of "foreign religious culture".[10][11] Kannan was detained for disrespecting religious sentiments and was sent to judicial custody and an FIR for insulting religious sentiments has been filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.[12]

Filmography

Actor

Writer

  • 2011 Sankarankovil (also producer - uncredited)

Extra Fighter

Awards

Won
Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Bharathi pairs with Kanal Kannan". IndiaGlitz. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Kanal Kannan I'm proud to have worked in most of Ajith Kumar, Vijay and Sarath Kumar films". Youtube. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Arindhathum Ariyathathum - With Stunt Master Kanal Kannan". Youtube. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Peter Hein (Fight Master) in Arinthathum Ariyathathum (20/04/2014) - Part 1". Youtube. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (5 June 2017). "Kanal Kannan: Fighting for fame". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ Subramanian, Anupama (21 February 2020). "Kamal Haasan offers Rs 1 crore to EVP mishap victims' kin". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Stunt Master 'Kanal' Kannan Files Case Against his Wife". 22 April 2012.
  8. ^ "நாயை சுட்டுக் கொன்றதாக கனல் கண்ணன் மீது புகார்". tamil.filmibeat.com (in Tamil). 25 October 2007.
  9. ^ "KANAL KANNAN SALMAN KHAN KOLLYWOOD STUNT MASTER SIVAJI SHOOT DOG Veterinary Hospital tamil movie news hot stills picture image gallery". Kollywood. 26 November 2006.
  10. ^ Ali, Prantik (19 July 2023). "Viral videos of 'Christian priest' dancing: Man seen in the clips is a Brazilian actor dressed up as a pastor". Alt News.
  11. ^ Alphonso, Anmol (13 July 2023). "Video Of Brazilian Actor Falsely Shared As Christian Priest Dancing Proactively". BOOM. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Tamil stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan sent to judicial custody". Rediff. 11 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Vishal injured during 'Poojai' shoot". Sify. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  14. ^ "tamil/news/Anegan_41013_m". img.indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  15. ^ "Simbu fights in a railway station". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanal_Kannan
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