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|name = S.Bharathi Kannan
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|06|01}}
|birth_place = [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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|occupation = Film director
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|yearsactive = 1998–present
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'''S.Bharathi Kannan''' is an [[India]]n film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was primarily active in the 1990s and early 2000 and is most noted for his work on devotional films.

==Career==
He started his career in 1981, joining as an assistant director to Nellai Sunderrajan and went on to continue such roles for the next fifteen years, while appearing in a few supporting roles as actor notably in ''Nethiyadi'' and ''Jadikketha Moodi'' (1989). He then apprenticed for a series of films under director [[K. Shankar]], while looking for a producer for his first script. Meanwhile, he also worked as a distributor for films, releasing ''[[Guna (film)|Guna]]'' and ''[[Pandiyan (film)|Pandiyan]]'' in Tirunelveli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bharathikannan.in/index.html |title=Director Bharathi Kannan |work=bharathikannan.in |accessdate=2014-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428034807/http://bharathikannan.in/index.html |archivedate=28 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Bharathi Kannan made his first film ''[[Aruva Velu]]'' in 1996 and won average reviews for his work. He was given the opportunity to produce a medium budget action film ''[[Thirunelveli (film)|Thirunelveli]]'' (2000) by [[R. B. Choudary]] featuring [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] in the lead role, but the film became a box office failure.<ref>http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2000/tveli.html</ref> He then made a series of Hindu devotional films ''[[Sri Raja Rajeshwari]]'' (2001) and ''[[Sri Bannari Amman]]'' (2002), with a critic labelling the latter as "terrible", noting that "the director of the film has specialised in making such films, which is meant for illiterates."<ref name="sify">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/sri-bannariyamman-review-tamil-11367439.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417061708/http://www.sify.com/movies/sri-bannariyamman-review-tamil-11367439.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-17|title=Movie Review : Sri Bannariyamman|publisher=sify.com|accessdate=2014-03-21}}</ref>

In 2004, he directed ''[[Vayasu Pasanga]]'', a coming-of-age story of youngsters though critics gave the film's negative reviews with a reviewer noting "after directing some devotionals, Bharathi Kannan tries his hand at a different subject. But if this is the stuff he has to offer, he would do better to stick to his socio-religious genre".<ref name="tamilwire">{{cite web|url=http://tamilwire.net/3027-vayasu-pasanga.html|title=Vayasu Pasanga - Movie Stills - TamilWire.net|publisher=tamilwire.net|accessdate=2014-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320041442/http://tamilwire.net/3027-vayasu-pasanga.html|archive-date=20 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later started making a film titled ''Kaadhal Kaaviyam'' starring [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] and [[Vindhya (actress)|Vindhya]], but the film was later stalled.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041025214853/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/2004/mar/21-03-04.htm</ref>

His most recent directorial venture was ''[[Karagattakkari]]'' which went unnoticed and Bharathikannan opted against directing any films and started acting in supporting roles in films and television serials notably ''Kolangal'' and ''Rajakumari''.

==Filmography==

===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Language
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Aruva Velu]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kannathal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Thirunelveli (film)|Thirunelveli]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Sri Raja Rajeshwari]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Sri Bannari Amman]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Vijayadasami'' || [[Kannada]] || Dubbed in Tamil as ''Thaaye Bhuvaneswari''
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Vayasu Pasanga]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Karagattakkari]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Love Story'' || Kannada || Dubbed in Tamil as ''Uyirullavarai''
|}

===Actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film/Television
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kannathal]]'' || Babu (Suicide victim) ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Vayasu Pasanga]]'' || Samy ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Kasthuri Maan]]'' || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Pesuvoma]]'' || Doctor ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Maya Kannadi]]'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Kacheri Arambam]]'' || Kerala astrologer ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Singam]]'' || ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Kayal (film)|Kayal]]'' || Inspector ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Adhibar]]'' || Parameswaran ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Savaale Samaali]]'' || ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Yellow Festival]]'' || Viswanathan || Short film
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Marudhu]]'' || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Thodari]]'' || ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Pa Paandi]]'' || Poongodi's father ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Podhuvaga Emmanasu Thangam]]'' || Bhanu Prakash ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Mannar Vagaiyara]]'' || ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Pakka (film)|Pakka]]'' || Priest ||
|-
|}

==TV Series==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Serial
|-
|2009
|[[Kolangal (TV series)|Kolangal]]
|Minister Sankara Pandiyan
|rowspan=3|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2009–2011
|[[Madhavi (TV series)|Madhavi]]
|
|-
| 2013 || [[Rajakumari (TV series)|Rajakumari]] || Cool Pandi
|-
|2013–2014||[[Madipakkam Madhavan]]||Vasudevan||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|-
|2019–Present
|[[Pandavar Illam (TV series)|Pandavar Illam]]
|Athiveerapandian
|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3760671}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
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[[Category:Male actors from Tamil Nadu]]

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