Bakkiyaraj Kannan

Bakkiyaraj Kannan, born on 2 April 1987, is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He was named after the actor and filmmaker K. Bhagyaraj. While studying at S.R.M. College and the MGR Movie Television Institute he moved into films, and he began as an associate director to Sundar C and to Atlee, on Kalakalappu (2012) and Raja Rani (2013). He made his own directorial debut with the romantic comedy Remo (2016), starring Sivakarthikeyan and Keerthy Suresh, which was a commercial success at the box office; the debut brought him a nomination for Best Tamil Debut Director at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards and an Edison Award for Best Debut Director. His second film as director was Sulthan (2021), with Karthi and Rashmika Mandanna, which opened to mixed to positive reviews. In April 2024 it was announced that he would direct Benz for Lokesh Kanagaraj's banner G Squad, starring Raghava Lawrence, as part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe.