[5] Kannan made a comeback with Yuga (2006), a low-budget science-fiction film featuring Richard, 'Ice' Ashok and Manikandan.
Produced by fifty-eight financiers, the film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.
[6] He then supervised the Tamil version of the Telugu film Punnami Naagu featuring Mumaith Khan and helped release it as Pournami Naagam (2010).
[7][8] In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, though the venture failed to materialise.
[9] He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagumagan, Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai.