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K. V. Mahadevan
12+ albums
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Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan (aka Mama) was a South Indian music composer. K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after starting his career in the 1950s with Avan Amaran. Health reasons hastened the end of his career in the mid- nineties. His last film was Swathi Kiranam in 1992. During this period he scored music for about 250 Tamil and Telugu films. The special features of his compositions were: giving primary importance to lyrics and composing music that is perfectly suited to lyrics; always keeping a base in the Carnatic music systems; and giving independence to singers and other assistants to freely contribute ideas for improving his compositions. Some of the famous Tamil movies for which he composed include Thiruvarutselvar, Adimai Penn, Thiruvilayadal, Vaanampadi, Thillaana Moganambal, Kandhan Karunai, Muthalali. His one of the best compositions is "Mannavan vanthaanadi" song from the film Thiruvarutselvar. That one song is enough to know about K V Mahadevan's musical talent. His most famous compositions in Telugu were in the movies directed by K. Viswanath like Sankarabharanam, Saptapadi, Sirivennela, Chelleli Kapuram, Jeevana Jyothi, Swathi Kiranam, . He produced many hit songs collaborating with legendary directors K. Viswanath including the multiple national award winning Sankaraabhar
