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Also known as Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan

Indian composer (1918–2001)

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Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan (aka Mama) was a South Indian music composer.

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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

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Nagercoil
Place of death
Chennai
Occupation
lyricist
Languages spoken
Telugu
Native language
Telugu
Field of work
film score
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K. V. Mahadevan
date of birth
1918-03-14
date of death
2001-06-21
start of work period
1942-00-00
name in native language
கே. வி. மகாதேவன்
end of work period
1992-00-00
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