# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-v-mahadevan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:31.754Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-v-mahadevan"
name: "K. V. Mahadevan"
slug: "k-v-mahadevan"
description: "Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician who won the inaugural National Film Award for Best Music Direction in (1967) for Kandan Karunai. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He is best known for his contributions in works such as Manchi Manasulu (1962), Lava Kusa (1963), Thiruvilaiyadal (1965), Saraswathi Sabatham (1966), Kandan Karunai (1967), Thillana Mohanambal (1968), Adimai Penn (1969), Balaraju Katha (1970), Athiparasakthi (1971), Sankarabharanam (1979), Saptapadi (1981), Sirivennela (1986), Sruthilayalu (1987), Sutradharulu (1989), Pelli Pustakam (1991), and Swathi Kiranam (1992)."
tagline: "Indian composer (1918–2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/K.V.MahadevanImg.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-03-14"
deathDate: "2001-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.66
  momentum:             11.42254752960743
  historical:           7.861529333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004479/"
    handle:    "nm0004479"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "കെ.വി. മഹാദേവൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "के.व्ही. महादेवन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "К. В. Махадеван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கே. வி. மகாதேவன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86.%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కె.వి.మహదేవన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کے وی مہادیون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584606"
    title: "K. V. Mahadevan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump