M. N. Nambiar & K. V. Mahadevan Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. N. Nambiar and K. V. Mahadevan appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1960 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kudumba Thalaivan (1962 — 7.5/10). Films span Veerakkanal (1960) through Sarithira Nayagan (1984).
The M. N. Nambiar & K. V. Mahadevan partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Sarithira Nayagan (1984). They didn't share a set between 1971 and 1984. 1962 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.3 and 7.5.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 77% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Kudumba Thalaivan; the 1980s to Sarithira Nayagan. M. N. Nambiar acted in every film; K. V. Mahadevan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
13 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 10 films together, anchored by Kudumba Thalaivan (7.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Kudumba Thalaivan
- Thozhilali
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- Praptham0
- Sarithira Nayagan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 24 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
65% of K. V. Mahadevan's screen credits are with M. N. Nambiar. After Sarithira Nayagan, M. N. Nambiar kept going for 50 more films; K. V. Mahadevan stepped back.
Veerakkanal was M. N. Nambiar's acting debut.
After Sarithira Nayagan, M. N. Nambiar went on to appear in 50 more films, including Thanga Manasukkaran (1992) and Raja Rishi (1985).
Veerakkanal was K. V. Mahadevan's acting debut.
After Sarithira Nayagan, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 7 more films, including Alludugaru (1990) and Swathi Kiranam (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. N. Nambiar & K. V. Mahadevan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. G. Ramachandran is the through-line — cast on 8 of their 13 films. M. G. Ramachandran appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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