K. V. Mahadevan & S. S. Rajendran Movies Together List — 21 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. V. Mahadevan and S. S. Rajendran appeared together in 21 Tamil films between 1960 and 1970. Their highest-rated collaboration was Saradha (1962 — 7.5/10). Films span Thanga Rathinam (1960) through Ethiroli (1970).
The K. V. Mahadevan & S. S. Rajendran partnership
1963 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 10 years, a K.–S. film arrived almost every year. From Thanga Rathinam (1960) to Ethiroli (1970).
Poompuhar (1964, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. The spanned closed with Ethiroli in 1970.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 95% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Saradha; the 1970s to Ethiroli. K. V. Mahadevan scored every film; S. S. Rajendran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
21 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 20 films together, anchored by Saradha (7.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
- Saradha
- Kungumam
- Ethiroli0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
21 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
78% of S. S. Rajendran's screen credits are with K. V. Mahadevan. After Ethiroli, K. V. Mahadevan kept going for 52 more films; S. S. Rajendran stepped back.
Thanga Rathinam was K. V. Mahadevan's acting debut.
After Ethiroli, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 52 more films, including Nalla Neram (1972) and Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal (1982).
Thanga Rathinam was S. S. Rajendran's acting debut.
After Ethiroli, S. S. Rajendran went on to appear in 6 more films, including Rajali (1996) and Dum (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of K. V. Mahadevan & S. S. Rajendran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakumari is the through-line — cast on 16 of their 21 films. They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company. Vijayakumari appears alongside them in 16 films — practically a third lead.
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