K. V. Mahadevan & Savitri Movies Together List — 15 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. V. Mahadevan and Savitri appeared together in 15 Tamil films between 1960 and 1973. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thiruvilaiyadal (1965 — 8.6/10). Films span Pudhiya Padhai (1960) through Veettu Mappillai (1973).
The K. V. Mahadevan & Savitri partnership
1964 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 13 years, a K.–Savitri film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 8.6.
From Pudhiya Padhai (1960) to Veettu Mappillai (1973). Navarathri (1964, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Thiruvilaiyadal; the 1970s to Praptham. K. V. Mahadevan scored every film; Savitri acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
15 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 12 films together, anchored by Thiruvilaiyadal (8.6/10).
The 1970s accounted for 3 films.
- Thiruvilaiyadal
- Saraswati Sabatham
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
15 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
32% of K. V. Mahadevan's screen credits are with Savitri. After Veettu Mappillai, K. V. Mahadevan kept going for 32 more films; Savitri stepped back.
Pudhiya Padhai was K. V. Mahadevan's acting debut.
After Veettu Mappillai, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 32 more films, including Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal (1982) and Vani Rani (1974).
Pudhiya Padhai was Savitri's acting debut.
After Veettu Mappillai, Savitri went on to appear in 2 more films, including Andharangam (1975) and Unnai Suttrum Ulagam (1977).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of K. V. Mahadevan & Savitri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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