K. V. Mahadevan & M. A. Thirumugham Movies Together List — 18 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. V. Mahadevan and M. A. Thirumugham appeared together in 18 Tamil films between 1960 and 1969. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kudumba Thalaivan (1962 — 7.5/10). Films span Yanai Paagan (1960) through Thunaivan (1969).
The K. V. Mahadevan & M. A. Thirumugham partnership
From Yanai Paagan (1960) to Thunaivan (1969). For 9 years, a K.–M. film arrived almost every year. Thunaivan (1969, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
Kudumba Thalaivan is the one most viewers reach for. The spanned closed with Thunaivan in 1969.
The shape of the work
K. V. Mahadevan scored every film; M. A. Thirumugham directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
18 films across 1 decade
- Kudumba Thalaivan
- Thozhilali
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
18 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of M. A. Thirumugham's screen credits are with K. V. Mahadevan. After Thunaivan, K. V. Mahadevan kept going for 61 more films; M. A. Thirumugham stepped back.
Yanai Paagan was K. V. Mahadevan's acting debut.
After Thunaivan, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 61 more films, including Vietnam Veedu (1970) and Nalla Neram (1972).
Yanai Paagan was M. A. Thirumugham's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of K. V. Mahadevan & M. A. Thirumugham's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Devar films is the through-line — production on 16 of their 18 films. M. G. Ramachandran appears alongside them in 14 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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