K. R. Vijaya & K. V. Mahadevan Movies Together List — 18 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. R. Vijaya and K. V. Mahadevan appeared together in 18 Tamil films between 1964 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thozhilali (1964 — 7.5/10). Films span Thozhilali (1964) through Mahamayi (1991).
The K. R. Vijaya & K. V. Mahadevan partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal (1982). They didn't share a set between 1972 and 1982. 1967 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. For 27 years, a K.–K. film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Thozhilali; the 1990s to Mahamayi. K. R. Vijaya acted in every film; K. V. Mahadevan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
18 films across 4 decades
The 1960s brought 10 films together, anchored by Thozhilali (7.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 5 films, averaging 6.7/10.
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Thozhilali
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- Nalla Neram
- Aathi Parasakthi
- Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
18 films across 27 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of K. R. Vijaya's screen credits are with K. V. Mahadevan. When they first worked together, K. R. Vijaya had 2 films behind them; K. V. Mahadevan had 61. After Mahamayi, K. R. Vijaya kept going for 22 more films; K. V. Mahadevan stepped back.
Before Thozhilali, K. R. Vijaya had starred in 2 films, including Karpagam (1963) and Karpagam (1963).
After Mahamayi, K. R. Vijaya went on to appear in 22 more films, including Sri Rama Rajyam (2011) and Ellame En Rasathan (1995).
Before Thozhilali, K. V. Mahadevan had starred in 61 films, including Padikkadha Medhai (1960) and Kungumam (1963).
After Mahamayi, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 1 more film, including Swathi Kiranam (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of K. R. Vijaya & K. V. Mahadevan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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