Music director
K. V. Mahadevan movies
K. V. Mahadevan composed the music for 129 of the Telugu films on file, released 1962–1993. The list below runs newest first.
- Films on file
- 129
- Years
- 1962–1993
K. V. Mahadevan is credited with the music for 129 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1962 to 1993. The earliest is Manchi Manasulu (1962) and the most recent release is Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu (1993). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Sankarabharanam (1980), Antastulu (1965) and Aatma Bandhuvu (1962). Other recent releases on file are Chittamma Mogudu (1992), Swati Kiranam (1992) and Assembly Rowdy (1991).
Bapu is the director K. V. Mahadevan scored for most often, on 18 films, followed by Kasinathuni Viswanath (16) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (12). Allu Rama Lingaiah and Gummadi Venkateswara Rao each appear in 37 of them, more than any other actor on file, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (34) and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (33). Across these films the credits on file name 35 different directors and 136 credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 93 of them; they average 149 minutes, and the longest is Veerabhimanyu at 182 minutes. By decade the films split into 1960s (27), 1970s (51), 1980s (42) and 1990s (9). 1981 is the busiest single year, with nine films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.
Films
Stars in these films
Directors
- Bapu 18 films
- Kasinathuni Viswanath 16 films
- V. Madhusudhan Rao 12 films
- Adurthi Subba Rao 10 films
- Kodi Ramakrishna 9 films
- Kovelamudi Bapayya 7 films
- K. Raghavendra Rao 6 films
- V. B. Rajendra Prasad 6 films
K. V. Mahadevan movies together with
- Bapu director · 18 films
- Kasinathuni Viswanath director · 16 films
- V. Madhusudhan Rao director · 12 films
- Adurthi Subba Rao director · 10 films
- Kodi Ramakrishna director · 9 films
- Kovelamudi Bapayya director · 7 films
- K. Raghavendra Rao director · 6 films
- V. B. Rajendra Prasad director · 6 films
- C. S. Rao director · 4 films
- Dasari Narayana Rao director · 4 films
- Tatineni Rama Rao director · 4 films
- Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao director · 3 films