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Irattaiyar
A psychological thriller directed by Jagdish. Twin sisters notice their mother is not herself after she comes home from plastic surgery.
Composer · Arranger · Singer
Songs and film scores by GKV
GKV (Gokula Krishna Vadivel) has been making music since his first album in 2013. He has scored ten feature films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, more than 30 short films, telefilms and web series, and over 50 albums and singles. Across trailers, songs and films, his music has been played more than 15 million times on YouTube. He composes, arranges and programs his songs, sings on many of them, and mixes them himself at GKV Studios.
Since 2013
Tamil · Telugu · Kannada · Hindi
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IFFI 2025Piranthanaal Vazhthukal, scored with Navneeth Sundar, was selected for the Indian Panorama at the 56th International Film Festival of India.
1.1M playsfor Hakunamatata, sung by Mangli, from the Tamil film Ra Ra Sarasukku Ra Ra.
3.7M viewsfor Ms. Nirmala, a Tamil short film about a single woman living through lockdown.
Best Music VideoJury award in 2017 for Kagidha Odam, his album with director Karthik Gandhi.
Awards and selections
Best Background Score · Asian Film Festival 2025Indian Panorama · IFFI 2025Best Music Director · French Duck Film FestivalBest Song of the Year · Awardio Music FestivalBest Music Video · Jury award 2017
10
Feature films
Songs and background scores for thrillers, family dramas and romances, from Oye Idiot in 2020 to Irattaiyar in 2026.
Films 50+Albums and singles
Love songs, folk songs, anthems, devotional songs and tributes, released on his own channel and on labels like Trend Music and Time Music India.
Albums 30+Short films and telefilms
Tamil and Telugu short films, telefilms and web series. Several have been watched close to a million times or more.
Short films
How he works
Real players and his own voice
Live instrumentsHe brings in real players when a song needs them. Mambalam Shivakumar played nadaswaram on Putukichi and Ra Ra Sarasukku Ra Ra.
He sings tooHis voice is on Putukichi, Chekka Chevandha Pulla, Kavidhaiyil Ven Paa Nee, Kuppathukkum Talent Undu and many of his newer songs.
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Latest releases
Trailer · 1M views
WatchA GKV Musical
Kannalamthan Kattikiren
A village love song built on Tamil folk music. Sreekrishnan sings and Karthik Shankara wrote the lyrics. GKV composed, arranged and programmed it, then mixed and mastered it at GKV Studios.
Voices on his songs
Thenisai Thendral DevaVenkat PrabhuPremgi AmarenMangliRahul SipligunjRevanthSrikanth DevaGana BalaPriyanka NKVelmurugan
Released through
Mango MusicUniversal Music SouthMRT MusicThink MusicTrend MusicTime Music IndiaChai BisketBehindwoodsaha TamilPrime VideoSun Music