GKVMusic Director
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
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Tamil · Telugu · Kannada · Hindi GKV Studios
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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
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

Irattaiyar official trailerTrailer · 1M views Feature film · Tamil · In cinemas 5 June 2026

Irattaiyar

A psychological thriller directed by Jagdish. Twin sisters notice their mother is not herself after she comes home from plastic surgery.

Kannalamthan Kattikiren music videoWatchA GKV Musical Single · Tamil folk · September 2026

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