Please answer the following question: What key details about k. v. mahadevan can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: krishnankoil venkatachalam mahadevan -lrb- ; 14 march 191821 june 2001 -rrb- , aka mama , was a south indian music composer .
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- instrument is key board , piano- death place is chennai , tamil nadu , india- years active is 1942 -- 1992- caption is k. v. mahadevan- birth name is krishnankoil venkatachalam mahadevan- origin is chennai , tamil nadu , india- death date is 21 june 2001- genre is film score , theatre- alias is mama- birth date is 14 march 1918- name is k. v. mahadevan- background is non_performing_personnel- image is kv mahadevan.png- birth place is nagercoil , krishnancoil , kanyakumari , travancore- occupation is music director