Ramarajan & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 26 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ramarajan and Ilayaraja appeared together in 26 Tamil films between 1985 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enga Ooru Mappillai (1989 — 6.8/10). Films span Hello Yaar Pesaradhu? (1985) through Annan (1999).
The Ramarajan & Ilayaraja partnership
1989 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 14 years, a Ramarajan–Ilayaraja film arrived almost every year. The work is uneven: Enga Ooru Mappillai (6.8) at one end, Marudhani (1.0) at the other.
From Hello Yaar Pesaradhu? (1985) to Annan (1999). The ran closed with Annan in 1999.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 65% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Enga Ooru Mappillai; the 1990s to Pattukku Naan Adimai. Ramarajan director in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
26 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 17 films, averaging 4.2/10.
The 1990s accounted for 9 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Enga Ooru Mappillai
- Enga Ooru Kavalkaran
- Pattukku Naan Adimai
- Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
26 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
87% of Ramarajan's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Annan, Ilayaraja kept going for 53 more films; Ramarajan stepped back.
Hello Yaar Pesaradhu? was Ramarajan's acting debut.
After Annan, Ramarajan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Seerivarum Kaalai (2001) and Seerivarum Kaalai (2001).
Hello Yaar Pesaradhu? was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Annan, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 53 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ramarajan & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 10 people again and again — a small repertory company. Senthil appears alongside them in 12 films — practically a third lead.
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