Shruti Haasan & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shruti Haasan and Ilayaraja appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2000 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hey Ram (2000 — 5.5/10). Films span Hey Ram (2000) through Sabash Naidu (2017).
The Shruti Haasan & Ilayaraja partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Shabhash Kundu (2016). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2016. From Hey Ram (2000) to Sabash Naidu (2017).
It started with Hey Ram (2000).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Hey Ram; the 2010s to Shabhash Kundu. Shruti Haasan acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films.
- Hey Ram
- Shabhash Kundu0
- Sabash Naidu0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Shruti Haasan had 0 films behind them; Ilayaraja had 247.
Hey Ram was Shruti Haasan's acting debut.
After Sabash Naidu, Shruti Haasan went on to appear in 10 more films, including Hi Nanna (2023) and Salaar (2023).
Before Hey Ram, Ilayaraja had starred in 247 films, including Nadigan (1990) and Mugam (1999).
After Sabash Naidu, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 1 more film, including Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kamal Haasan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Kamal Haasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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