Radha & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 36 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Radha and Ilayaraja appeared together in 36 Tamil films between 1981 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Alaigal Oivathillai (1981 — 7.8/10). Films span Alaigal Oivathillai (1981) through Kondaveeti Donga (1990).
The Radha & Ilayaraja partnership
1982 was their peak — 9 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a Radha–Ilayaraja film arrived almost every year. The work is uneven: Alaigal Oivathillai (7.8) at one end, Anand (1.0) at the other.
From Alaigal Oivathillai (1981) to Kondaveeti Donga (1990). Naan Mahaan Alla (1984, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 97% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Alaigal Oivathillai; the 1990s to Kondaveeti Donga. Radha acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them.
36 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 35 films together, anchored by Alaigal Oivathillai (7.8/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
- Alaigal Oivathillai
- Anandha Ragam
- Kondaveeti Donga
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
36 films across 9 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
82% of Radha's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Kondaveeti Donga, Ilayaraja kept going for 258 more films; Radha stepped back.
Alaigal Oivathillai was Radha's acting debut.
After Kondaveeti Donga, Radha went on to appear in 8 more films, including Adavadi (2007) and Sigaram (1991).
Alaigal Oivathillai was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Kondaveeti Donga, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 258 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Radha & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 22 people again and again — a small repertory company. Janagaraj appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead.
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