Kavitha & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kavitha and Ilayaraja appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1978 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nadodi Thendral (1992 — 7.5/10). Films span Katrinile Varum Geetham (1978) through Irattai Roja (1996).
The Kavitha & Ilayaraja partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Nadodi Thendral (1992). They didn't share a set between 1980 and 1992. They saved their best for last — Nadodi Thendral (7.5/10) came 14 years in.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Katrinile Varum Geetham (1978) to Irattai Roja (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Katrinile Varum Geetham; the 1990s to Nadodi Thendral. Kavitha acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s brought 5 films together, anchored by Nadodi Thendral (7.5/10).
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- Nadodi Thendral
- Irattai Roja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
39% of Kavitha's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Irattai Roja, Ilayaraja kept going for 88 more films; Kavitha stepped back.
Before Katrinile Varum Geetham, Kavitha had starred in 2 films, including Andaman Kadhali (1977) and O Manju (1976).
After Irattai Roja, Kavitha went on to appear in 9 more films, including Routine Love Story (2012) and Poochudava (1997).
Katrinile Varum Geetham was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Irattai Roja, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 88 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kavitha & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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