Vaagai Chandrasekar & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vaagai Chandrasekar and Ilayaraja appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1980 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nizhalgal (1980 — 8.5/10). Films span Nizhalgal (1980) through En Mana Vaanil (2002).
The Vaagai Chandrasekar & Ilayaraja partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for En Mana Vaanil (2002). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1994 and 2002.
From Nizhalgal (1980) to En Mana Vaanil (2002). Seeman (1994, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Nizhalgal; the 2000s to En Mana Vaanil. Vaagai Chandrasekar acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1980s brought 6 films together, anchored by Nizhalgal (8.5/10).
The 1990s brought 1 film together, anchored by Seeman (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Nizhalgal
- Ninaikka Therindha Manamey
- Seeman
- En Mana Vaanil0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
67% of Vaagai Chandrasekar's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After En Mana Vaanil, Ilayaraja kept going for 32 more films; Vaagai Chandrasekar stepped back.
Nizhalgal was Vaagai Chandrasekar's acting debut.
After En Mana Vaanil, Vaagai Chandrasekar went on to appear in 4 more films, including Sringaram (2007) and Japan (2023).
Nizhalgal was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After En Mana Vaanil, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 32 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mohan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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