Seetha & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Seetha and Ilayaraja appeared together in 12 Tamil films between 1985 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Poovarasan (1996 — 6.5/10). Films span Aan Paavam (1985) through Oru Melliya Kodu (2016).
The Seetha & Ilayaraja partnership
After 20 years apart, they came back together for Oru Melliya Kodu (2016). They didn't share a set between 1996 and 2016. 1988 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Aan Paavam (1985) to Oru Melliya Kodu (2016).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Unnal Mudiyum Thambi; the 2010s to Oru Melliya Kodu. Seetha acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
12 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
- Guru Sishyan
- Poovarasan
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- Oru Melliya Kodu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
55% of Seetha's screen credits are with Ilayaraja.
Aan Paavam was Seetha's acting debut.
After Oru Melliya Kodu, Seetha went on to appear in 10 more films, including Akkenam (2025) and Devil (2023).
Aan Paavam was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Oru Melliya Kodu, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 1 more film, including Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Seetha & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Arjun appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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