Prabhu Deva & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu Deva and Ilayaraja appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1991 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Time (1999 — 6.5/10). Films span Idhayam (1991) through Time (1999).
The Prabhu Deva & Ilayaraja partnership
They saved their best for last — Time (6.5/10) came 8 years in. From Idhayam (1991) to Time (1999). The unfolded closed with Time in 1999.
It started with Idhayam (1991).
The shape of the work
Prabhu Deva acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Time
- Idhayam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Prabhu Deva had 0 films behind them; Ilayaraja had 42. After Time, Prabhu Deva kept going for 72 more films; Ilayaraja stepped back.
Idhayam was Prabhu Deva's acting debut.
After Time, Prabhu Deva went on to appear in 72 more films, including Michael Madana Kamaraju (2008) and Poikkal Kudhirai (2022).
Before Idhayam, Ilayaraja had starred in 42 films, including Nadigan (1990) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Time, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 53 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prabhu Deva & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakumar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Vijayakumar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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