Karthika & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karthika and Ilayaraja appeared together in 2 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nayagan (1987 — 5.8/10). Films span Nayagan (1987) through Poovizhi Vasalile (1987).
The Karthika & Ilayaraja partnership
From Nayagan (1987) to Poovizhi Vasalile (1987). The ran closed with Poovizhi Vasalile in 1987. It started with Nayagan (1987).
2 films across 1 decade
- Nayagan
- Poovizhi Vasalile
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Poovizhi Vasalile, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Karthika stepped back.
Nayagan was Karthika's acting debut.
After Poovizhi Vasalile, Karthika went on to appear in 8 more films, including Pirappu (2007) and Raman Thediya Seethai (2008).
Nayagan was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Poovizhi Vasalile, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karthika & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Delhi Ganesh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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