Aadukalam Naren & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Aadukalam Naren and Ilayaraja appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1997 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Raman Abdullah (1997 — 6.5/10). Films span Raman Abdullah (1997) through Are You Ok Baby? (2023).
The Aadukalam Naren & Ilayaraja partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Megha (2014). They didn't share a set between 2003 and 2014. Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Raman Abdullah (1997) to Are You Ok Baby? (2023). Their most recent film, Are You Ok Baby?, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Raman Abdullah; the 2020s to Are You Ok Baby?. Aadukalam Naren acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 4 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Raman Abdullah
- Julie Ganapathi
- Megha
- Are You Ok Baby?
- Psycho
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 26 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, Aadukalam Naren had 0 films behind them; Ilayaraja had 212. After Are You Ok Baby?, Aadukalam Naren kept going for 22 more films; Ilayaraja stepped back.
Raman Abdullah was Aadukalam Naren's acting debut.
After Are You Ok Baby?, Aadukalam Naren went on to appear in 22 more films, including Tenant (2024) and Mayan (2024).
Before Raman Abdullah, Ilayaraja had starred in 212 films, including Nadigan (1990) and Chinna Vathiyar (1995).
Collaboration Journey
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