Ilayaraja & Everest Films Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Everest Films appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1982 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982 — 7.5/10). Films span Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982) through Therkkathi Kallan (1988).
The Ilayaraja & Everest Films partnership
Between 1982 and 1988, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 6 years. For 6 years, a Ilayaraja–Everest film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5.
From Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982) to Therkkathi Kallan (1988). Muthal Vasantham (1986, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Everest Films produced all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 1 decade
- Gopurangal Saivathillai
- Muthal Vasantham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Everest Films's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Therkkathi Kallan, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Everest Films stepped back.
Gopurangal Saivathillai was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Therkkathi Kallan, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Gopurangal Saivathillai was Everest Films's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Everest Films's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vinu Chakravarthy is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Vinu Chakravarthy appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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