Ilayaraja & Shanthi Krishna Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Shanthi Krishna appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1981 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Panneer Pushpangal (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Panneer Pushpangal (1981) through Muthal Vasantham (1986).
The Ilayaraja & Shanthi Krishna partnership
From Panneer Pushpangal (1981) to Muthal Vasantham (1986). The ran closed with Muthal Vasantham in 1986. Panneer Pushpangal is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Panneer Pushpangal (1981).
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Shanthi Krishna acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Panneer Pushpangal
- Muthal Vasantham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Muthal Vasantham, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Shanthi Krishna stepped back.
Panneer Pushpangal was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Muthal Vasantham, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Panneer Pushpangal was Shanthi Krishna's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Shanthi Krishna's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Venniradai Moorthy is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
