Ilayaraja & Sundar Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Sundar appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1979 and 1982. Their highest-rated collaboration was Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982 — 7.5/10). Films span Udhiri Pookkal (1979) through Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982).
The Ilayaraja & Sundar partnership
From Udhiri Pookkal (1979) to Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982). The ran closed with Gopurangal Saivathillai in 1982. Gopurangal Saivathillai is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Udhiri Pookkal (1979).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Udhiri Pookkal; the 1980s to Gopurangal Saivathillai. Ilayaraja scored every film; Sundar acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Gopurangal Saivathillai (7.5/10).
- Udhiri Pookkal0
- Gopurangal Saivathillai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Gopurangal Saivathillai, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Sundar stepped back.
Udhiri Pookkal was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Gopurangal Saivathillai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Udhiri Pookkal was Sundar's acting debut.
After Gopurangal Saivathillai, Sundar went on to appear in 2 more films, including Foreign Sarakku (2022) and Rocky The Revenge (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Sundar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ashwini is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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