Ilayaraja & Babu Antony Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Babu Antony appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1987 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was I Love India (1993 — 6.8/10). Films span Poovizhi Vasalile (1987) through I Love India (1993).
The Ilayaraja & Babu Antony partnership
From Poovizhi Vasalile (1987) to I Love India (1993). The played out closed with I Love India in 1993. It started with Poovizhi Vasalile (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Poovizhi Vasalile; the 1990s to I Love India. Ilayaraja scored every film; Babu Antony acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Poovizhi Vasalile
- I Love India
- Thirumathi Palanisamy
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
After I Love India, Ilayaraja kept going for 143 more films; Babu Antony stepped back.
Poovizhi Vasalile was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After I Love India, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 143 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Poovizhi Vasalile was Babu Antony's acting debut.
After I Love India, Babu Antony went on to appear in 10 more films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Delhi Ganesh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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