Ilayaraja & Prasad Babu Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Prasad Babu appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1986 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990 — 5.4/10). Films span Naanum Oru Thozhilali (1986) through Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990).
The Ilayaraja & Prasad Babu partnership
From Naanum Oru Thozhilali (1986) to Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990). The ran closed with Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari in 1990. It started with Naanum Oru Thozhilali (1986).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Naanum Oru Thozhilali; the 1990s to Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. Ilayaraja scored every film; Prasad Babu acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
- Naanum Oru Thozhilali
- Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Prasad Babu's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, Ilayaraja kept going for 258 more films; Prasad Babu stepped back.
Naanum Oru Thozhilali was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 258 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Naanum Oru Thozhilali was Prasad Babu's acting debut.
After Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, Prasad Babu went on to appear in 4 more films, including Jayam (2002) and Assembly Rowdy (1991).
Collaboration Journey
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