Ilayaraja & Heera Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Heera appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1991 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thodarum (1999 — 6.8/10). Films span Idhayam (1991) through Thodarum (1999).
The Ilayaraja & Heera partnership
4 films across 1 decade
- Thodarum
- Endrum Anbudan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
80% of Heera's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. When they first worked together, Ilayaraja had 42 films behind them; Heera had 0. After Thodarum, Ilayaraja kept going for 53 more films; Heera stepped back.
Before Idhayam, Ilayaraja had starred in 42 films, including Nadigan (1990) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Thodarum, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 53 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Idhayam was Heera's acting debut.
After Thodarum, Heera went on to appear in 1 more film, including Azhaipithal (2008).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Heera's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Chinni Jayanth is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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