Ilayaraja & Amala Akkineni Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Amala Akkineni appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1988 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sathya (1988 — 4.3/10). Films span Sathya (1988) through Mappillai (1989).
The Ilayaraja & Amala Akkineni partnership
3 films across 1 decade
- Sathya
- Vetri Vizha
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Mappillai, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Amala Akkineni stepped back.
Sathya was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Mappillai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Sathya, Amala Akkineni had starred in 3 films, including Vedham Pudhithu (1987) and Mythili Ennai Kaathali (1986).
After Mappillai, Amala Akkineni went on to appear in 10 more films, including Kanam (2022) and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Amala Akkineni's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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