Ilayaraja & Charlie Movies Together List — 60 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Charlie appeared together in 60 Tamil films between 1983 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enakkul Oruvan (1984 — 8.5/10). Films span Anney Anney (1983) through Mathiya Chennai (2009).
The Ilayaraja & Charlie partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1986 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 26 years, a Ilayaraja–Charlie film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Enakkul Oruvan (8.5) at one end, Unnai Solli Kutramillai (1.0) at the other. From Anney Anney (1983) to Mathiya Chennai (2009).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Enakkul Oruvan; the 2000s to Friends. Ilayaraja scored every film; Charlie acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
60 films across 3 decades
The 1980s brought 20 films together, anchored by Enakkul Oruvan (8.5/10).
The 1990s brought 33 films together, anchored by Maamiyar Veedu (7.0/10).
The 2000s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.6/10.
- Enakkul Oruvan
- Kalyana Agathigal
- Maamiyar Veedu
- Priyanka
- Friends
- Kannukkul Nilavu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
60 films across 26 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
91% of Ilayaraja's screen credits are with Charlie. After Mathiya Chennai, Charlie kept going for 28 more films; Ilayaraja stepped back.
Anney Anney was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Mathiya Chennai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 6 more films, including Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018) and Shamitabh (2015).
Anney Anney was Charlie's acting debut.
After Mathiya Chennai, Charlie went on to appear in 28 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).



































Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Charlie's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 42 people again and again — a small repertory company. Charle appears alongside them in 24 films — practically a third lead.
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