Ilayaraja & Sayaji Shinde Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Sayaji Shinde appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2000 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Azhagi (2002 — 5.0/10). Films span Bharathi (2000) through Azhagi (2002).
The Ilayaraja & Sayaji Shinde partnership
2 films across 1 decade
- Azhagi
- Bharathi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ilayaraja had 247 films behind them; Sayaji Shinde had 2. After Azhagi, Sayaji Shinde kept going for 109 more films; Ilayaraja stepped back.
Before Bharathi, Ilayaraja had starred in 247 films, including Nadigan (1990) and Mugam (1999).
After Azhagi, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 32 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Bharathi, Sayaji Shinde had starred in 2 films, including Shool (1999) and Darmiyaan (1997).
After Azhagi, Sayaji Shinde went on to appear in 109 more films, including Ajmer 92 (2023) and Shirdi Sai (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Sayaji Shinde's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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