Ilayaraja & Srividya Movies Together List — 34 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-17 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Srividya appeared together in 34 Tamil films between 1976 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Puthukavithai (1982 — 7.5/10). Films span Kalangalil Aval Vasantham (1976) through Ilayavan (2000).
The Ilayaraja & Srividya partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. 1989 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months. For 24 years, a Ilayaraja–Srividya film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Puthukavithai (7.5) at one end, Bharathan (1.0) at the other. From Kalangalil Aval Vasantham (1976) to Ilayavan (2000).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Kalangalil Aval Vasantham; the 2000s to Kannukkul Nilavu. Ilayaraja scored every film; Srividya acted in all of them.
34 films across 4 decades
The 1970s accounted for 3 films.
The 1980s brought 12 films together, anchored by Puthukavithai (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 17 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Kalangalil Aval Vasantham0
- Katrinile Varum Geetham0
- Puthukavithai
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- Vetri Padigal
- Thalapathi
- Kannukkul Nilavu
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
34 films across 24 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
44% of Ilayaraja's screen credits are with Srividya. After Ilayavan, Ilayaraja kept going for 44 more films; Srividya stepped back.
Kalangalil Aval Vasantham was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Ilayavan, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 44 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Kalangalil Aval Vasantham, Srividya had starred in 12 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Annai Velankanni (1971).
After Ilayavan, Srividya went on to appear in 4 more films, including Thenkasi Pattanam (2002) and Aanandham (2001).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 23 people again and again — a small repertory company. Charlie appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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