Ilayaraja & Liqakat Ali Khan Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Liqakat Ali Khan appeared together in 2 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ezhai Jaathi (1993 — 3.9/10). Films span Ezhai Jaathi (1993) through Kattalai (1993).
The Ilayaraja & Liqakat Ali Khan partnership
From Ezhai Jaathi (1993) to Kattalai (1993). The ran closed with Kattalai in 1993. It started with Ezhai Jaathi (1993).
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Liqakat Ali Khan directed all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Ezhai Jaathi
- Kattalai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
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 118 films behind them; Liqakat Ali Khan had 0. After Kattalai, Ilayaraja kept going for 143 more films; Liqakat Ali Khan stepped back.
Before Ezhai Jaathi, Ilayaraja had starred in 118 films, including Nadigan (1990) and Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992).
After Kattalai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 143 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Ezhai Jaathi was Liqakat Ali Khan's directorial debut.
After Kattalai, Liqakat Ali Khan went on to direct 1 more film, including Rani Maharani (1995).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Liqakat Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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