Ilayaraja & Raveendran Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Raveendran appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1982 and 1983. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sakalakala Vallavan (1982 — 6.5/10). Films span Sakalakala Vallavan (1982) through Adutha Varisu (1983).
The Ilayaraja & Raveendran partnership
From Sakalakala Vallavan (1982) to Adutha Varisu (1983). The played out closed with Adutha Varisu in 1983. It started with Sakalakala Vallavan (1982).
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Raveendran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Sakalakala Vallavan
- Adutha Varisu
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 Adutha Varisu, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Raveendran stepped back.
Sakalakala Vallavan was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Adutha Varisu, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Sakalakala Vallavan, Raveendran had starred in 1 film, including Oru Thalai Ragam (1980).
After Adutha Varisu, Raveendran went on to appear in 8 more films, including Kanmaniye Pesu (1986) and 6'2 (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Raveendran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Silk Smitha is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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