Ilayaraja & Liyakat Ali Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Liyakat Ali Khan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1989 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enga Muthalali (1993 — 2.5/10). Films span Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) through Enga Muthalali (1993).
The Ilayaraja & Liyakat Ali Khan partnership
From Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) to Enga Muthalali (1993). The played out closed with Enga Muthalali in 1993. It started with Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Paattukku Oru Thalaivan; the 1990s to Enga Muthalali. Ilayaraja scored every film; Liyakat Ali Khan directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 2.5/10.
- Paattukku Oru Thalaivan0
- Enga Muthalali
- Thai Mozhi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Enga Muthalali, Ilayaraja kept going for 143 more films; Liyakat Ali Khan stepped back.
Paattukku Oru Thalaivan was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Enga Muthalali, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 143 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Paattukku Oru Thalaivan was Liyakat Ali Khan's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Liyakat Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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