Ilayaraja & Prabhakar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Prabhakar appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1977 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990 — 5.4/10). Films span Gaayathri (1977) through Pandiyan (1992).
The Ilayaraja & Prabhakar partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Annai Bhoomi (1985). They saved their best for last — Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (5.4/10) came 13 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
They didn't share a set between 1977 and 1985. From Gaayathri (1977) to Pandiyan (1992).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Gaayathri; the 1990s to Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. Ilayaraja scored every film; Prabhakar acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.8/10.
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- Annai Bhoomi0
- Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
- Pandiyan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Pandiyan, Ilayaraja kept going for 182 more films; Prabhakar stepped back.
Gaayathri was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Pandiyan, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 182 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Gaayathri, Prabhakar had starred in 1 film, including Anbu Vazhi (1968).
After Pandiyan, Prabhakar went on to appear in 20 more films, including Maryada Ramanna (2010) and Pon Manickavel (2020).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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