Ilayaraja & Sasikala Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Sasikala appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1983 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ilamai Kalangal (1983 — 7.5/10). Films span Ilamai Kalangal (1983) through Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen (1992).
The Ilayaraja & Sasikala partnership
From Ilamai Kalangal (1983) to Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen (1992). Ilamai Kalangal is the one most viewers reach for. The spanned closed with Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen in 1992.
It started with Ilamai Kalangal (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Ilamai Kalangal; the 1990s to Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen. Ilayaraja scored every film; Sasikala acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Ilamai Kalangal (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Ilamai Kalangal
- Anbin Mugavari
- Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Sasikala's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen, Ilayaraja kept going for 182 more films; Sasikala stepped back.
Ilamai Kalangal was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 182 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Ilamai Kalangal was Sasikala's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Sasikala's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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