Ilayaraja & Madhuri Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Madhuri appeared together in 3 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Irandil Ondru (1988 — 6.5/10). Films span Irandil Ondru (1988) through Dhayam Onnu (1988).
The Ilayaraja & Madhuri partnership
1988 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Irandil Ondru (1988) to Dhayam Onnu (1988). The played out closed with Dhayam Onnu in 1988.
It started with Irandil Ondru (1988).
3 films across 1 decade
- Irandil Ondru
- Ullathil Nalla Ullam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
After Dhayam Onnu, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Madhuri stepped back.
Irandil Ondru was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Dhayam Onnu, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Irandil Ondru, Madhuri had starred in 7 films, including Samsaram Adhu Minsaram (1986) and Annai Enn Deivam (1986).
After Dhayam Onnu, Madhuri went on to appear in 4 more films, including Pudhu Manithan (1991) and En Veedu En Kanavar (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Madhuri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Senthil is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Senthil appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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