Ilayaraja & Shanti Priya Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Shanti Priya appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1987 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Poovizhi Raja (1988 — 6.8/10). Films span Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987) through Poovizhi Raja (1988).
The Ilayaraja & Shanti Priya partnership
From Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987) to Poovizhi Raja (1988). The played out closed with Poovizhi Raja in 1988. It started with Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987).
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Shanti Priya acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Poovizhi Raja
- Enga Ooru Pattukaran
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 Poovizhi Raja, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Shanti Priya stepped back.
Enga Ooru Pattukaran was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Poovizhi Raja, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Enga Ooru Pattukaran was Shanti Priya's acting debut.
After Poovizhi Raja, Shanti Priya went on to appear in 9 more films, including Bad Girl (2025) and Saugandh (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Shanti Priya'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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