Ilayaraja & Charan Raj Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Charan Raj appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1988 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dharma Dorai (1991 — 4.9/10). Films span Sivapputhaali (1988) through Gaayam (1993).
The Ilayaraja & Charan Raj partnership
Between 1988 and 1993, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Ilayaraja–Charan film arrived almost every year. From Sivapputhaali (1988) to Gaayam (1993).
The spanned closed with Gaayam in 1993. It started with Sivapputhaali (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Sivapputhaali; the 1990s to Dharma Dorai. Ilayaraja scored every film; Charan Raj acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Sivapputhaali0
- Dharma Dorai
- Panakkaran
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Gaayam, Ilayaraja kept going for 143 more films; Charan Raj stepped back.
Sivapputhaali was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Gaayam, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 143 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Before Sivapputhaali, Charan Raj had starred in 1 film, including Pratighaat (1987).
After Gaayam, Charan Raj went on to appear in 24 more films, including Athadu (2005) and Paisa (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Charan Raj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajinikanth is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Rajinikanth appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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