Ilayaraja & Sudhakar Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Sudhakar appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1978 and 1980. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978 — 7.5/10). Films span Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978) through Thai Pongal (1980).
The Ilayaraja & Sudhakar partnership
Between 1978 and 1980, they barely worked apart — 8 films in 2 years. 1980 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. From Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978) to Thai Pongal (1980).
The unfolded closed with Thai Pongal in 1980. Kizhake Pogum Rail is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Kizhake Pogum Rail; the 1980s to Enga Oor Rasathi. Ilayaraja scored every film; Sudhakar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 4 films together, anchored by Kizhake Pogum Rail (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 4 films.
- Kizhake Pogum Rail
- Niram Maaratha Pookkal
- Enga Oor Rasathi0
- Kallukkul Eeram0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 2 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Thai Pongal, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Sudhakar stepped back.
Kizhake Pogum Rail was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Thai Pongal, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Kizhake Pogum Rail was Sudhakar's acting debut.
After Thai Pongal, Sudhakar went on to appear in 28 more films, including Kodama Simham (1990) and Golmaal (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Sudhakar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Raadhika Sarathkumar is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 8 films. Raadhika Sarathkumar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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