Ilayaraja & Nirmalamma Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilayaraja and Nirmalamma appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1991 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari (1995 — 6.5/10). Films span Thalapathi (1991) through Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari (1995).
The Ilayaraja & Nirmalamma partnership
From Thalapathi (1991) to Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari (1995). The played out closed with Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari in 1995. It started with Thalapathi (1991).
The shape of the work
Ilayaraja scored every film; Nirmalamma acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari
- Thalapathi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
60% of Nirmalamma's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. When they first worked together, Ilayaraja had 42 films behind them; Nirmalamma had 0. After Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari, Ilayaraja kept going for 95 more films; Nirmalamma stepped back.
Before Thalapathi, Ilayaraja had starred in 42 films, including Nadigan (1990) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 95 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Thalapathi was Nirmalamma's acting debut.
After Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari, Nirmalamma went on to appear in 2 more films, including Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) and Sneham Kosam (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilayaraja & Nirmalamma's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charlie is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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