Saritha & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Saritha and Ilayaraja appeared together in 16 Tamil films between 1978 and 2003. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aval Appadithan (1978 — 8.1/10). Films span Aval Appadithan (1978) through Julie Ganapathi (2003).
The Saritha & Ilayaraja partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Friends (2001). They didn't share a set between 1988 and 2001. 1985 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Aval Appadithan (1978) to Julie Ganapathi (2003).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Aval Appadithan; the 2000s to Julie Ganapathi. Saritha acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
16 films across 3 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Aval Appadithan (8.1/10).
The 1980s brought 12 films together, anchored by Vazhga! Valarga! (7.6/10).
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Aval Appadithan
- Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu0
- Vazhga! Valarga!
- Kalyana Agathigal
- Julie Ganapathi
- Friends
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 25 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
80% of Saritha's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. After Julie Ganapathi, Ilayaraja kept going for 29 more films; Saritha stepped back.
Aval Appadithan was Saritha's acting debut.
After Julie Ganapathi, Saritha went on to appear in 4 more films, including Arjun (2004) and Maaveeran (2023).
Aval Appadithan was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Julie Ganapathi, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 29 more films, including Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018) and Virumaandi (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Saritha & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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