Sathyaraj & Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sathyaraj and Babu appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1983 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enakkul Oruvan (1984 — 8.5/10). Films span Paayum Puli (1983) through Muthukkal Moondru (1987).
The Sathyaraj & Babu partnership
One film towers over the rest: Enakkul Oruvan at 8.5/10. From Paayum Puli (1983) to Muthukkal Moondru (1987). It started with Paayum Puli (1983).
The played out closed with Muthukkal Moondru in 1987. Enakkul Oruvan is the one most viewers reach for.
3 films across 1 decade
- Enakkul Oruvan
- Paayum Puli
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
After Muthukkal Moondru, Sathyaraj kept going for 170 more films; Babu stepped back. By the time of Paayum Puli, both already had careers — Sathyaraj with 10 films, Babu with 15.
Before Paayum Puli, Sathyaraj had starred in 10 films, including Moondru Mugam (1982) and Sattam En Kaiyil (1978).
After Muthukkal Moondru, Sathyaraj went on to appear in 170 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and Baahubali 2 (2017).
Before Paayum Puli, Babu had starred in 15 films, including Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979) and Priya (1978).
After Muthukkal Moondru, Babu went on to appear in 9 more films, including Vetri Karangal (1991) and En Uyir Thozhan (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sathyaraj & Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manorama is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them. Manorama appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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