Arvind Swamy & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Arvind Swamy and Ilayaraja appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1991 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thalapathi (1991 — 5.4/10). Films span Thalapathi (1991) through Thalattu (1993).
The Arvind Swamy & Ilayaraja partnership
From Thalapathi (1991) to Thalattu (1993). The played out closed with Thalattu in 1993. It started with Thalapathi (1991).
The shape of the work
Arvind Swamy acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Thalapathi
- Marupadiyum
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Arvind Swamy had 0 films behind them; Ilayaraja had 42. After Thalattu, Ilayaraja kept going for 143 more films; Arvind Swamy stepped back.
Thalapathi was Arvind Swamy's acting debut.
After Thalattu, Arvind Swamy went on to appear in 27 more films, including Bombay (1995) and Meiyazhagan (2024).
Before Thalapathi, Ilayaraja had starred in 42 films, including Nadigan (1990) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Thalattu, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 143 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
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