Thilakan & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thilakan and Ilayaraja appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1993 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Udan Pirappu (1993 — 6.8/10). Films span Udan Pirappu (1993) through Kasthuri Maan (2005).
The Thilakan & Ilayaraja partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Kasthuri Maan (2005). They didn't share a set between 1993 and 2005. From Udan Pirappu (1993) to Kasthuri Maan (2005).
It started with Udan Pirappu (1993). The ran closed with Kasthuri Maan in 2005.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Udan Pirappu; the 2000s to Kasthuri Maan. Thilakan acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Udan Pirappu
- Kasthuri Maan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Thilakan's screen credits are with Ilayaraja. When they first worked together, Thilakan had 0 films behind them; Ilayaraja had 118. After Kasthuri Maan, Ilayaraja kept going for 19 more films; Thilakan stepped back.
Udan Pirappu was Thilakan's acting debut.
After Kasthuri Maan, Thilakan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Nee Venunda Chellam (2006) and Suyetchai MLA (2006).
Before Udan Pirappu, Ilayaraja had starred in 118 films, including Nadigan (1990) and Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992).
After Kasthuri Maan, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 19 more films, including Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
Collaboration Journey
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