Super Subbarayan & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Super Subbarayan and Ilayaraja appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1985 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanni Rasi (1985 — 6.5/10). Films span Aan Paavam (1985) through Innisai Mazhai (1992).
The Super Subbarayan & Ilayaraja partnership
Between 1985 and 1992, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 7 years. From Aan Paavam (1985) to Innisai Mazhai (1992). The spanned closed with Innisai Mazhai in 1992.
It started with Aan Paavam (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kanni Rasi; the 1990s to Innisai Mazhai. Super Subbarayan acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Kanni Rasi
- Oru Iniya Udayam
- Innisai Mazhai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Innisai Mazhai, Ilayaraja kept going for 182 more films; Super Subbarayan stepped back.
Aan Paavam was Super Subbarayan's acting debut.
After Innisai Mazhai, Super Subbarayan went on to appear in 15 more films, including Kodiyil Oruvan (2021) and Pachchak Kuthira (2006).
Aan Paavam was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Innisai Mazhai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 182 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Super Subbarayan & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Super Subbarayan & Ilayaraja's films together
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