Saranya Ponvannan & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Saranya Ponvannan and Ilayaraja appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1987 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nayagan (1987 — 5.8/10). Films span Nayagan (1987) through Agnipaarvai (1992).
The Saranya Ponvannan & Ilayaraja partnership
Between 1987 and 1992, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Saranya–Ilayaraja film arrived almost every year. From Nayagan (1987) to Agnipaarvai (1992).
The spanned closed with Agnipaarvai in 1992. It started with Nayagan (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Nayagan; the 1990s to Agnipaarvai. Saranya Ponvannan 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 3.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Nayagan
- Andru Peytha Mazhaiyil
- Agnipaarvai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Agnipaarvai, Ilayaraja kept going for 182 more films; Saranya Ponvannan stepped back.
Nayagan was Saranya Ponvannan's acting debut.
After Agnipaarvai, Saranya Ponvannan went on to appear in 86 more films, including Vedam (2010) and Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014).
Nayagan was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Agnipaarvai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 182 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Saranya Ponvannan & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Saranya Ponvannan & Ilayaraja's films together
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