Sadhana & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sadhana and Ilayaraja appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1985 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vetri Karangal (1991 — 7.5/10). Films span Sithirame Sithirame (1985) through Vetri Karangal (1991).
The Sadhana & Ilayaraja partnership
From Sithirame Sithirame (1985) to Vetri Karangal (1991). Vetri Karangal is the one most viewers reach for. The ran closed with Vetri Karangal in 1991.
It started with Sithirame Sithirame (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Sithirame Sithirame; the 1990s to Vetri Karangal. Sadhana acted in every film; Ilayaraja scored all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s brought 1 film together, anchored by Vetri Karangal (7.5/10).
- Sithirame Sithirame0
- Vetri Karangal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Vetri Karangal, Ilayaraja kept going for 226 more films; Sadhana stepped back.
Sithirame Sithirame was Sadhana's acting debut.
After Vetri Karangal, Sadhana went on to appear in 2 more films, including Thanga Meenkal (2013) and Peranbu (2019).
Sithirame Sithirame was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Vetri Karangal, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 226 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sadhana & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manjula Vijayakumar is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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