Dilip & Ilayaraja Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Dilip and Ilayaraja appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1988 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mappillai (1989 — 3.9/10). Films span Ennai Vittu Pogaathe (1988) through Mappillai (1989).
The Dilip & Ilayaraja partnership
From Ennai Vittu Pogaathe (1988) to Mappillai (1989). The ran closed with Mappillai in 1989. It started with Ennai Vittu Pogaathe (1988).
2 films across 1 decade
- Mappillai
- Ennai Vittu Pogaathe0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Mappillai, Ilayaraja kept going for 300 more films; Dilip stepped back.
Before Ennai Vittu Pogaathe, Dilip had starred in 2 films, including Kilinjalgal (1981) and Oorukku Ubadesam (1984).
After Mappillai, Dilip went on to appear in 6 more films, including Engal Swamy Ayyappan (1990) and Pudhu Varisu (1990).
Ennai Vittu Pogaathe was Ilayaraja's acting debut.
After Mappillai, Ilayaraja went on to appear in 300 more films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Merku Thodarchi Malai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Dilip & Ilayaraja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
S. S. Chandran is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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