
Co-Stars & Directors
Suruli rajan
Suruli rajan Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
Suruli rajan's collaborators
One pairing towers over the rest: Ilayaraja, with 20 shared credits — far ahead of every other collaborator. Suruli rajan's most frequent music director is Ilayaraja — 20 films.
From 1975 (with Manorama) to 1985 (with R. Thyagarajan). 48 on-screen partners, 10 directors — a balanced spread between cast and crew.
As of July 2026.
Collaborator network
Top 12 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.
Strongest pairings
Ilayaraja tops the rankings without close competition — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 149%.
Top pairings compared
Average ratings sit within 0.1 of each other across the top four — the differentiation is in span and recency, not quality.
| Metric | Ilayaraja | Rajinikanth | M. S. Viswanathan | Major Sundarrajan |
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| Films together | 20 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
| Avg rating | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| First | 1977 | 1977 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Latest | 1985 | 1980 | 1983 | 1982 |
| Best film | Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai | Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai | Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram | Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala |
Top Co-Actors of Suruli rajan

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Directors Who Worked with Suruli rajan
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Music Directors Who Worked with Suruli rajan
Multi-decade partnerships
Sujatha is the only collaborator who has worked with Suruli rajan in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Sangeeta, S. P. Muthuraman, and Sreekanth sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.
