- Films
- 193
- Avg rating
- 6.93
- Peak run
- 1983’89
- 7+ run
- 6 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a composer, films with 25+ votes
Ilaiyaraaja by the numbers
Average
6.93
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.93
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.89
rating spread
Career
50y
1977 to 2026
Total votes
2.44K
across every film
Best
8.0
Thalapathi
Worst
5.1
Psycho
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Lenin Pandiyan | · | 0 |
| 2026 |  Dorothy | · | 5 |
| 2026 |  Mareechika | · | 0 |
| 2026 |  Anthony | · | 0 |
| 2026 | Mylanji | · | 0 |
| 2026 | A Beautiful Breakup | · | 0 |
| 2025 |  Gondhal | · | 2 |
| 2025 |  Padai Thalaivan | · | 0 |
| 2025 |  Peranbum Perungobamum | · | 0 |
| 2025 |  School | · | 0 |
| 2025 |  Dinasari | · | 0 |
| 2024 |  Viduthalai: Part II | · | 23 |
| 2024 | Jama | · | 3 |
| 2023 | Are You Ok Baby? | · | 0 |
| 2023 |  Custody | · | 13 |
| 2023 | Music School | · | 1 |
| 2023 | Tamilarasan | · | 7 |
| 2023 |  Viduthalai: Part I | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2023 |  Rangamarthanda | · | 6 |
| 2022 | Tadka | · | 12 |
Better together?
Ilaiyaraaja's regulars
- S. P. MuthuramanComposer · 12 films
- Sathyan AnthikadComposer · 9 films
- Mani RatnamComposer · 8 films · 7.93 avg
- Balu MahendraComposer · 7 films
- RajashekarComposer · 6 films
- Singeetham Srinivasa RaoComposer · 6 films · 7.42 avg
- BharathirajaComposer · 5 films
- P. VasuComposer · 5 films
- BalaComposer · 5 films · 7.53 avg
- K. BalachanderComposer · 4 films
- R. V. UdayakumarComposer · 4 films
- R. BalkiComposer · 4 films · 5.98 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: S. P. Muthuraman and Ilaiyaraaja movies · Sathyan Anthikad and Ilaiyaraaja movies · Mani Ratnam and Ilaiyaraaja movies · Balu Mahendra and Ilaiyaraaja movies
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