List of film scores by Ilaiyaraaja 1980s

This page lists the films composed by Ilaiyaraaja in the 1980s.

Ilaiyaraaja 1980

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
	Tamil	Orey Muththam	C.A.Mugilan
	Tamil	Soolam	M.Bhaskar
	Tamil	Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam	A. Jagannathan
	Tamil	Ellam Un Kairasi	M.A. Thirumugam
	Tamil	Gramathu Athiyayam	C. Rudhraiya
	Tamil	Idhayaththil Ore Idam	Prasath
	Tamil	Kannil Theriyum Kathaikal	Devaraj Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja composed 1 song, Naan Oru Ponnoviyam Kanden. The remaining songs were each composed by 4 other composers, Shankar–Ganesh, K. V. Mahadevan, G. K. Venkatesh and T. R. Pappa. The background score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
	Tamil	Nadhiyai Thedi Vandha Kadal	B. Lenin
	Tamil	Rishi Moolam	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Thai Pongal	M. G. Vallabhan
	Tamil	Anbukku Naan Adimai	R. Thiyagarajan
	Tamil	Adhigaram	Swarnamurthy	Unreleased film	Jai Ganesh/Prameela/Srikanth/Sowcar janaki
	Malayalam	Dooram Arike	Jeassy
	Tamil	Guru	I. V. Sasi		Bilingual in Tamil & Telugu as Guru
	Tamil	Ilamai Kolam	N. Venkatesh
	Kannada	Janma Janmada Anubandha	Shankar Nag
	Tamil	Johnny	Mahendran	Naa pere Johnny(Telugu)
	Tamil	Kallukkul Eeram	P. S. Nivas
	Telugu	Kotha Jeevithalu	Bharathiraja
	Telugu	Mayadari Krishnudu	R. Thiyagarajan		Bilingual. Telugu version of Anbukku Naan Adimai
	Tamil	Moodu Pani	Balu Mahendra		100th Film. The first film with filmmaker Balu Mahendra, heralding a legendary collaboration.
	Tamil	Murattu Kaalai	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Nizhalgal	Bharathiraja		Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
	Telugu	Pasidi Moggalu	Durga Nageswara Rao		Telugu remake of Uthiri Pookkal
	Tamil	Rusi Kanda Poonai	G. N. Rangarajan
	Tamil	Ullasa Paravaigal	C. V. Rajendran	Pichchi Prema(Telugu)
	Tamil	Puthiya Adimaigal	R.Selvaraj		Film went unreleased.
	Tamil	Karumbu Vil	Vijay
	Tamil	Poottaatha Poottukkal	Mahendran
	Tamil	Naan Potta Savaal	Puratshidasan
19 September	Telugu	Kaali	I.V. Sasi
12 December	Tamil	Nenjathai Killathe	Mahendran	Mouna Geetham(Telugu)

Ilaiyaraaja 1981

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
	Tamil	Garjanai	C. V. Rajendran
	Malayalam	Garjanam	C. V. Rajendran
	Kannada	Garjane	C. V. Rajendran		Trilingual. The Kannada version of the Tamil Garjanai and Malayalam Garjanam.
	Tamil	Vidiyum Varai Kaathiru	K. Bhagyaraj
	Tamil	sanditthanam	Sobanan		srilanka movie
	Telugu	Kaala Rathri	P.C. Reddy		Bilingual. Telugu version of the Tamil film, Oru Iravu Oru Paravai.
	Tamil	Raja Paarvai	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Amavasya Chandrudu (Telugu)
	Tamil	Kannitheevu	Ramana
	Tamil	Pattanam Pogalaam Vaa	Sakthi Subramaniam
	Tamil	Sankarlal	T.N. Balu	Andagaadu(Telugu)	Only 1 song, Ilankiliye, composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Remaining songs composed by Gangai Amaran.
	Telugu	Chinnari Chitti Babu	N. Gopalakrishna
	Tamil	Arathanai	Prasad
	Tamil	Bala Nagamma	K. Shankar
	Telugu	Bala Nagamma	K. Shankar		Bilingual. Telugu version of the Tamil Bala Nagamma.
	Tamil	Enakkaga Kaathiru	P. S. Nivas	Mondi Jagamondi Dubbed to Telugu
	Tamil	Indru Poi Naalai Vaa	K. Bhagyaraj
	Tamil	Kadal Meengal	G. N. Rangarajan
	Tamil	Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo	G. N. Rangarajan
	Tamil	Nalladhu Nadandhe Theerum	Karaikudi Narayanan
	Tamil	Nandu	Mahendran
	Tamil	Oomai Ullangal	?		Film went unreleased.
	Tamil	Panchami	Peter Selvakumar		Film went unreleased.
	Kannada	Geetha	Shankar Nag
	Kannada	Nee Nanna Gellalare	Vijay		Only film with Dr.Rajkumar
	Tamil	Tik Tik Tik	Bharathiraja	Tik Tik Tik (Telugu)
	Tamil	Ellam Inba Mayyam	G. N. Rangarajan
	Tamil	Netrikkan	S. P. Muthuraman	Musalodiki Dasara Pandaga (Telugu)
	Telugu	Seethakoka Chiluka	Bharathiraja		Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director. Film is a remake of the Tamil hit, Alaigal Oyvadhillai.
	Tamil	Panneer Pushpangal	Santhana Bharathi, P. Vasu	Madhura Geetham (Telugu), Panneer Pookkal (Malayalam)
	Tamil	Alaigal Oivathillai	Bharathiraja		Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
	Tamil	Ram Lakshman	R. Thiyagarajan	Rama Lakshmanulu (Telugu)
	Kannada	Shikari	C. R. Simha
14 January	Tamil	Meendum Kokila	G. N. Rangarajan	Chilipi Mogudu (Telugu ) ^[1]
	Tamil	Koyil Puraa	K. Vijayan
	Tamil	Kazhugu (1981 film)	S. P. Muthuraman
	Kannada	Bhaari Bharjari Bete	Rajendra Singh Babu

Ilaiyaraaja 1982

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
26 February	Tamil	Payanangal Mudivathillai	R. Sundarrajan
25 January	Malayalam	Olangal	Balu Mahendra
	Telugu	Andhagadu	T.N. Balu		Bilingual. Telugu version of the Tamil film, Sankarlal. Only 1 song, Puduguthanam, composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Remaining songs and BGM done by Gangai Amaran.
	Tamil	Eera Vizhi Kaaviyangal	B. R. Ravishankar
26 June	Tamil	Thai Moogambikai	K. Shankar
14 April	Tamil	Thooral Ninnu Pochchu	K. Bhagyaraj
14 November	Tamil	Valibamey Vaa Vaa	Bharathiraja
19 February	Tamil	Moondram Pirai	Balu Mahendra
14 August	Tamil	Sakalakala Vallavan	S. P. Muthuraman
15 October	Tamil	Gopurangal Saivathillai	Manivannan
14 August	Tamil	Kanne Radha	Rama Narayanan		200th Film
	Tamil	Kavidhai Malar	Devaraj Mohan		Film went unreleased.
7 May	Tamil	Kelviyum Naane Pathilum Naane	N. Murugesh
25 December	Tamil	Kozhi Koovuthu	Gangai Amaran	Veerabadhrudu(Telugu)
24 February	Tamil	Magane Magane	K.N. Lakshmanan
August	Tamil	Manjal Nila	Ranjith Rangarajan
14 November	Tamil	Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal	P. S. Nivas
11 June	Tamil	Puthukavithai	S. P. Muthuraman
9 October	Tamil	Rani Theni	G. N. Rangarajan
5 August	Malayalam	Alolam	Mohan (director)
15 July	Tamil	Ninaivellam Nithya	C. V. Sridhar	Prema Sangamam (Telugu)
	Telugu	Poola Pallaki	C. Hemachandra Rao
14 January	Tamil	Anandha Ragam	Bharani
	Tamil	Archanai Pookal	Gokulakrishna
27 March	Tamil	Auto Raja	K. Vijayan		Only 1 Song.
	Tamil	Echchil Iravugal	A.S. Prakasam
	Tamil	Metti	Mahendran
12 March	Tamil	Thanikattu Raja	V.C. Kuganathan
17 December	Tamil	Agaya Gangai	Manobala
	Tamil	Azhagiya Kanne	Mahendran
14 August	Tamil	Enkeyo Ketta Kural	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Ethanai Konam Ethanai Parvai	B. Lenin		Film went unreleased.
30 April	Tamil	Kaadhal Oviyam	Bharathiraja	Ragamalika (Telugu)

Ilaiyaraaja 1983

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
	Tamil	Aanandha Kummi	Balakrishnan
	Tamil	Oppandham	Vijaya Ganesh
	Tamil	Urangatha Ninaivugal	R. Baskaran
	Malayalam	Aa Raathri	Joshiy
	Tamil	Jothi	Manivannan
	Tamil	Man Vasanai	Bharathiraja
	Tamil	Paayum Puli	S. P. Muthuraman
	Telugu	Abhilasha	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Tamil	Inimai Idho Idho	R. Ramalingam
	Malayalam	Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu	P. G. Viswambharan
	Tamil	Indru Nee Nalai Naan	Major Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Mundhanai Mudichu	K. Bhagyaraj	Vaddante Pelli (Telugu)
	Telugu	Manthrigari Viyyankudu	Bapu		Only collaboration with Bapu
	Malayalam	Oomakkuyil	Balu Mahendra		Remake of Balu Mahendra's debut film, the Kannada Kokila
	Kannada	Pallavi Anupallavi	Mani Ratnam	Priya Oh Priya (Tamil)
	Malayalam	Pinnilavu	P. G. Viswambharan
	Tamil	Aayiram Nilave Vaa	A.S. Prakasam
	Tamil	Bhagavathipuram Railway Gate	R. Selvaraj
	Tamil	Adutha Varisu	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Ennai Paar En Azhagai Paar	N.S. Maniam
	Tamil	Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum	Sreedhar Rajan
	Tamil	Malaiyoor Mambattiyan	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Vasanthame Varuga	Balu Mahendra
	Tamil	Malargal Nanaigindrana	S. Chidambaram
	Tamil	Manaivi Solle Manthiram	Rama Narayanan
	Tamil	Mella Pesungal	Bharathi Vasu
	Tamil	Muthu Engal Sothu	G. N. Rangarajan
	Kannada	Nagara Bayalu	?		Film went unreleased.
	Kannada	Nyaya Gedditu	SM Joe Simon
	Tamil	Oomai Veyyil	Indhu		Film went unreleased.
	Tamil	Raagangal Maaruvathillai	Sirumugai Ravi
	Telugu	Rajkumar	G. Raminaidu
	Tamil	Saattai Illatha Pambaram	N. Murugesh
	Tamil	Antha Sila Naatkal	Venkat
	Tamil	Soorakottai Singakutti	Rama Narayanan
	Tamil	Thanga Magan	A. Jagannathan
	Tamil	Uyire Unakkaaga	S. Kumar		Film went unreleased. Not to be confused with the 1986 film, Uyire Unakkaga, directed by K. Rangarajan with music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
	Tamil	Veetula Raman Veliyila Krishnan	Manivannan
	Telugu	Veerabhadrudu	Ravi Raja		Remake of the Tamil film, Kozhi Koovuthu.
	Tamil	Yuga Dharmam	K.S. Gopalakrishnan
	Telugu	Saagara Sangamam	K. Viswanath	Salangai Oli (Tamil)	Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction
	Tamil	Kokkarakko	Gangai Amaran
	Tamil	Vellai Roja	A. Jagannathan
	Hindi	Sadma	Balu Mahendra		Remake of the Tamil superhit, Moondram Pirai.
	Tamil	Oru Odai Nadhiyagirathu	C. V. Sridhar
	Tamil	Anney Anney	T. S. B. K. Mouli
4 November	Tamil	Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey	S. P. Muthuraman	Vasantholtsavam (Malayalam)
	Tamil	Ilamai Kaalangal	Manivannan

Ilaiyaraaja 1984

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
23 March	Tamil	Nooravathu Naal	Manivannan
	Telugu	Idhe Naa Savaal	Puratchidasan
	Tamil	Enakkul Oruvan	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Devi Sridevi	Gangai Amaran
	Kannada	Nagara Mahime	Kallesh
	Kannada	Accident	Shankar Nag		No songs. Only BGM in this film.
	Tamil	Pozhudhu Vidinjaachu	Gangai Amaran
	Telugu	Sitaara	Vamsy
	Tamil	Thangamadi Thangam	Rama Narayanan
	Tamil	Ullam Urugudhadi	N. Murugesh
	Tamil	Ambigai Neril Vanthaal	Manivannan
	Tamil	Anbe Odi Vaa	R. Ranjith Kumar
	Tamil	Anbulla Malare	B.R. Ravishankar
	Tamil	Anbulla Rajinikanth	K. Natraj	Priymaina Rajnikanth
	Tamil	Dhavani Kanavugal	K. Bhagyaraj
	Tamil	Ezhuthatha Sattangal	K. Shankar
	Tamil	Ingeyum Oru Gangai	Manivannan
	Tamil	January 1	Manivannan
	Tamil	Komberi Mookan	A. Jagannathan
	Telugu	Kala Rudrudu	Katta Subba Rao		Telugu remake of Komberi Mookan.
	Tamil	Kai Kodukkum Kai	Mahendran
	Tamil	Kairasikkaran	S.S.K. Shankar
	Tamil	Kuva Kuva Vaathugal	Manivannan
	Tamil	Magudi	Chakki
	Tamil	Naalai Unathu Naal	A. Jagannathan
14 January 1984	Tamil	Naan Mahaan Alla	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Naan Paadum Paadal	R. Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Nalla Naal	R. Thyagarajan
	Tamil	Nallavanukku Nallavan	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Nee Thodum Bodhu	V.C. Kuganathan
	Tamil	Neengal Kettavai	Balu Mahendra
	Tamil	Neram Nalla Neram	N. Sambandham		Not Released
	Tamil	Nerupukkul Eeram	R. Krishnamoorthy
	Tamil	Nilavu Suduvathillai	K. Rangaraj
	Tamil	Niyayam	R. Krishnamoorthy
	Tamil	Oh Maane Maane	A. Jagannathan
	Tamil	Poovilangu	Amirjan
	Malayalam	Onnanu Nammal	PG Vishwambharan
	Tamil	Pudhumai Penn	Bharathiraja
	Telugu	Sahasame Jeevitham	Vasu Bharathi
	Tamil	Sanga Natham	Ramineedu
	Tamil	Thalaiyanai Mandhiram	N. Venkatesh
	Tamil	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Unnai Naan Santhithen	K. Rangaraj
	Tamil	Vaazhkai	C. V. Rajendran
	Tamil	Vaidehi Kathirunthal	R. Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Vellai Pura Ondru	Gangai Amaran
	Tamil	24 Mani Neram	Manivannan
	Malayalam	My Dear Kuttichathan	Jijo Punnoose	India's first 3D film.
	Telugu	Challenge (1984 film)	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Malayalam	Mangalam Nerunnu	Mohan
	Telugu	Merupu Daadi	N. Ramachandra Rao
	Malayalam	Unaroo	Mani Ratnam
	Tamil	Mudivalla Arambam	N.N. Mohideen

Ilaiyaraaja 1985

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
	Telugu	Aalaapana	Vamsy	Salangayil Oru Sangeetham (Tamil)
	Tamil	Oonjaladum Uravugal	Bharathan
11 November	Tamil	Chinna Veedu	K. Bhagyaraj
	Tamil	Puthiya Theerpu	C. V. Rajendran^[2]
	Tamil	Muthal Mariyathai	Bharathiraja
	Malayalam	Yathra	Balu Mahendra
	Telugu	Preminchu Pelladu	Vamsy
	Telugu	Darja Donga	Manivannan
	Tamil	Sindhu Bhairavi	K. Balachander	Sindhu Bhairavi (Telugu)	Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction
	Tamil	En Selvame	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Udhaya Geetham	K. Rangaraj		300th Film.
	Tamil	Andha Oru Nimidam	Major Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Kakki Sattai	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Pillai Nila	Manobala
	Tamil	Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai	Prathap Pothan
	Tamil	Alai Osai	Sirumugai Ravi
	Tamil	Nalla Thambi	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Raaja Gopuram	P.G. Pandian
	Tamil	Aduthathu Albert	G. N. Rangarajan
	Tamil	Amudha Gaanam	K. Rangaraj
	Tamil	Anbin Mugavari	Manivannan
	Telugu	Anveshana	Vamsy
	Tamil	Aan Paavam	Pandiarajan
	Tamil	Eetti	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Geethanjali	K. Rangaraj
	Tamil	Hello Yaar Pesurathu	Ramarajan		Music jointly credited to Ilaiyaraaja and Gangai Amaran.
	Tamil	Pagal Nilavu	Mani Ratnam
	Tamil	Idhaya Kovil	Mani Ratnam
	Tamil	Japanil Kalyanaraman	S. P. Muthuraman
	Telugu	Jwala	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
14 January 1985	Tamil	Oru Kaidhiyin Diary	Bharathiraja	Khaidi Veta (Telugu)
	Tamil	Kanni Rasi	Pandiarajan
	Tamil	Ketti Melam	Visu
	Telugu	Khooni	Manivannan
	Tamil	Kungumachimizh	R. Sundarrajan
	Telugu	Mangalya Bandam	Katta Subba Rao		Telugu remake of the Tamil film, Naan Paadum Paadal.
	Tamil	Meendum Parasakthi	A. Jagannathan
	Tamil	Naan Sigappu Manidhan	S. A. Chandrasekhar
	Tamil	Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri	Balu Anandh
	Tamil	Neethiyin Marupakkam	S. A. Chandrasekhar
	Tamil	Padikkadhavan	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Padikkadha Pannaiyar	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Tamil	Raja Rishi	K. Shankar
	Tamil	Selvi	K. Natraj
	Telugu	Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam	K. Vasu	Shirdi Sai Baba Ki Kahani [Hindi] & Sri Shirdi Saibaba Tamil]
	Tamil	Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	Balu Mahendra
	Tamil	Unnai Thedi Varuven	C. V. Sridhar
	Tamil	Urimai	Rama Narayanan
	Tamil	Thendrale Ennai Thodu	C. V. Sridhar	Prema Sasthram (Telugu)
	Tamil	Uyarndha Ullam	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Sri Raghavendrar	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Poove Poochudava	Fazil
	Tamil	Annai Bhoomi 3D	R. Thiyagarajan
	Tamil	Thanga Mama 3D	K. Simon
	Kannada	Ajeya	S. Siddalingaiah

Ilaiyaraaja 1986

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
	Tamil	Africavil Appu	Vijay Anand		Music credited to both Ilaiyaraaja and Gangai Amaran.
	Tamil	Amman Kovil Kizhakale	R. Sundarrajan
10 January	Tamil	Saadhanai	A. S. Pragasam
	Tamil	Aruvadai Naal	G. M. Kumar
	Tamil	December Pookal	R. Boopathy
	Tamil	Enakku Nane Needipathi	S. A. Chandrasekhar
	Tamil	Iravu Pookkal	Sreedhar Rajan
	Tamil	Isai Paadum Thendral	S. Devaraj
	Malayalam	Kaveri	Rajeevnath		Jointly composed by Ilaiyaraaja and Dakshinamoorthy Swami
	Tamil	Kadalora Kavithaigal	Bharathiraja
	Tamil	Kannukku Mai Ezhuthu	Mahendran
	Tamil	Kodai Mazhai	Muktha S. Sundar
	Telugu	Ladies Tailor	Vamsy
	Tamil	Maaveeran	Rajasekhar
	Telugu	Manchi Manasulu	Mohan Gandhi		Telugu remake of the 1984 Tamil superhit, Vaidehi Kathirunthal. Not to be confused with the 1962 film, Manchi Manasulu.
	Tamil	Manithanin Marupakkam	K. Rangaraj
	Tamil	Mandhira Punnagai	V. Thamizhazhagan
	Tamil	Maragatha Veenai	Gokulakrishna
	Telugu	Mister Bharath	Raja Chandra		Telugu remake of the Tamil hit, Mr. Bharath.
	Tamil	Mouna Ragam	Mani Ratnam	Mouna Ragam (Telugu)
	Tamil	Muthal Vasantham	Manivannan
	Tamil	Neethaana Andha Kuyil	R. Selvaraj
	Telugu	Nireekshana	Balu Mahendra	Kanne Kalaimaane (Tamil)
	Telugu	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu	A. Kodandarami Reddy	Hare Radha Hare Krishna (Tamil)
	Tamil	Paalaivana Rojakkal	Manivannan
	Tamil	Paaru Paaru Pattanam Paaru	Manobala
	Kannada	Sathya Jyothi	K. Ranga Rao
	Tamil	Thaaiku Oru Thaalaattu	Balachandra Menon
	Tamil	Thazhuvatha Kaigal	R. Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Vidinja Kalyanam	Manivannan
	Malayalam	Poomukhappadiyil Ninneyum Kaathu	Bhadran
	Tamil	Puthir	Siddalingaiah		Remake of Siddalingaiah's Kannada film, Ajeya.
	Tamil	Dharma Pathini	Amirjaan
	Tamil	Kanna Thorakkanum Saami	R. Govindraj		Music credited to Ilaiyaraaja and Gangai Amaran in the film's credits.
	Tamil	Karimedu Karuvayan	Rama Narayanan
	Tamil	Murattu Karangal	Rajasekhar
	Tamil	Naanum Oru Thozhilali	C. V. Sridhar
	Kannada	Sooryodaya	C. V. Sridhar		Remake (Trlingual) of Sridhar's Naanum Oru Thozhilaali
	Telugu	Sooryodayam	C. V. Sridhar		Remake (Trlingual) of Sridhar's Naanum Oru Thozhilaali
	Tamil	Natpu	Amirjaan
	Telugu	Swathi Muthyam	K. Viswanath		India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
1 November 1986	Tamil	Punnagai Mannan	K. Balachander
	Tamil	Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu	R. Sundarrajan		Except "Kuzhaloodhum Kannanukku", all the songs were composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the arrangements, orchestration and background score were done by Ilaiyaraaja.
	Tamil	Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren	K. Rangaraj
	Telugu	Kirathakudu	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Tamil	Vikram	Rajasekhar
	Telugu	Rakshasudu	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Tamil	Mr. Bharath	S. P. Muthuraman	Nene Rajnikanth(Telugu)

Ilaiyaraaja 1987

Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
Tamil	Nayakan	Mani Ratnam	Nayakudu (Telugu) Velu Nayakan (Hindi- Dubbed & released in 1995)	India's Official Submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In TIME's Top 100 Movies of all time. 400th film.
Tamil	Aala Piranthavan	A.S. Prakasam
Tamil	Jallikattu	Manivannan
Tamil	Iniya Uravu Poothathu	C. V. Sridhar
Tamil	Kadhal Parisu	A. Jagannathan	Kedi(Telugu)
Tamil	Kalyana Kachcheri	Manivannan
Tamil	Manaivi Ready	Pandiarajan
Tamil	Poovizhi Vasalile	Fazil
Tamil	Dhoorathu Pachai	Manobala
Tamil	Anand	C. V. Rajendran
Tamil	Chinna Kuyil Paaduthu	P. Madhavan
Telugu	Andharikante Ghanudu	C. V. Sridhar
Tamil	Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi	Manivannan		Ilaiyaraaja is uncredited. But 1 song, Oru Kaadhal Vandhadhu, was composed by him. The remaining songs and BGM were composed by Gangai Amaran. Film credits Gangai Amaran for the score^{[citation needed]}.
Tamil	Gramatthu Minnal	K. Rangaraj
Tamil	Kannukkoru Vannakkili	Ravindhar		Film went unreleased.
Tamil	Krishnan Vandhaan	K. Vijayan
Tamil	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	K. Balachander
Tamil	Ninaikka Therindha Maname	Suresh
Tamil	Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	K. Rangaraj
Tamil	Paadu Nilave	K. Rangaraj
Tamil	Puyal Paadum Paattu	Manivannan
Tamil	Ullam Kavarndha Kalvan	Ashok Kumar
Tamil	Vaazhga Valarga	Vijay Krishna Raj
Tamil	Velaikaran	S. P. Muthuraman
Telugu	Aradhana	Bharathiraja		Remake of Bharathiraja's Tamil hit, Kadalora Kavithaigal.
Tamil	Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu	Santhana Bharathi		Film had no songs.
Tamil	Enga Ooru Pattukaran	Gangai Amaran
Tamil	Per Sollum Pillai	S. P. Muthuraman
Telugu	Sankeertana	Geetha Krishna
Telugu	Maharshi	Vamsy
Telugu	Garjinchina Ganga^[3]	Kommineni
Tamil	Rettai Vaal Kuruvi	Balu Mahendra	Rendu Thokala Pitta(Telugu)
Hindi	Kamagni	Ashok Kumar
Tamil	Sirai Paravai	Manobala
Tamil	Theertha Karaiyinile	Manivannan

Ilaiyaraaja 1988

Date	Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
14 January	Tamil	Sathya	Suresh Krissna	Sathya
30 July	Tamil	Soora Samhaaram	Chitra Lakshmanan	Police Diary (Telugu)
13 April	Tamil	Guru Sishyan	S. P. Muthuraman
28 April	Malayalam	Moonnam Pakkam	Padmarajan
	Telugu	Mena Mama	Rajasekar Reddy		Telugu remake of the Tamil film, Kanni Raasi
	Tamil	Solla Thudikuthu Manasu	B. Lenin
	Telugu	Asthulu Anthasthulu	B. Bhaskara Rao		Telugu remake of the Tamil film, Muthal Vasantham.
	Tamil	En Jeevan Paduthu	R. Sundarrajan
	Tamil	Ennai Vittu Pogaathe	T.K. Bose
	Tamil	Illam	I. V. Sasi
	Tamil	Irandil Ondru	V. Azhagappan
16 July	Telugu	Jamadagni	Bharathiraja
	Tamil	Raasave Unnai Nambi	T.K. Bose
	Tamil	Shenbagamae Shenbagamae	Gangai Amaran
	Tamil	Therkathi Kallan	P. Kalaimani
	Tamil	Vairavel	Dwight H. Little		Composed music for the Tamil dubbed version
	Tamil	Dhayam Onnu	Peter Selvakumar	Chilipi Donga (Telugu)
	Tamil	En Bommukutty Ammavukku	Fazil
	Tamil	En Uyir Kannamma	Sivachandran
	Tamil	Enga Ooru Kavalkaran	T. P. Gajendran
	Tamil	Ithu Engal Neethi	S. A. Chandrasekhar
	Tamil	Manamagale Vaa	Panchu Arunchalam
	Tamil	Naan Sonnathey Sattam	Ramesh Raj
	Tamil	Paadatha Thenikkal	V.M.C. Haneefa
	Tamil	Paarthal Pasu	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Tamil	Paasa Paravaigal	V.M.C. Haneefa
	Tamil	Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran	Senthilnathan
	Telugu	Raktabhishekam	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Tamil	Sakkarai Pandhal	Gangai Amaran
	Tamil	Veedu	Balu Mahendra		No songs. Only BGM.
24 September	Tamil	Dharmathin Thalaivan	S. P. Muthuraman
	Tamil	Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam	Shanmugapriyan
	Telugu	Abhinandana	Ashok Kumar
15 April	Tamil	Agni Natchathiram	Mani Ratnam		Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
12 March	Telugu	Aakhari Poratam	K. Raghavendra Rao
	Telugu	Marana Mrudangam	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Telugu	Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe	Vamsy
3 October	Telugu	Varasudochadu	A.Mohan Gandhi
4 March	Telugu	Rudraveena	K. Balachander		Winner, National Film Award for Best Music Direction and Nandi Award for Best Music Director.
12 August	Tamil	Unnal Mudiyum Thambi	K. Balachander		Bilingual. Tamil version of the Telugu superhit, Rudraveena.
15 July	Telugu	Swarnakamalam	K. Viswanath

Ilaiyaraaja 1989

Language	Film	Director	Dubbed	Notes
Tamil	Raajadhi Raaja	R. Sundarrajan
Tamil	Siva	Ameerjan
Tamil	Ore Oru Gramathiley	K. Jyothi Pandiyan
Tamil	Enne Petha Raasa	Siraaj
Telugu	Tarzan Sundari	Guna Parasad
Tamil	Varusham 16	Fazil		Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Anbu Kattalai	Yaar Kannan
Tamil	Chinnappadass	C. V. Rajendran
Tamil	Dharmam Vellum	K. Rangaraj
Tamil	Enga Ooru Mappillai	T. P. Gajendran
Telugu	Ashoka Chakravarthy	S.S. Ravichandra
Malayalam	Adharvam	Dennis Joseph
Telugu	Indrudu Chandrudu	Suresh Krissna	Indran Chandran (Tamil) Mayor Saab (Hindi)^[4]
Tamil	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	K. Balachander
Tamil	Maappillai	Rajasekhar
Malayalam	Chaitram	?
Telugu	Chettu Kinda Pleader	Vamsy
Hindi	Mahaadev	Raj N. Sippy
Malayalam	Season	Padmarajan
Telugu	Geethanjali	Mani Ratnam	Idhayathai Thirudadhe (Tamil)
Tamil	Kai Veesamma Kai Veesu	Vinodh
Kannada	Namma Bhoomi	R. Thyagarajan
Tamil	Ninaivu Chinnam	Anu Mohan
Tamil	Paandi Nattu Thangam	T. P. Gajendran
Tamil	Paasa Mazhai	Aathavan
Tamil	Paattukku Oru Thalaivan	Liyakat Ali Khan
Tamil	Padicha Pulla	Senthilnathan
Tamil	Pickpocket	G. M. Kumar
Tamil	Pongi Varum Kaveri	T.K. Bose
Tamil	Ponmana Selvan	P. Vasu
Tamil	Poruthathu Pothum	P. Kalaimani
Tamil	Raaja Raajathan	Ramdass	500th Film
Telugu	Siva	Ram Gopal Varma
Tamil	Thangamana Raasa	V. Azhagappan
Tamil	Thendral Sudum	Manobala
Tamil	Thiruppu Munai	Kalaivanan Kannadasan
Tamil	Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai	P. Vasu
Telugu	Gopala Rao Gari Abbayi	Manivannan	Kadhal Oyvadhillai (Tamil)
Tamil	Apoorva Sagodharargal	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Vichitra Sodarulu (Telugu), Appu Raja (Hindi) ^[4]
Tamil	Vetri Vizha	Prathap Pothen
Telugu	Prema	Suresh Krissna
Tamil	Karagattakaran	Gangai Amaran	Garagatta Gopaiah (Telugu)
Telugu	Rudranetra	K. Raghavendra Rao
Telugu	Swathi Chinukulu	Sri Chakravarthy
Tamil	Annanukku Jai	Gangai Amaran
Tamil	En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan	Manobala
Was conferred with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for his contributions to South Indian films in 1989.				Received