This article lists the films composed by Ilaiyaraaja in the 2020s.
Date | Language | Film | Director | Dubbed | Notes |
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24 January | Tamil | Psycho | Mysskin | ||
25 March | Sanskrit | Punyakoti | Ravishankar Venkateswaran | 1st biggest crowd-funded movie |
Date | Language | Film | Director | Dubbed | Notes |
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26 November | Tamil | Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum | Vasanth S Sai | ||
10 December | Telugu | Gamanam | Sujana Rao | ||
31 December | Tamil | Madurai Manikuravan | Raja Rishi |
Date | Language | Film | Director | Dubbed | Notes |
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21 January | Tamil | Marutha | GRS | [1] | |
11 February | Tamil | Kadaisi Vivasayi | M. Manikandan | Ilaiyaraaja's songs and BGM were unused. [2] | |
18 February | Telugu | Son of India | Diamond Ratnababu | ||
11 March | Tamil / Telugu | Clap | Prithivi Adithya | ||
6 May | Tamil | Akka Kuruvi | Samy | [3] | |
27 May | Kannada | Preethsu | K. Ganeshan | Dubbed version to tamil as Kadhal Sei | [4] |
24 June | Tamil | Maayon | N Kishore | Dubbed version in Telugu | [5] |
24 June | Tamil | Maamanithan | Seenu Ramasamy | [6] |
Date | Language | Film | Director | Dubbed | Notes |
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22 March | Telugu | Rangamarthanda | Krishna Vamsi | Remake of Natsamrat Marks the 2nd collaboration of Ilaiyaraaja and Ranjani–Gayatri | |
31 March | Tamil | Viduthalai Part 1 | Vetrimaaran | Dubbed version to Vidudala in Telugu | [7] |
22 April | Tamil | Thamezharasan | Babu Yogeswaran | Dubbed version to Telugu as Vikram Rathod | |
12 May | Telugu, Tamil | Custody | Venkat Prabhu | 2nd collaboration of Ilaiyaraaja with Yuvan after Maamanithan | |
12 May | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil | Music School | Papa Rao Biyyala | Songs and BGM recorded in Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra | |
18 May | Tamil | Modern Love Chennai | Akshay Sundher, Bharathiraja, Thiagarajan Kumararaja | Webseries - Margazhi, Paravai Kootil Vaazhum Maangal ,Ninaivo Oru Paravai | |
14 July | Tamil | Atman | Hariharan Raju | Musical Short Film released on ShortFlix [8] | |
22 September | Tamil | Are You Ok Baby? | Lakshmy Ramakrishnan | ||
22 September | Tamil | Ulagammai | V. Jayaprakash | ||
27 October | Tamil | Margazhi Thingal | Manoj Bharathiraja | ||
29 December | Tamil | Vattara Vazhakku | Kannusamy Rajendran |
Date | Language | Film | Director | Dubbed | Notes |
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23 February | Tamil | Ninaivellam Neeyada | Aadhiraajan | 1417th movie | |
23 March | Hindi, Tamil | The Silent Prayer | Senthil Vinu | Released on PalampurFlix |
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