Biography
Ila Arun is a popular Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk/folk-pop singer with a unique, husky voice and a penchant for folk-pop fusion. Her daughter is Ishita Arun.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay
2024
Heer, a carefree and jovial guy is in love with Iraa, an aspiring IAS officer. Heer and Iraa's families are hell-bent on getting them married and star...

Haddi
2023
as Amma
A transgender woman, Haddi, moves to Delhi to join a gang of transpeople and cross-dressers headed by an influential man. But is this move aspirationa...

Mister Mummy
2022
Amol, a cranky PT teacher and his wife Gugloo have opposing choices when it comes to children but destiny has something else planned for the childhood...

Aafat-e-Ishq
2021
Lallo, a 30-year old reclusive woman's life changes when she inherits her deceased employer's property. She yearns for love, but the men who enter her...

Sherni
2021
as Vidya's Mother-in-law
A jaded forest officer leads a team of trackers and locals intending to capture an unsettled tigress while battling intense obstacles and pressures, b...

Chhalaang
2020
as Principal Usha Gehlot
Chhalaang humorously addresses the value of Sports Education in the school curriculum. It follows a hilarious, yet an inspirational journey of a typic...

Raat Akeli Hai
2020
as Jatil Yadav's Mother
When a newly married landlord is murdered, a misfit cop’s investigation is complicated by the victim’s secretive family and his own conflicted heart.

Ghoomketu
2020
as Santo Bua
An aspiring writer from a small town in U.P. runs away to Mumbai. He gives himself 30 days to try and prove his worth.

Children Of The Soil
2020
as Narrator
A thought provoking short film on Indian farmers told through clay sculptures made from barren farms of the farmers who have committed suicide.

Thugs of Hindostan
2018
as Jaitumbi
After the British company’s officer Clive takes over the kingdom of Mirza, Princess Zafira and Khudabaksh aka Azaad form a band of rebel pirates who s...

Manto
2018
as Jaddanbai
In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the ...

Gauru: Journey of Courage
2018
as Dadi- Amri
It's a story of a shepherd grandson how he fulfills his grandmother's last wish, who has never been to her native village after marriage.

Begum Jaan
2017
as Amma
On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. Wha...

Shaadi Ke Side Effects
2014
as Aunty
An easy-going man ensures that the spark in his marriage stays strong by always apologizing and opting for the path of least conflict in his relations...

Arjun: The Warrior Prince
2012
as Kunti
Legend knows him as an archer of unwavering focus, the soldier who fought a battle in his own heart before taking up arms against his enemy. This is t...

West Is West
2010
Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the young...

Mirch
2010
as Kesar
A story-writer attempts to convince a producer to accept four erotic stories from the Panchtantra.

Well Done Abba
2010
as Salma Ali
This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughte...

Raavan
2010
Playback Singer
A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.

Welcome to Sajjanpur
2008
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the...

Jodhaa Akbar
2008
as Maham Anga
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.

Chingaari
2006
Mithun Chakraborty plays a powerful and domineering priest who rules his temple and the surrounding village with an iron fist, all supposedly for the ...

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
2005
as Ranu
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (also known as Bose: The Forgotten Hero) is a 2005 film directed by Shyam Benegal and starring Sachin K...

Jaanam Samjha Karo
1999
Playback Singer
Love slowly develops between a spoiled young rich man and a nightclub dancer he tries to impress.

China Gate
1998
as Mrs. Gopinath
After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel Krishn...

Auzaar
1997
as Herself
Two college friends find themselves on the opposite side of the law when they reunite.

Auzaar
1997
Playback Singer
Two college friends find themselves on the opposite side of the law when they reunite.

Ghatak: Lethal
1996
When Kashi visits a community with his father, he is shocked to see the torturous regime of Katya. He tries to oppose Katya, but ends up compromising ...

Mr. Romeo
1996
Playback Singer
Romeo lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bangalore, India, along with his widowed mother. He had received considerable assistance and encouragement from Raj...

Trimurti
1995
Playback Singer
Three brothers band together for a time, separate, then reunite for revenge on the man who killed their father and jailed their mother.

Muthu
1995
Playback Singer
The story concerns Muthu, a charismatic, well-respected and loyal servant and charioteer of Raja Malayasimman, a wealthy zamindar. While Muthu and Raj...

Karan Arjun
1995
Playback Singer
Karan and Arjun reincarnate in the different parts of the country. But the faith of their previous mother brings them together in order to avenge thei...

Drohkaal
1994
as Mrs. Zeenat Lodhi
Drohkaal (Times of Betrayal) deals with India's fight against terrorism. The film examines the mental and psychological trauma that honest police offi...

Janta Ki Adalat
1994
Playback Singer
fight from honest police officer against rural thugs..

Khal Nayak
1993
Playback Singer
Ballu is a notorious criminal who is wanted by the police for a plethora of crimes. Bright and ambitious Inspector Ram finally arrests him, only to ha...

Let's Be Friends
1992
Music
Mujhse Dosti Karoge is an award winning Hindi film, starring Irrfan Khan. Gul Hasan, a nine year-old boy living in the desert of Rann of Kutch, aspire...

Lamhe
1991
as dancer
Viren falls for Pallavi, but she marries Siddharth. The couple dies, leaving behind their daughter, who grows up to look just like her mother and fall...

Rukmavati's Mansion
1991
as Savitri
Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba Indianised in it's setting and treatment of the story.

Rukmavati's Mansion
1991
Original Music Composer
Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba Indianised in it's setting and treatment of the story.

Rihaee
1988
A village is inhabited mainly by women whose husbands are in the cities earning a living. Taking advantage of the situation, a man who returns to his ...

Hamara Khandaan
1988
as Gypsy Singer
Vishal (Rishi Kapoor) comes from a wealthy Hindu family. His father is well known Chandraprakash Singh (Amrish Puri), and his mom is a housewife, Shar...
Aaj
1987
as Bharti Bakshi
The movie is about a man who is trying to find his missing sister.

Susman (The Essence)
1987
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.

Jaal
1986
Shankar's father leaves the family for Meenabai. He later learns that his father is dead. He sets out to find out Meenabai, who he thinks is behind hi...

Past, Present, and Future
1985
as Cook
Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-t...

Aitbaar
1985
Vocals
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.

Party
1984
as Herself
Celebrities arrive at an extravagant party in Bombay to honour Divakar for his contributions to arts and cinema. However, gossip, uninvited guests and...

Ardh Satya
1983
as Neha Vajpayee
A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Market Place
1983
as Kamli
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.

Market Place
1983
Lyricist
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town.