Tamil Heroines Who Loved Directors Instead Of The Heroes

This couple can touted as the most unfortunate one in the list. They fell in love after working together in many movies. The director and actress married in 1978. The marriage was short-lived for the actress committed suicide in 1980. The depressed director's next film revolved around his wife's suicide. He later remarried actress Mounika in 1998.

Bhagyaraj and Poornima were lead actors in Darling, Darling, Darling which was directed by Bhagyaraj himself. They married in 1984 and bore two kids. This couple is one of the luckiest pairs for most of them, in this list, have parted ways after betrothal.

Director Pratap Pothen and Radhika were co-stars in Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai. After falling in love on the movie sets, they married in the same year. However, due to irreconcilable differences, they got divorced in 1986. Both of them remarried and continued their lives irrespective of one another.

Director Mani Ratnam hasn't directed Suhasini in any of his films. However, the actress provided the dubbing for the actresses in his films. During her dubbing stint, they fell in love and tied the knot in 1988. Their marriage has remained mightily strong since then. They have a son called Nandan.

This couple, unsurprisingly, fell in love during a film shooting. After being blessed by their respective parents, they married in 1998. However, the marriage hit rough patch in 2002 and separated soon after. In 2013, they got divorced. On the brighter side, they parted on amicable terms.

It is quite a well known story. Sundar & Kushboo fell in love with one another while he was directing her for Muraj Maman. They tied the knot in 2000 and they have been blessed with two daughters. The actress perviously had a four-and-a-half years live-in relationship with Prabhu. After splitting up with him, she loved Sundar and chose him as the life partner.

Director cum actor Parthiban fell in love with Seetha while acting together in Pudhea Paadhai. The couple tied the knot in 1990. They three kids, one of whom is adopted. However, like many couples in this list, they divorced in 2001. The actress is active in her profession.

This is one of the 'till death do us apart' couples. Devayani and Rajkumaran fell deeply in love while working together in Nee Varuvai Ena. The film went on to win to accolades and the director & the heroine went to become a happy couple in 1999. Their wedding caught the attention of many for both of them eloped. Talk about filmy style weddings!

Roja was introduced to Kollywood by director Selvamani with the movie Chembaruthi. The couple, who married in 2002, are living happily ever after with a daughter and a son. Presently, the actress has indulged herself in the politics of Andhra Pradesh and Selvamani has supported her decision.

Krishna fell in love with Ramya after directing the Telugu blockbuster Chandralekha, which had Ramya as one of the lead actress. Like the film, their relation also clicked and they married in 2003 and bore a son. The director has confessed that he is quite possessive about his wife.

Their happy times started during the shooting of Kaadhal Kondein which was Sonia's debut film. Soon after this film, they tied the knot in 2006. However, they divorced in 2010 citing incompatibility. They blamed each other for the marriage failure. Selvaraghavan moved on with his life and married his assistant director Gitanjali Raman. As for Sonia, she has taken up acting once again.

A. L. Vijay and Amala Paul fell in love when they were shooting for Deiva Thirumagal. Although they publicly denied that they were dating, they were much in love for they got engaged in 2014. Both these lovebirds got hitched in 2014 in Chennai. Amala described that it was like getting drenched in love and Vijay has described her as the most beautiful woman whom he has met.

Preeta Vijaykumar and Hari married one another and since that time Hari has treasured her like a rare gem. The couple are proud parents of three kids. It is worth mentioning that Preeta gave birth to the third kid while shooting for Seval in 2008.

Vijayalakshmi revealed that she fell in love with assistant director Feroz Mohammed. Unlike the others, they were in love since their childhood and honoured their relationship by tying the knot. The actress quit acting to become a producer. Reports state that she started a production house to support her husband's directorial ambitions.