There is something special about tragedy, something that makes it stick to our minds for a long long time. All the world’s great and long narrated romances have one thing in common – they never ended in marriage. In colloquial terms, they were all love failures. Take for instance the legendary Romeo and Juliet or the Indian love stories of Heer-Ranjha and Soni-Mehwal. Love that is eternal but does not find its place in the world of mortals strikes a chord. That is why Tamil cinema has had a huge share of love stories that never were fulfilled. We take a look at some of the best touching ‘love failures’ that have featured our favorite contemporary stars. Success or failure, it does not matter, love is special. As Oscar Wilde said ‘it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all’.