12 Best Love Movies to Watch on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is here and its time to instil some much needed romance into the otherwise mundane existence. What better way to enjoy your special day with your loved one than to watch a Kollywood love story that would warm your hearts or even make you cry and bring about more togetherness.

Alaigal Oiyvathillai

Bharathiraja's classic introduced Karthick and Radha to the silver screen and they remain one of the most alluring onscreen pairs ever. The ingenious technique of passing love letters hidden inside the keys of the harmonium is so cute. The hero and heroine in the end decide to discard their respective religions which stands between their love. A relevant fable even today.

Punnagai Mannan

The film opens with a suicide pact make by Kamal and Rekha and the wonderful song "Yenna Satham Intha Neram" shows how deep they are. However Kamal survives and is distraught with life when Revathi enters his life. The highly conflicting elements in the screenplay make this a must watch and the way Kamal's dilemma about Revathi is told in dance form is so ahead of its time.

Ithayathai thirudathey

Trust Mani Ratnam to come up with the story of two terminally ill people played by Nagarjuna and Girija falling in love. Their contrasting characters - he is dejected and mean while she is bubbly and full of life - makes their story endearing. In a scene when she lies safely cuddled in his arms for a few minutes forgetting their fates only to see a funeral procession passing by is one of the many unforgettable moments in this cult classic.

Kadhalukku Mariyadhai

What is so attractive about this Fazil film is that Jeeva and Mini played by Vijay and Shalini are so much like the boy and girl next door which lends credence to the story. This movie is not only celebrated by lovers but parents too as the youngsters decide to sacrifice for the elders and they reciprocate. Any couple willing to watch with both parents?

Kadhal Kottai

The concept of a couple who have never seen each other falling in love is novel even today and when the boy is Thala Ajith, this is an automatic selection for a Valentine's Day watch. You start rooting for the two soulmates and things get to a fever pitch during the climax when the they are within striking distance but cannot see each other. The big reveal in the end too is very romantic as it is a handmade present by her to him.

Alaipayuthey

Mani Ratnam's modern day romance is credited with inspiring many secret weddings in Tamil Nadu. Madhavan and Shalini made a convincing pair who expressed the pangs of love to A.R,Rahman's background score. The best scene in the film is when Karthick goes in search of Shakthi after they split and the only question she asks him what took him so long. The word "Pondaati" became a trend and the climax exchange between the leads lingers long in the mind.

7G Rainbow colony

This is Selvaraghavan's most acclaimed movie and its autobiographical nature may have helped in stringing the emotions so convincingly. The film deals with many aspects like the disparity between the boy and the girl in looks, status and attitude but they still fall for each other. Yuvan and Na Muthukumar created their masterpiece "Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen" and Selva knits a montage that has love written all over it in the happy as well as the pathos versions. Whose eyes will escape tears when Ravi Krishna runs away with his dead girl's bed and pillow that is thrown out by her family.

Kadhal

Balaji Shakthivel helmed this most heart rending love stories in the modern era. Bharath and Sandhiya are so convincing as the juveniles experiencing their first love and the tragedy. In just one song "Unakenna Irupen Uyiraiyum Kodupen", the love that the boy has for the girl is expressed in subtle gestures and looks.

Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya

This GVM classic will surely find its way in anybody's list of best romantic flicks of all time. There is something magnetic about love that is impossible and even though the couple here never unite their feelings for each other is convincingly depicted by the leads Simbu and Trisha, the unique shots of GVM and the Isaipuyal's stunning background scores.

Santhosh Subramaniam

On the surface this flick might look like a coming of age story about a boy who outgrows the clutches of his father. But at its deep core it is a love story with the girl taking centre stage in changing the perspective of her man by just her innocent outlook of life and nothing more. Lovers wont complain about watching this sometimes funny sometimes heart wrenching love story.

Raja Rani

This Atlee film has three love stories that are all entwined with each other. The Nazriya-Arya story is full of vibrancy while there is great conflict in the Nayanthara- Jai episode. The director puts together two people who dont want each other in the Arya-Nayanthara episode and it clearly hooks you with the curiosity factor of how they would end up with each other. The climax sacrifice by the other hero is also equally touching and this is a sure watch for all you love birds out there.

OK Kanmani

Mani keeps forcing his way into the list whatever the decade may be and this very modern love story has his signature style. Tara and Aditya are a modern couple who want to live life outside marriage and their love is not anything less for that. However through the love of an older couple their perception changes and their hearts win over their goals and ideologies. A thoroughly engaging love movie that is worth every frame for its visuals, music, performance and story telling.

Valentine's Day is here and its time to instil some much needed romance into the otherwise mundane existence.